Keiko Awaji
Acting
Born: July 17, 1933 · Tokyo, Japan
Died: January 11, 2014 (aged 80)
Highest Rated
Biography
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
Photos (3)
Movies (136)
Quick Change Tanuki Palace
1954
Showdown on Pier No.3
Kaoru
Stray Dog
Harumi Namiki
Hito mo arukeba
Sumire Sakura
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Kimiko
On a Better Night than Usual
2010
Inugami
Katsuko Doi
Chûshingura
1962
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Yuri
Fancy Talker
1958
Married Executioner R: MISSION 1 - Bloody Mischief
2001
Women in Prison
Keiko Nomi, prisoner
Tora-san Goes North
Etsuko
The Blue Mountains Part 2
Umetarō (Geisha)
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Mie Sakanishi
Youth Season Continued
Keiko Tanao (President of "Printemps Cosmetics")
Hadaka no Machi
1957
Veronika Decides to Die
Beniko
Scarred Yosaburo
1960
Samurai Saga
Nanae
Me and Me
1962
Sincere Heart
Midori
The Curio Master
1960
Toilet Manager
1961
Mourning Recipe
Tamako
A Japanese Tragedy
Wakamaru, a geisha
Executive Chair
Kimiko Wada
She-Shogun
Katsuyama
The Wiser Age
Michiko
Married Executioner R: MISSION 2 - Tainted Bonds
2001
A Brief Message from the Heart
Fusae
Hard Romanticker
2011
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1964
Downtown Heroes
1988
Hoodlum Soldier
Otomaru
Black River
Okada's Wife (uncredited)
The Other Woman
Fukuko
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
Madam
Welcome to the Vampire Onsen
1997
Always in My Heart Part 2
1953
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
Renko (Madam of Club Marilyn)
Gendai no yokubô
1956
Forgotten Flower Petal: Conclusion
1957
A Woman's Life
Tamae Misawa
誰よりも君を愛す！
2011
Japan's No. 1 Playboy
Michie Higurashi
Easy-Going Married Couple
1956
Crazy Operation: First Move
1963
The Blue Beast
1960
The Husband Was a Baby
1960
He's the Killer
1958
Morishige, where are you going?
Keiko
Holiday in Tokyo
1958
Downtown
1957
Talkative Company President
Eiko
Playboy President: Part II
Madame Emiko
Price of Beauty
Yuki Kawabe
Travels of Lord Mito Pt.3
1954
Playboy President
Madame Emiko
The Flower and the Dragon
1965
While the Demon Steps Out
1956
Youth Season
1962
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
1961
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
Fuji
Three for the Road
2007
The Twilight Story
1960
The Third President
1958
The Undefeated Woman
1958
Pretty Woman
Aoi Morishita
Temptation on Glamour Island
Yoshiko Kosaka
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
1962
Crazy Operation: Drop Dead! Irresponsibility
1963
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga
Fujiko Tomono
The Brothers who Protect the Mountain
Sayumi Sumikura
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
1962
The Mandarin Room
Choko
Roppongi Nights: Love Me, Love Me
1963
Samurai in the Office
1959
The Princess of Badger Palace
Spider Queen of the Forest
The Shadow Daughter
Masayo
Devices Stronger Than Women
Yoshiko Kakegawa (Taichi’s wife)
The Capital of Love
Eriko
The Hotelman's Holiday
Okiku
Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
1959
Always in My Heart
1953
Hong Kong Paradise
1990
Hagure kigeki mandara
1962
Illusion of Blood
Omaki
Green Light to Joy
Takeko
Jiyūgaoka fujin
1960
The Lord Pretends
Kosei
Travel Stories of a Company President
1963
Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves
1966
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
1959
Geisha in the Old City
Kimiko
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958
Sisters
1953
House of Many Pleasures
Eiko
Skin-Colored Moon
Kimiyo
The Luckiest Dai
1957
Crazy Cats Go to Hong Kong
1963
The Age of Lawless Moneymaking
1961
3 Dolls and Baby Gang
1961
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
1959
Yaji and Kita on the Road
Oimo / Osatsu
The Maid Story
1963
Tale of a Carpenter
1966
The Adventures of Kantaro
1959
Go and Get It
Mrs. Matsumoto, His Wife
元祿美少年記
きぬ
Kill the Killer!
Toshiko (madam at bar “Fancy”)
Older Wife, Younger Husband
1960
Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido
1953
千年の松 完結編
2009
Long Way to Okinawa
1962
The 36 Passengers
1957
Kyūkon sannin musume
1954
An Urban Affair
Kimie
Acchan no bebi gyangu
1961
Kureji no Hanayome to Shichinin no Nakama
1962
New Tokyo March
1953
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
1962
The Lord and the Gambler
1959
The Blue Mountains
Umetarō (Geisha)
Birth of Romance
Sayoko Uemura
The Forgotten Waterfront
1959
Secret Love
1962
Bringing Up Husbands
1959
Blackmail
1958
Yasugorō shusse
1953
Legend of the Irresponsible Hero
1964
Misandry
1964
A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
Mitsui Fujiko
Finances in Front of the Train Station
1965
Mumu Dance
1964
Go to Hell! Company Men
1964
