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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Known for
古谷一行の名探偵・金田一耕助シリーズ
Oyanagi
Moshichi
Stray Dog
Harumi Namiki
Chûshingura
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Yuri
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Kimiko
Samurai Saga
Nanae
A Japanese Tragedy
Wakamaru, a geisha
A Woman's Life
Black River
Okada's Wife (uncredited)
Inugami
Katsuko Doi
The Other Woman
Fukuko
The Lord Pretends
Kosei
Pretty Woman
Aoi Morishita
Hard Romanticker
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Mie Sakanishi
The Blue Beast
A Brief Message from the Heart
Fusae
Illusion of Blood
Omaki
The Flower and the Dragon
Mourning Recipe
Tamako
Tora-san Goes North
Etsuko
The Twilight Story
Wakai kisetsu
Veronika Decides to Die
Beniko
The Wiser Age
Michiko
Birth of Romance
Sayoko Uemura
Down Town
Sisters
She-Shogun
Katsuyama
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
Fuji
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
Madam
Temptation on Glamour Island
Yoshiko Kosaka
喜劇 駅前飯店
Scarred Yosaburo
Yaji and Kita on the Road
Oimo / Osatsu
Hito mo arukeba
Sumire Sakura
Hadaka no Machi
Hong Kong Paradise
Always in My Heart Part 2
The Hotelman's Holiday
Okiku
Roppongi Nights: Love Me, Love Me
Downtown Heroes
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
Kigeki ekimae onsen
Crazy Operation
Welcome to the Vampire Onsen
社長太平記
Married Executioner R Mission 1: Bloody Mischief
Kureji no Hanayome to Shichinin no Nakama
Executive Chair
Kimiko Wada
元祿美少年記
きぬ
Yasugorō shusse
Hoodlum Soldier
Otomaru
The Best Playboy In Japan
Michie Higurashi
Sincere Heart
Midori
New Tokyo March
A Comedy: The University Around the Corner
Mitsui Fujiko
Always in My Heart
(Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home
Eiko
The Third President
Long Way to Okinawa
Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves
3 Dolls and Baby Gang
Geisha in the Old City
Kimiko
The Adventures of Kantaro
誰よりも君を愛す！
The Princess of Badger Palace
Spider Queen of the Forest
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
The Undefeated Woman
Kigeki ekimae bentō
For Love and Money
Acchan no bebi gyangu
Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido
Price of Beauty
Yuki Kawabe
Women in Prison
Keiko Nomi, prisoner
An Urban Affair
Kimie
Quick Change Tanuki Palace
Hagure kigeki mandara
The Lord and the Gambler
The Maid Story
City of Love
Eriko
Three for the Road
Morishige, where are you going?
Keiko
Toilet Manager
Kureji sakusen: Kudabare! Musekinin
Zoku shachōtaiheiki
More wonderful night than usual
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
Green Light to Joy
Takeko
Travels of Lord Mito Pt.3
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'
Self
Crazy Cats Go to Hong Kong
The Brothers who Protect the Mountain
Sayumi Sumikura