Actor
Tamori
August 22, 1945 · Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Kazuyoshi Morita, known by his stage name Tamori, is a Japanese television celebrity. Known for his trademark dark sunglasses, Tamori is one of the "big three" television comedians in Japan along with Takeshi Kitano (a.k.a. Beat Takeshi) and Sanma Akashiya. For more than 30 years he hosted Waratte Iitomo! ("It's OK to laugh!"), a nationally televised live show broadcast every weekday at noon from October 1982 until March 2014. His likeness is the basis for the Piranha Plant in All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros.
Often works with
Renji Ishibashi
3 titles together
Hero, Tales of the Unusual, Tales of the Bizarre: 2011 Fall Special
Norito Yashima
2 titles together
Hero, Tales of the Unusual
Kiichi Nakai
2 titles together
Hero, Tales of the Unusual
Ittoku Kishibe
2 titles together
Hero, It's All Right, My Friend
Yumiko Fujita
2 titles together
A Pool Without Water, Kidnapping Blues
Reiko Nakamura
2 titles together
A Pool Without Water, Hakatakko Pure Heart
Full filmography · 66
Tales of the Bizarre: 2026 Summer Special
cast
2026
Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special – Autumn Special
as The Storyteller
2025
Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special
as Tamori
2025
Tales of the Bizarre: 2024 Winter Special
as Tamori
2024
Tales of the Bizarre: 2024 Summer Special
as Tamori
2024
Tales of the Bizarre: 2023 Fall Special
cast
2023
Tales of the Bizarre: 2023 Summer Special
cast
2023
Tales of the Bizarre: 2022 Fall Special
cast
2022
Tales of the Bizarre: 2021 Fall Special
cast
2021
Tales of the Bizarre: 2021 Summer Special
cast
2021
Tales of the Bizarre: 2020 Fall Special
as Storyteller
2020
Tales of the Bizarre: 2020 Summer Special
cast
2020