Keiko Awaji
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.
132 acting credits
Acting · 132
Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series
1983
Stray Dog
1949
Moshichi
2001
Chûshingura
1962
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1960
Inugami
2001
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
1966
A Japanese Tragedy
1953
The Twilight Story
1960
Yaji and Kita on the Road
1958
A Woman's Life
1963
Down Town
1957
Japan's No. 1 Playboy
1963
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
1959
Holiday in Tokyo
1958
The Wiser Age
1962
She-Shogun
1990
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958
Veronika Decides to Die
2005
Long Way to Okinawa
1962
Black River
1957
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
1954
Pretty Woman
2003
Playboy President: Part II
1961
Always in My Heart Part 2
1953
The Maid Story
1963
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
1962
The Blue Beast
1960
Mourning Recipe
2013
Always in My Heart
1953
The Other Woman
1961
The Capital of Love
1958
Crazy Operation: First Move
1963
Downtown Heroes
1988
3 Dolls and Baby Gang
1961
Talkative Company President
1957
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
1962
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
1961
Hong Kong Paradise
1990
Travel Stories of a Company President
1963
A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
1965
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
1959
Playboy President
1961
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
1963
Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves
1966
Geisha in the Old City
1957
Roppongi Nights: Love Me, Love Me
1963
House of Many Pleasures
1955
Hoodlum Soldier
1965
Secret Love
1962
The Flower and the Dragon
1965
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'
2002
Skin-Colored Moon
1957
Crazy Cats Go to Hong Kong
1963
Temptation on Glamour Island
1959
Tora-san Goes North
1987
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
1989
Morishige, where are you going?
1956
For Love and Money
1963
Welcome to the Vampire Onsen
1997
Illusion of Blood
1965
Yasugorō shusse
1953
The Third President
1958
Jiyūgaoka fujin
1960
Birth of Romance
1957
The Adventures of Kantaro
1959
The Princess of Badger Palace
1958
Youth Season
1962
The Undefeated Woman
1958
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
1962
Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido
1953
Executive Chair
1958
Price of Beauty
1957
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1964
Samurai Saga
1959
Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
1959
Crazy Operation: Drop Dead! Irresponsibility
1963
Hagure kigeki mandara
1962
Hard Romanticker
2011
The Hotelman's Holiday
1958
On a Better Night than Usual
2010
Green Light to Joy
1967
Devices Stronger Than Women
1963
The 36 Passengers
1957
The Mandarin Room
1956
The Lord and the Gambler
1959
Women in Prison
1956
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga
1966
Three for the Road
2007
Legend of the Irresponsible Hero
1964
Go and Get It
1958
The Brothers who Protect the Mountain
1953
Sincere Heart
1953
Kureji no Hanayome to Shichinin no Nakama
1962
An Urban Affair
1961
Acchan no bebi gyangu
1961
元祿美少年記
1955
Kill the Killer!
1961
Quick Change Tanuki Palace
1954
A Brief Message from the Heart
1995
Married Executioner R: MISSION 1 - Bloody Mischief
2001
Travels of Lord Mito Pt.3
1954
千年の松 完結編
2009
茂七の事件簿・新ふしぎ草紙
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Sisters
1953
誰よりも君を愛す！
2011
Misandry
1964
Hadaka no Machi
1957
New Tokyo March
1953
Kyūkon sannin musume
1954
Scarred Yosaburo
1960
Youth Season Continued
1964
The Blue Mountains Part 2
1957
Bringing Up Husbands
1959
Married Executioner R: MISSION 2 - Tainted Bonds
2001
The Lord Pretends
1959
Forgotten Flower Petal: Conclusion
1957
Showdown on Pier No.3
1960
Toilet Manager
1961
The Forgotten Waterfront
1959
Hito mo arukeba
1960
Me and Me
1962
The Blue Mountains
1957
He's the Killer
1958
Samurai in the Office
1959
Gendai no yokubô
1956
Blackmail
1958
The Husband Was a Baby
1960
The Luckiest Dai
1957
Tale of a Carpenter
1966
Older Wife, Younger Husband
1960