Tamori
Known for ActingBorn 1945-08-22 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.
Known for
Kyoko Aizome's Widow Boarding House
1984
Tales of the Bizarre: 2026 Summer Special
2026
Hero
2007 · as Renzaburo Hanaoka
Tales of the Bizarre: 2023 Summer Special
2023
A Pool Without Water
1982 · as Camera Shop Owner
Tales of the Bizarre: 2009 Spring Special
2009 · as Storyteller
Tales of the Bizarre: 2014 Fall Special
2014 · as Storyteller
Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special – Autumn Special
2025 · as The Storyteller
Tales of the Unusual
2000 · as Storyteller (segment "The Storyteller")
Boro the Caterpillar
2018 · as (voice)
The Noise
2015
House Hunting
2006 · as (Voice)
Tales of the Bizarre: 2020 Fall Special
2020 · as Storyteller
Tales of the Bizarre: 2023 Fall Special
2023
Tales of the Bizarre: 2019 Rain Special
2019
Tales of the Bizarre: 2022 Fall Special
2022
Kidnapping Blues
1982 · as R
It's All Right, My Friend
1983 · as Hoho-Keiji