Keiko Awaji
Known for ActingBorn 1933-07-17 — died 2014-01-11Tokyo, Japan
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Keiko Awaji (1933) is a Japanese film actress.
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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
Stray Dog
1949 · as Harumi Namiki
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960 · as Yuri
On a Better Night than Usual
2010
Chûshingura
1962
Inugami
2001 · as Katsuko Doi
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
1954 · as Kimiko
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
1989 · as Madam
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1960 · as Mie Sakanishi
Women in Prison
1956 · as Keiko Nomi, prisoner
Veronika Decides to Die
2005 · as Beniko
The Twilight Story
1960
The Other Woman
1961 · as Fukuko
Hadaka no Machi
1957
A Woman's Life
1963
A Japanese Tragedy
1953 · as Wakamaru, a geisha
Black River
1957 · as Okada's Wife (uncredited)
The Wiser Age
1962 · as Michiko
Forgotten Flower Petal: Conclusion
1957