Keiko Awaji
Known for: Acting
Born: July 17, 1933
Died: January 11, 2014
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
140 movies · 3 TV shows, newest first
6.0
Mourning Recipe
2013
6.0
Hard Romanticker
2011
NR
誰よりも君を愛す！
2011
NR
On a Better Night than Usual
2010
NR
千年の松 完結編
2009
3.0
Three for the Road
2007
6.2
Veronika Decides to Die
2005
8.0
Pretty Woman
2003
NR
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'
2002
NR
Moshichi
2001
NR
Married Executioner R: MISSION 2 - Tainted Bonds
2001
NR
Married Executioner R: MISSION 1 - Bloody Mischief
2001
5.2
Inugami
2001
NR
Welcome to the Vampire Onsen
1997
8.0
A Brief Message from the Heart
1995
7.5
Hong Kong Paradise
1990
7.5
She-Shogun
1990
8.7
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
1989
8.6
Downtown Heroes
1988
9.0
Tora-san Goes North
1987
7.0
Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series
1983
8.0
Green Light to Joy
1967
6.7
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
1966
7.0
Tale of a Carpenter
1966
8.0
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga
1966
10.0
Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves
1966
8.0
The Flower and the Dragon
1965
7.0
A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
1965
6.4
Illusion of Blood
1965
NR
Finances in Front of the Train Station
1965
7.2
Hoodlum Soldier
1965
NR
Mumu Dance
1964
8.0
Legend of the Irresponsible Hero
1964
NR
Go to Hell! Company Men
1964
7.0
Youth Season Continued
1964
8.0
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1964
8.0
Misandry
1964NR
For Love and Money
1963
8.0
Crazy Cats Go to Hong Kong
1963
7.1
A Woman's Life
1963
10.0
Crazy Operation: Drop Dead! Irresponsibility
1963
NR
New Marital Relations
1963
9.0
Japan's No. 1 Playboy
1963
10.0
The Maid Story
1963
10.0
Crazy Operation: First Move
1963
9.0
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
1963
7.0
Roppongi Nights: Love Me, Love Me
1963
NR
Devices Stronger Than Women
1963
7.0
Travel Stories of a Company President
1963
8.0
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
1962
7.1
Chûshingura
1962
10.0
Youth Season
1962
8.0
Me and Me
1962
10.0
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
1962
NR
Secret Love
1962
7.0
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
1962
7.0
Kureji no Hanayome to Shichinin no Nakama
1962
9.0
Long Way to Okinawa
1962
7.0
Hagure kigeki mandara
1962
7.2
The Wiser Age
1962
8.0
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
1961
7.0
3 Dolls and Baby Gang
1961
9.0
Acchan no bebi gyangu
1961
NR
Toilet Manager
1961
7.0
An Urban Affair
1961
10.0
Kill the Killer!
1961
6.3
The Other Woman
1961
8.0
Playboy President: Part II
1961
NR
The Age of Lawless Moneymaking
1961
10.0
Playboy President
1961
NR
The Husband Was a Baby
1960
NR
Older Wife, Younger Husband
1960
10.0
Jiyūgaoka fujin
1960
8.5
The Twilight Story
1960
9.0
Scarred Yosaburo
1960
8.0
The Blue Beast
1960
7.3
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1960
NR
Showdown on Pier No.3
1960
NR
The Curio Master
1960
9.0
Hito mo arukeba
1960
8.0
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960
NR
The Forgotten Waterfront
1959
NR
The Adventures of Kantaro
1959
9.0
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
1959
NR
The Lord Pretends
1959
10.0
The Lord and the Gambler
1959
9.0
Samurai in the Office
1959
NR
Bringing Up Husbands
1959
6.9
Samurai Saga
1959
9.0
Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
1959
7.0
Temptation on Glamour Island
1959
10.0
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
1959
8.0
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958
NR
Blackmail
1958
NR
The Undefeated Woman
1958
NR
He's the Killer
1958
9.0
The Hotelman's Holiday
1958
8.0
Go and Get It
1958
NR
Yaji and Kita on the Road
1958
9.0
Holiday in Tokyo
1958
NR
Executive Chair
1958
10.0
The Third President
1958
9.0
The Princess of Badger Palace
1958
NR
Fancy Talker
1958
NR
The Capital of Love
1958
NR
The Blue Mountains Part 2
1957
7.7
Downtown
1957
NR
The Blue Mountains
1957
7.0
Black River
1957
10.0
Geisha in the Old City
1957
NR
Skin-Colored Moon
1957
NR
Kiss the Moon
1957
NR
Hadaka no Machi
1957
NR
Forgotten Flower Petal: Conclusion
1957
8.0
The Shadow Daughter
1957
NR
Birth of Romance
1957
NR
The 36 Passengers
1957
10.0
Price of Beauty
1957
NR
The Luckiest Dai
1957
9.0
Talkative Company President
1957
8.0
The Mandarin Room
1956
NR
Easy-Going Married Couple
1956
4.0
Women in Prison
1956
NR
Gendai no yokubô
1956
NR
Morishige, where are you going?
1956
NR
While the Demon Steps Out
1956
10.0
元祿美少年記
1955
9.0
House of Many Pleasures
1955
7.0
Quick Change Tanuki Palace
1954
NR
Travels of Lord Mito Pt.3
1954
6.0
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
1954
NR
Kyūkon sannin musume
1954
6.5
Always in My Heart Part 2
1953
NR
The Brothers who Protect the Mountain
1953
6.8
Always in My Heart
1953
5.8
A Japanese Tragedy
1953
NR
Sisters
1953
10.0
Yasugorō shusse
1953
9.0
New Tokyo March
1953
6.5
Sincere Heart
1953
NR
Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido
1953
7.6
Stray Dog
1949
NR
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