Keiko Awaji
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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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Acted in
Mourning Recipe
2013
as Tamako
Hard Romanticker
2011
Three for the Road
2007
Veronika Decides to Die
2005
as Beniko
Pretty Woman
2003
as Aoi Morishita
Married Executioner R Mission 1: Bloody Mischief
2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: Stray Dog
2002
as Self
Moshichi
2001
Inugami
2001
as Katsuko Doi
Welcome to the Vampire Onsen
1997
A Brief Message from the Heart
1995
as Fusae
Hong Kong Paradise
1990
She-Shogun
1990
as Katsuyama
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
1989
as Madam
Hope and Pain
1988
Tora-san Goes North
1987
as Etsuko
古谷一行の名探偵・金田一耕助シリーズ
1983
as Oyanagi
Green Light to Joy
1967
as Takeko
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
1966
as Fuji
Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves
1966
The Flower and the Dragon
1965
A Comedy: The University Around the Corner
1965
as Mitsui Fujiko
Illusion of Blood
1965
as Omaki
Hoodlum Soldier
1965
as Otomaru
For Love and Money
1963
Crazy Cats Go to Hong Kong
1963
A Woman's Life
1963
Kureji sakusen: Kudabare! Musekinin
1963
The Best Playboy In Japan
1963
as Michie Higurashi
The Maid Story
1963
Roppongi Nights: Love Me, Love Me
1963
喜劇 駅前飯店
1962
47 Ronin
1962
Wakai kisetsu
1962
Kigeki ekimae onsen
1962
Shinobi ai
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
1962
as Michiko
Kigeki ekimae bentô
1961
3 Dolls and Baby Gang
1961
Acchan no bebi gyangu
1961
Toilet Manager
1961
An Urban Affair
1961
as Kimie
The Other Woman
1961
as Fukuko
The Twilight Story
1960
Scarred Yosaburo
1960
The Blue Beast
1960
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1960
as Mie Sakanishi
Hito mo arukeba
1960
as Sumire Sakura
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960
as Yuri
The Adventures of Kantaro
1959
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
1959
The Lord Pretends
1959
as Kosei
The Lord and the Gambler
1959
Samurai Saga
1959
as Nanae
Zoku shachōtaiheiki
1959
Temptation on Glamour Island
1959
as Yoshiko Kosaka
社長太平記
1959
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958
The Undefeated Woman
1958
The Hotelman's Holiday
1958
as Okiku
Yaji and Kita on the Road
1958
as Oimo / Osatsu
The Third President
1958
The Princess of Badger Palace
1958
as Spider Queen of the Forest
City of Love
1958
as Eriko
Down Town
1957
Black River
1957
as Okada's Wife (uncredited)
Geisha in the Old City
1957
as Kimiko
Hadaka no Machi
1957
Birth of Romance
1957
as Sayoko Uemura
Price of Beauty
1957
as Yuki Kawabe
Women in Prison
1956
as Keiko Nomi, prisoner
元祿美少年記
1955
as きぬ
(Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home
1955
as Eiko
Quick Change Tanuki Palace
1954
Travels of Lord Mito Pt.3
1954
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
1954
as Kimiko
Kyūkon sannin musume
1954
Always in My Heart Part 2
1953
The Brothers who Protect the Mountain
1953
as Sayumi Sumikura
Always in My Heart
1953
A Japanese Tragedy
1953
as Wakamaru, a geisha
Sisters
1953
Yasugorō shusse
1953
New Tokyo March
1953
Sincere Heart
1953
as Midori
Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido
1953
Stray Dog
1949
as Harumi Namiki