Keiko Awaji

Birthday: 1933-07-17
Deathday: 2014-01-11
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Gender: Female
Owned By: Unowned

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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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Credits

Year Title Character
2013-11-09 Mourning Recipe Tamako
2011-11-12 Hard Romanticker
2010-10-30 More wonderful night than usual
2007-07-11 Three for the Road
2005-10-12 Veronika Decides to Die Beniko
2003-05-09 Pretty Woman Aoi Morishita
2002-12-06 Married Executioner R Mission 1: Bloody Mischief
2001-01-27 Inugami Katsuko Doi
1997-04-21 Welcome to the Vampire Onsen
1995-11-23 A Brief Message from the Heart Fusae
1990-04-28 Hong Kong Paradise
1990-01-20 She-Shogun Katsuyama
1989-08-05 Tora-san Goes to Vienna Madam
1988-08-06 Downtown Heroes
1987-08-15 Tora-san Goes North Etsuko
1967-12-06 Green Light to Joy Takeko
1966-05-25 Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn Fuji
1966-01-13 Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves
1965-11-20 The Flower and the Dragon
1965-10-31 A Comedy: The University Around the Corner Mitsui Fujiko
1965-07-25 Illusion of Blood Omaki
1965-03-18 Hoodlum Soldier Otomaru
1963-12-24 For Love and Money
1963-12-22 Crazy Cats Go to Hong Kong
1963-11-16 A Woman's Life
1963-10-26 Kureji sakusen: Kudabare! Musekinin
1963-07-13 The Best Playboy In Japan Michie Higurashi
1963-06-16 The Maid Story
1963-03-24 Crazy Operation
1963-01-29 Roppongi Nights: Love Me, Love Me
1962-12-23 喜劇 駅前飯店
1962-11-03 Chûshingura
1962-10-20 Wakai kisetsu
1962-07-29 Kigeki ekimae onsen
1962-04-18 Secret love
1962-04-15 Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
1962-04-15 Kureji no Hanayome to Shichinin no Nakama
1962-03-07 Long Way to Okinawa
1962-02-24 Hagure kigeki mandara
1962-01-14 The Wiser Age Michiko
1961-12-24 Kigeki ekimae bentô
1961-12-09 3 Dolls and Baby Gang
1961-09-17 Acchan no bebi gyangu
1961-08-29 Toilet Manager
1961-08-13 An Urban Affair Kimie
1961-05-30 The Other Woman Fukuko
1960-08-28 The Twilight Story
1960-07-10 Scarred Yosaburo
1960-06-26 The Blue Beast
1960-05-21 Daughters, Wives and a Mother Mie Sakanishi
1960-02-09 Hito mo arukeba Sumire Sakura
1960-01-15 When a Woman Ascends the Stairs Yuri
1959-10-18 The Adventures of Kantaro
1959-10-11 Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
1959-09-13 The Lord Pretends Kosei
1959-08-01 The Lord and the Gambler
1959-04-28 Samurai Saga Nanae
1959-03-15 Zoku shachōtaiheiki
1959-01-15 Temptation on Glamour Island Yoshiko Kosaka
1959-01-03 社長太平記
1958-12-07 Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958-10-21 The Undefeated Woman
1958-07-12 The Hotelman's Holiday Okiku
1958-04-29 Yaji and Kita on the Road Oimo / Osatsu
1958-03-18 The Third President
1958-02-26 The Princess of Badger Palace Spider Queen of the Forest
1958-01-21 City of Love Eriko
1957-10-29 Down Town
1957-10-23 Black River Okada's Wife (uncredited)
1957-10-13 Geisha in the Old City Kimiko
1957-07-23 Hadaka no Machi
1957-05-15 Birth of Romance Sayoko Uemura
1957-03-13 Price of Beauty Yuki Kawabe
1956-09-11 Women in Prison Keiko Nomi, prisoner
1956-06-14 Morishige, where are you going? Keiko
1955-12-21 元祿美少年記 きぬ
1955-06-21 (Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home Eiko
1954-12-29 Quick Change Tanuki Palace
1954-12-22 Travels of Lord Mito Pt.3
1954-12-01 The Bridges at Toko-Ri Kimiko
1954-02-03 Kyūkon sannin musume
1953-12-01 Always in My Heart Part 2
1953-10-27 The Brothers who Protect the Mountain Sayumi Sumikura
1953-09-15 Always in My Heart
1953-06-17 A Japanese Tragedy Wakamaru, a geisha
1953-04-29 Sisters
1953-04-15 Yasugorō shusse
1953-04-01 New Tokyo March
1953-01-29 Sincere Heart Midori
1953-01-14 Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido
1949-10-17 Stray Dog Harumi Namiki