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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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Filmography
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Movies 94
TV Shows 2
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Mourning Recipe (2013)
Hard Romanticker (2011)
Pretty Woman (2003)
Inugami (2001)
Tôhôkenbunroku (1993)
Hong Kong Paradise (1990)
She-Shogun (1990)
Metamorphosis (1986)
古谷一行の名探偵・金田一耕助シリーズ (1983)
Hoodlum Soldier (1965)
A Woman's Life (1963)
The Maid Story (1963)
Crazy Operation (1963)
喜劇 駅前飯店 (1962)
Wakai kisetsu (1962)
Kigeki ekimae onsen (1962)
The Wiser Age (1962)
An Urban Affair (1961)
The Other Woman (1961)
Daughters, Wives and a Mother (1960)
Hito mo arukeba (1960)
Temptation on Glamour Island (1959)
社長太平記 (1959)
City of Love (1958)
Down Town (1957)
Black River (1957)
Birth of Romance (1957)
Price of Beauty (1957)
Women in Prison (1956)
Kyūkon sannin musume (1954)
The Brothers who Protect the Mountain (1953)
A Japanese Tragedy (1953)
Sisters (1953)
Yasugorō shusse (1953)
New Tokyo March (1953)
Stray Dog (1949)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1933-07-17
Deathday2014-01-11 (80 years old)
Birth PlaceTokyo, Japan
RelationshipsYorozuya Kinnosuke (1966-01-01 - 1987-01-01)
ChildrenEtsuo Shima
CitizenshipsJapan
Also Known AsКэйко Авадзи, 淡路恵子
AwardsKinuyo Tanaka Award, Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actress, Kikuta Kazuo engeki shō
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