Keiko Awaji

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: Acting

Born: Tokyo, Japan, 1933-07-17

Died: 2014-01-11

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1949	Stray Dog	Harumi Namiki	75
2	1953	Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido		0
3	1953	Sincere Heart	Midori	63
4	1953	New Tokyo March		0
5	1953	Yasugorō shusse		0
6	1953	Sisters		0
7	1953	A Japanese Tragedy	Wakamaru, a geisha	56
8	1953	Always in My Heart		68
9	1953	The Brothers who Protect the Mountain	Sayumi Sumikura	0
10	1953	Always in My Heart Part 2		65
11	1954	Kyūkon sannin musume		0
12	1954	The Bridges at Toko-Ri	Kimiko	60
13	1954	Travels of Lord Mito Pt.3		0
14	1954	Quick Change Tanuki Palace		0
15	1955	(Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home	Eiko	0
16	1955	元祿美少年記	きぬ	0
17	1956	Morishige, where are you going?	Keiko	0
18	1956	Women in Prison	Keiko Nomi, prisoner	10
19	1956	The Mandarin Room		0
20	1957	Talkative Company President	Eiko	0
21	1957	Price of Beauty	Yuki Kawabe	0
22	1957	Birth of Romance	Sayoko Uemura	0
23	1957	Hadaka no Machi		0
24	1957	Skin-Colored Moon	Kimiyo	0
25	1957	Geisha in the Old City	Kimiko	0
26	1957	Black River	Okada's Wife (uncredited)	69
27	1957	Down Town		0
28	1958	City of Love	Eriko	0
29	1958	The Princess of Badger Palace	Spider Queen of the Forest	0
30	1958	The Third President		0
31	1958	Executive Chair	Kimiko Wada	0
32	1958	Yaji and Kita on the Road	Oimo / Osatsu	0
33	1958	Go and Get It	Mrs. Matsumoto, His Wife	0
34	1958	The Hotelman's Holiday	Okiku	0
35	1958	The Undefeated Woman		0
36	1958	Yajikita dōchū sugoroku		0
37	1959	Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period		0
38	1959	Temptation on Glamour Island	Yoshiko Kosaka	60
39	1959	Sequel- Three Generations of Company Presidents		0
40	1959	Samurai Saga	Nanae	67
41	1959	The Lord and the Gambler		0
42	1959	The Lord Pretends	Kosei	0
43	1959	Utamaro, Painter of the Woman		0
44	1959	The Adventures of Kantaro		0
45	1960	When a Woman Ascends the Stairs	Yuri	80
46	1960	Hito mo arukeba	Sumire Sakura	0
47	1960	Daughters, Wives and a Mother	Mie Sakanishi	71
48	1960	The Blue Beast		70
49	1960	Scarred Yosaburo		0
50	1960	The Twilight Story		80
51	1960	Jiyūgaoka fujin		0
52	1961	Playboy President	Madame Emiko	0
53	1961	The Other Woman	Fukuko	63
54	1961	Playboy President: Part II	Madame Emiko	0
55	1961	An Urban Affair	Kimie	0
56	1961	Toilet Manager		0
57	1961	Acchan no bebi gyangu		0
58	1961	3 Dolls and Baby Gang		0
59	1961	A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox		0
60	1962	The Wiser Age	Michiko	73
61	1962	Hagure kigeki mandara		0
62	1962	Long Way to Okinawa		0
63	1962	Ika naru hoshi no moto ni		0
64	1962	Kureji no Hanayome to Shichinin no Nakama		0
65	1962	Secret Love		0
66	1962	A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen		0
67	1962	Me and Me		0
68	1962	Wakai kisetsu		0
69	1962	Chûshingura		73
70	1962	A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant		0
71	1963	Travel Stories of a Company President		0
72	1963	Roppongi Nights: Love Me, Love Me		0
73	1963	Travel Stories of a Company President Part II	Renko (Madam of Club Marilyn)	0
74	1963	Crazy Operation: First Move		0
75	1963	The Maid Story		0
76	1963	Japan's No. 1 Playboy	Michie Higurashi	0
77	1963	Crazy Operation: Drop Dead! Irresponsibility		0
78	1963	A Woman's Life		71
79	1963	Crazy Cats Go to Hong Kong		0
80	1963	For Love and Money		0
81	1965	Hoodlum Soldier	Otomaru	73
82	1965	Illusion of Blood	Omaki	62
83	1965	A Comedy in Front of the Station: University	Mitsui Fujiko	0
84	1965	The Flower and the Dragon		73
85	1966	Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves		100
86	1966	A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga	Fujiko Tomono	0
87	1966	Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn	Fuji	66
88	1967	Green Light to Joy	Takeko	0
89	1987	Tora-san Goes North	Etsuko	87
90	1988	Downtown Heroes		84
91	1989	Tora-san Goes to Vienna	Madam	80
92	1990	She-Shogun	Katsuyama	0
93	1990	Hong Kong Paradise		0
94	1995	A Brief Message from the Heart	Fusae	0
95	1997	Welcome to the Vampire Onsen		0
96	2001	Inugami	Katsuko Doi	52
97	2001	Married Executioner R: MISSION 1 - Bloody Mischief		0
98	2001	Married Executioner R: MISSION 2 - Tainted Bonds		0
99	2002	Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'	Self	0
100	2003	Pretty Woman	Aoi Morishita	0
101	2005	Veronika Decides to Die	Beniko	50
102	2007	Three for the Road		40
103	2009	千年の松完結編		0
104	2010	On a Better Night than Usual		0
105	2011	誰よりも君を愛す！		0
106	2011	Hard Romanticker		60
107	2013	Mourning Recipe	Tamako	60

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1983	Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series	Oyanagi	70
2	2001	Moshichi		0

Keiko Awaji

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