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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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Toshiko (madam at bar “Fancy”)
Oyanagi
Yoshiko Kakegawa (Taichi’s wife)
Michie Higurashi
Yoshiko Kosaka
Madame Emiko
Eriko
きぬ
Nanae
Katsuko Doi
Wakamaru, a geisha
Katsuyama
Spider Queen of the Forest
Keiko
Yuri
Midori
Sayumi Sumikura
Kimiko
Yuki Kawabe
Mitsui Fujiko
Renko (Madam of Club Marilyn)
Okiku
Sayoko Uemura
Madame Emiko
Oimo / Osatsu
Kimie
Eiko
Fusae
Omaki
Mie Sakanishi
Fukuko
Fuji
Aoi Morishita
Madam
Michiko
Okada's Wife (uncredited)
Etsuko
Self
Tamako
Takeko
Eiko
Keiko Nomi, prisoner
Otomaru
Sumire Sakura
Beniko
Kosei
Harumi Namiki
Kimiko
Kimiko Wada
Kimiyo
Umetarō (Geisha)
Umetarō (Geisha)
Mrs. Matsumoto, His Wife
Fujiko Tomono
Kaoru