Keiko Awaji
Born
July 17, 1933
Died
January 11, 2014 (80 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Japan
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Keiko Awaji (1933) is a Japanese film actress.
Notable highlights of her career were an appearance in Akira Kurosawa's Stray Dog, and a role as Kimiko in The Bridges at Toko-Ri, where she appeared alongside William Holden and Mickey Rooney.
Her first husband was Filipino musician and actor Rodrigo "Bimbo" Danao; they had two children together. Their eldest is actor Etsuo Shima.
Her second husband was Japanese actor Yorozuya Kinnosuke, but they divorced in 1987. Their eldest son Akihiro died in a car crash in 1990. In 2004, their youngest son Kichinosuke Yorozuya (Satoshi Ida) was arrested for breaking into her home and served six months in prison. On June 16, 2010, Kichinosuke committed suicide by jumping off his apartment in Shinjuku.
The actress is apparently a big fan of the Dragon Quest games, even going so far as to say it is her dream to play one last game before she dies.
She died of esophageal cancer in Tokyo on 11 January 2014, aged 80
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Known For
Mourning Recipe
Tamako
2013
Hard Romanticker
2011
誰よりも君を愛す！
2011
On a Better Night than Usual
2010
千年の松 完結編
2009
Three for the Road
2007
Veronika Decides to Die
Beniko
2005
Pretty Woman
Aoi Morishita
2003
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'
Self
2002
Moshichi
(25 episodes)
2001
Married Executioner R: MISSION 2 - Tainted Bonds
2001
Married Executioner R: MISSION 1 - Bloody Mischief
2001
Inugami
Katsuko Doi
2001
Welcome to the Vampire Onsen
1997
A Brief Message from the Heart
Fusae
1995
Hong Kong Paradise
1990
She-Shogun
Katsuyama
1990
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
Madam
1989
Downtown Heroes
1988
Tora-san Goes North
Etsuko
1987
Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series
Oyanagi · (1 episode)
1983
Green Light to Joy
Takeko
1967
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
Fuji
1966
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga
Fujiko Tomono
1966
Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves
1966
The Flower and the Dragon
1965
A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
Mitsui Fujiko
1965
Illusion of Blood
Omaki
1965
Hoodlum Soldier
Otomaru
1965
For Love and Money
1963
Crazy Cats Go to Hong Kong
1963
A Woman's Life
1963
Crazy Operation: Drop Dead! Irresponsibility
1963
Japan's No. 1 Playboy
Michie Higurashi
1963
The Maid Story
1963
Crazy Operation: First Move
1963
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
Renko (Madam of Club Marilyn)
1963
Roppongi Nights: Love Me, Love Me
1963
Travel Stories of a Company President
1963
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
1962
Chûshingura
1962
Wakai kisetsu
1962
Me and Me
1962
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
1962
Secret Love
1962
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
1962
Kureji no Hanayome to Shichinin no Nakama
1962
Long Way to Okinawa
1962
Hagure kigeki mandara
1962
The Wiser Age
Michiko
1962
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
1961
3 Dolls and Baby Gang
1961
Acchan no bebi gyangu
1961
Toilet Manager
1961
An Urban Affair
Kimie
1961
The Other Woman
Fukuko
1961
Playboy President: Part II
Madame Emiko
1961
Playboy President
Madame Emiko
1961
Jiyūgaoka fujin
1960
The Twilight Story
1960
Scarred Yosaburo
1960
The Blue Beast
1960
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Mie Sakanishi
1960
Hito mo arukeba
Sumire Sakura
1960
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Yuri
1960
The Adventures of Kantaro
1959
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
1959
The Lord Pretends
Kosei
1959
The Lord and the Gambler
1959
Samurai Saga
Nanae
1959
Sequel- Three Generations of Company Presidents
1959
Temptation on Glamour Island
Yoshiko Kosaka
1959
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
1959
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958
The Undefeated Woman
1958
The Hotelman's Holiday
Okiku
1958
Go and Get It
Mrs. Matsumoto, His Wife
1958
Yaji and Kita on the Road
Oimo / Osatsu
1958
Executive Chair
Kimiko Wada
1958
The Third President
1958
The Princess of Badger Palace
Spider Queen of the Forest
1958
City of Love
Eriko
1958
Down Town
1957
Black River
Okada's Wife (uncredited)
1957
Geisha in the Old City
Kimiko
1957
Skin-Colored Moon
Kimiyo
1957
Hadaka no Machi
1957
Birth of Romance
Sayoko Uemura
1957
Price of Beauty
Yuki Kawabe
1957
Talkative Company President
Eiko
1957
The Mandarin Room
1956
Women in Prison
Keiko Nomi, prisoner
1956
Morishige, where are you going?
Keiko
1956
元祿美少年記
きぬ
1955
(Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home
Eiko
1955
Quick Change Tanuki Palace
1954
Travels of Lord Mito Pt.3
1954
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Kimiko
1954
Kyūkon sannin musume
1954
Always in My Heart Part 2
1953
The Brothers who Protect the Mountain
Sayumi Sumikura
1953
Always in My Heart
1953
A Japanese Tragedy
Wakamaru, a geisha
1953
Sisters
1953
Yasugorō shusse
1953
New Tokyo March
1953
Sincere Heart
Midori
1953
Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido
1953
Stray Dog
Harumi Namiki
1949