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Keiko Awaji

Keiko Awaji

Actor · Born 1933-07-17 · Tokyo, Japan

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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 Description above from the Wikipedia article Keiko Awaji, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Stray Dog (1949) — Harumi Namiki
  2. When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960) — Yuri
  3. The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954) — Kimiko
  4. Chûshingura (1962)
  5. Inugami (2001) — Katsuko Doi
  6. Black River (1957) — Okada's Wife (uncredited)
  7. Samurai Saga (1959) — Nanae
  8. A Japanese Tragedy (1953) — Wakamaru, a geisha
  9. Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn (1966) — Fuji
  10. A Woman's Life (1963)
  11. Sincere Heart (1953) — Midori
  12. Illusion of Blood (1965) — Omaki
  13. Daughters, Wives and a Mother (1960) — Mie Sakanishi
  14. The Other Woman (1961) — Fukuko
  15. Downtown Heroes (1988)
  16. Mourning Recipe (2013) — Tamako
  17. The Wiser Age (1962) — Michiko
  18. Veronika Decides to Die (2005) — Beniko
  19. Always in My Heart (1953)
  20. Always in My Heart Part 2 (1953)
  21. Hoodlum Soldier (1965) — Otomaru
  22. The Flower and the Dragon (1965)
  23. Tora-san Goes North (1987) — Etsuko
  24. Tora-san Goes to Vienna (1989) — Madam
  25. Hard Romanticker (2011)
  26. Three for the Road (2007)
  27. Women in Prison (1956) — Keiko Nomi, prisoner
  28. Hagure kigeki mandara (1962)
  29. The Twilight Story (1960)
  30. Temptation on Glamour Island (1959) — Yoshiko Kosaka
  31. The Blue Beast (1960)
  32. Hong Kong Paradise (1990)
  33. Down Town (1957)
  34. She-Shogun (1990) — Katsuyama
  35. An Urban Affair (1961) — Kimie
  36. Long Way to Okinawa (1962)
  37. Ika naru hoshi no moto ni (1962)
  38. Kureji no Hanayome to Shichinin no Nakama (1962)
  39. Roppongi Nights: Love Me, Love Me (1963)
  40. Hito mo arukeba (1960) — Sumire Sakura