Keiko Awaji
Acting
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.
Known for
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movieMourning Recipe
2013
Tamako
moviePretty Woman
2003
Aoi Morishita
movieInugami
2001
Katsuko Doi
movieShe-Shogun
1990
Katsuyama
movieA Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga
1966
Fujiko Tomono
movieHoodlum Soldier
1965
Otomaru
movieYouth Season Continued
1964
Keiko Tanao (President of "Printemps Cosmetics")
movieJapan's No. 1 Playboy
1963
Michie Higurashi
movieTravel Stories of a Company President Part II
1963
Renko (Madam of Club Marilyn)
movieDevices Stronger Than Women
1963
Yoshiko Kakegawa (Taichi’s wife)
movieThe Wiser Age
1962
Michiko
movieKill the Killer!
1961
Toshiko (madam at bar “Fancy”)
movieThe Other Woman
1961
Fukuko
moviePlayboy President: Part II
1961
Madame Emiko
moviePlayboy President
1961
Madame Emiko
movieDaughters, Wives and a Mother
1960
Mie Sakanishi
movieHito mo arukeba
1960
Sumire Sakura
movieTemptation on Glamour Island
1959
Yoshiko Kosaka
movieGo and Get It
1958
Mrs. Matsumoto, His Wife
movieYaji and Kita on the Road
1958
Oimo / Osatsu
movieExecutive Chair
1958
Kimiko Wada
movieThe Princess of Badger Palace
1958
Spider Queen of the Forest
movieThe Blue Mountains Part 2
1957
Umetarō (Geisha)
movieThe Blue Mountains
1957
Umetarō (Geisha)
movieBlack River
1957
Okada's Wife (uncredited)
movieBirth of Romance
1957
Sayoko Uemura
moviePrice of Beauty
1957
Yuki Kawabe
movieWomen in Prison
1956
Keiko Nomi, prisoner
movieThe Brothers who Protect the Mountain
1953
Sayumi Sumikura
movieA Japanese Tragedy
1953
Wakamaru, a geisha
movieSincere Heart
1953
Midori
movieStray Dog
1949
Harumi Namiki
