Keiko Awaji
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1933-07-17
Day of Death
2014-01-11 (80 years old)
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Japan
Keiko Awaji
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
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Known For
Acting
(2013)
Mourning Recipe
as Tamako
(2011)
(2011)
(2010)
(2007)
(2005)
Veronika Decides to Die
as Beniko
(2003)
Pretty Woman
as Aoi Morishita
(2002)
(2002)
(2001)
Inugami
as Katsuko Doi
(1997)
(1995)
A Brief Message from the Heart
as Fusae
(1990)
(1990)
She-Shogun
as Katsuyama
(1989)
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
as Madam
(1988)
(1987)
Tora-san Goes North
as Etsuko
(1967)
Green Light to Joy
as Takeko
(1966)
(1966)
(1965)
Illusion of Blood
as Omaki
(1965)
Hoodlum Soldier
as Otomaru
(1965)
A Comedy: The University Around the Corner
as Mitsui Fujiko
(1965)
(1963)
(1963)
The Best Playboy In Japan
as Michie Higurashi
(1963)
(1963)
(1963)
(1963)
(1963)
(1963)
(1963)
(1962)
(1962)
The Wiser Age
as Michiko
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1962)
(1961)
The Other Woman
as Fukuko
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
(1961)
An Urban Affair
as Kimie
(1960)
(1960)
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
as Mie Sakanishi
(1960)
(1960)
Hito mo arukeba
as Sumire Sakura
(1960)
(1960)
(1960)
(1959)
Samurai Saga
as Nanae
(1959)
Temptation on Glamour Island
as Yoshiko Kosaka
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
The Lord Pretends
as Kosei
(1959)
(1959)
(1959)
(1958)
The Princess of Badger Palace
as Spider Queen of the Forest
(1958)
Yaji and Kita on the Road
as Oimo / Osatsu
(1958)
City of Love
as Eriko
(1958)
Executive Chair
as Kimiko Wada
(1958)
(1958)
The Hotelman's Holiday
as Okiku
(1958)
(1958)
(1957)
Black River
as Okada's Wife (uncredited)
(1957)
(1957)
(1957)
Birth of Romance
as Sayoko Uemura
(1957)
Geisha in the Old City
as Kimiko
(1957)
Price of Beauty
as Yuki Kawabe
(1956)
Morishige, where are you going?
as Keiko
(1956)
Women in Prison
as Keiko Nomi, prisoner
(1955)
元祿美少年記
as きぬ
(1955)
(1954)
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
as Kimiko
(1954)
(1954)
(1954)
(1953)
A Japanese Tragedy
as Wakamaru, a geisha
(1953)
(1953)
(1953)
(1953)
Sincere Heart
as Midori
(1953)
(1953)
(1953)
The Brothers who Protect the Mountain
as Sayumi Sumikura
(1953)
(1949)
Stray Dog
as Harumi Namiki