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Keiko Awaji

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1933-07-17

Deathday: 2014-01-11 (80 years old)

Biography

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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

all 92

Movies 90

TV Shows 2

Keiko Awaji

Biography

Filmography

all 92

Movies 90

TV Shows 2

self 1

Mourning Recipe (2013)

Hard Romanticker (2011)

Three for the Road (2007)

Veronika Decides to Die (2005)

The Hunter and the Hunted (2004)

Pretty Woman (2003)

Married Executioner R Mission 1: Bloody Mischief (2002)

Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: Stray Dog (2002)

Moshichi no Jikenbo: Fushigi Sōshi (2001)

Inugami (2001)

Welcome to the Vampire Onsen (1997)

A Brief Message from the Heart (1995)

Tôhôkenbunroku (1993)

Hong Kong Paradise (1990)

She-Shogun (1990)

Tora-san Goes to Vienna (1989)

Hope and Pain (1988)

Tora-san Goes North (1987)

Metamorphosis (1986)

古谷一行の名探偵・金田一耕助シリーズ (1983)

Green Light to Joy (1967)

Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn (1966)

Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves (1966)

The Flower and the Dragon (1965)

A Comedy: The University Around the Corner (1965)

Illusion of Blood (1965)

Hoodlum Soldier (1965)

For Love and Money (1963)

Crazy Cats Go to Hong Kong (1963)

A Woman's Life (1963)

Kureji sakusen: Kudabare! Musekinin (1963)

The Best Playboy In Japan (1963)

The Maid Story (1963)

Roppongi Nights: Love Me, Love Me (1963)

喜劇 駅前飯店 (1962)

47 Ronin (1962)

Wakai kisetsu (1962)

Kigeki ekimae onsen (1962)

Shinobi ai (1962)

Kureji no Hanayome to Shichinin no Nakama (1962)

Ika naru hoshi no moto ni (1962)

Long Way to Okinawa (1962)

Hagure kigeki mandara (1962)

The Wiser Age (1962)

Kigeki ekimae bentô (1961)

3 Dolls and Baby Gang (1961)

Acchan no bebi gyangu (1961)

Toilet Manager (1961)

An Urban Affair (1961)

The Other Woman (1961)

The Twilight Story (1960)

Scarred Yosaburo (1960)

The Blue Beast (1960)

Daughters, Wives and a Mother (1960)

Hito mo arukeba (1960)

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)

The Adventures of Kantaro (1959)

Utamaro, Painter of the Woman (1959)

The Lord Pretends (1959)

The Lord and the Gambler (1959)

Samurai Saga (1959)

Zoku shachōtaiheiki (1959)

Temptation on Glamour Island (1959)

社長太平記 (1959)

Yajikita dōchū sugoroku (1958)

The Undefeated Woman (1958)

The Hotelman's Holiday (1958)

Yaji and Kita on the Road (1958)

The Third President (1958)

The Princess of Badger Palace (1958)

City of Love (1958)

Down Town (1957)

Black River (1957)

喜劇駅前飯店 (1962)

Known For
Acting

Gender
Female

Birthday
1933-07-17

Deathday
2014-01-11 (80 years old)

Birth Place
Tokyo, Japan

Relationships
Yorozuya Kinnosuke (1966-01-01 - 1987-01-01)

Children
Etsuo Shima

Citizenships
Japan

Also Known As
淡路恵子, Кэйко Авадзи

Awards
Kinuyo Tanaka Award, Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actress, Kikuta Kazuo engeki shō