Keiko Awaji
Acting
1933-07-17 · Tokyo, Japan
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.
Filmography
Mourning Recipe
2013 · Movie
Hard Romanticker
2011 · Movie
誰よりも君を愛す！
2011 · Movie
On a Better Night than Usual
2010 · Movie
千年の松 完結編
2009 · Movie
Three for the Road
2007 · Movie
Veronika Decides to Die
2005 · Movie
Pretty Woman
2003 · Movie
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'
2002 · Movie
Moshichi
2001 · Series
Married Executioner R: MISSION 2 - Tainted Bonds
2001 · Movie
Married Executioner R: MISSION 1 - Bloody Mischief
2001 · Movie
Inugami
2001 · Movie
Welcome to the Vampire Onsen
1997 · Movie
A Brief Message from the Heart
1995 · Movie
Hong Kong Paradise
1990 · Movie
She-Shogun
1990 · Movie
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
1989 · Movie
Downtown Heroes
1988 · Movie
Tora-san Goes North
1987 · Movie
Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series
1983 · Series
Green Light to Joy
1967 · Movie
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
1966 · Movie
Tale of a Carpenter
1966 · Movie
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga
1966 · Movie
Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves
1966 · Movie
The Flower and the Dragon
1965 · Movie
A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
1965 · Movie
Illusion of Blood
1965 · Movie
Hoodlum Soldier
1965 · Movie
Legend of the Irresponsible Hero
1964 · Movie
Youth Season Continued
1964 · Movie
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1964 · Movie
Misandry
1964 · Movie
For Love and Money
1963 · Movie
Crazy Cats Go to Hong Kong
1963 · Movie
A Woman's Life
1963 · Movie
Crazy Operation: Drop Dead! Irresponsibility
1963 · Movie
Japan's No. 1 Playboy
1963 · Movie
The Maid Story
1963 · Movie
Crazy Operation: First Move
1963 · Movie
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
1963 · Movie
Roppongi Nights: Love Me, Love Me
1963 · Movie
Devices Stronger Than Women
1963 · Movie
Travel Stories of a Company President
1963 · Movie
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
1962 · Movie
Chûshingura
1962 · Movie
Youth Season
1962 · Movie
Me and Me
1962 · Movie
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
1962 · Movie
Secret Love
1962 · Movie
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
1962 · Movie
Kureji no Hanayome to Shichinin no Nakama
1962 · Movie
Long Way to Okinawa
1962 · Movie
Hagure kigeki mandara
1962 · Movie
The Wiser Age
1962 · Movie
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
1961 · Movie
3 Dolls and Baby Gang
1961 · Movie
Acchan no bebi gyangu
1961 · Movie
Toilet Manager
1961 · Movie
An Urban Affair
1961 · Movie
Kill the Killer!
1961 · Movie
The Other Woman
1961 · Movie
Playboy President: Part II
1961 · Movie
The Age of Lawless Moneymaking
1961 · Movie
Playboy President
1961 · Movie
The Husband Was a Baby
1960 · Movie
Older Wife, Younger Husband
1960 · Movie
Jiyūgaoka fujin
1960 · Movie
The Twilight Story
1960 · Movie
Scarred Yosaburo
1960 · Movie
The Blue Beast
1960 · Movie
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1960 · Movie
Showdown on Pier No.3
1960 · Movie
The Curio Master
1960 · Movie
Hito mo arukeba
1960 · Movie
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960 · Movie
The Forgotten Waterfront
1959 · Movie
The Adventures of Kantaro
1959 · Movie
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
1959 · Movie
The Lord Pretends
1959 · Movie
The Lord and the Gambler
1959 · Movie
Samurai in the Office
1959 · Movie
Bringing Up Husbands
1959 · Movie
Samurai Saga
1959 · Movie
Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
1959 · Movie
Temptation on Glamour Island
1959 · Movie
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
1959 · Movie
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958 · Movie
Blackmail
1958 · Movie
The Undefeated Woman
1958 · Movie
He's the Killer
1958 · Movie
The Hotelman's Holiday
1958 · Movie
Go and Get It
1958 · Movie
Yaji and Kita on the Road
1958 · Movie
Holiday in Tokyo
1958 · Movie
Executive Chair
1958 · Movie
The Third President
1958 · Movie
The Princess of Badger Palace
1958 · Movie
Fancy Talker
1958 · Movie
The Capital of Love
1958 · Movie
The Blue Mountains Part 2
1957 · Movie
Downtown
1957 · Movie
The Blue Mountains
1957 · Movie
Black River
1957 · Movie
Geisha in the Old City
1957 · Movie
Skin-Colored Moon
1957 · Movie
Hadaka no Machi
1957 · Movie
Forgotten Flower Petal: Conclusion
1957 · Movie
The Shadow Daughter
1957 · Movie
Birth of Romance
1957 · Movie
The 36 Passengers
1957 · Movie
Price of Beauty
1957 · Movie
The Luckiest Dai
1957 · Movie
Talkative Company President
1957 · Movie
The Mandarin Room
1956 · Movie
Easy-Going Married Couple
1956 · Movie
Women in Prison
1956 · Movie
Gendai no yokubô
1956 · Movie
Morishige, where are you going?
1956 · Movie
While the Demon Steps Out
1956 · Movie
元祿美少年記
1955 · Movie
House of Many Pleasures
1955 · Movie
Quick Change Tanuki Palace
1954 · Movie
Travels of Lord Mito Pt.3
1954 · Movie
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
1954 · Movie
Kyūkon sannin musume
1954 · Movie
Always in My Heart Part 2
1953 · Movie
The Brothers who Protect the Mountain
1953 · Movie
Always in My Heart
1953 · Movie
A Japanese Tragedy
1953 · Movie
Sisters
1953 · Movie
Yasugorō shusse
1953 · Movie
New Tokyo March
1953 · Movie
Sincere Heart
1953 · Movie
Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido
1953 · Movie
Stray Dog
1949 · Movie
茂七の事件簿・新ふしぎ草紙
Series