Keiko Awaji
Actor
Biography
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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
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Filmography
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
as Yuri 1960
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
as Kimiko 1954
Chûshingura
1962
Inugami
as Katsuko Doi 2001
Black River
as Okada's Wife (uncredited) 1957
Samurai Saga
as Nanae 1959
A Japanese Tragedy
as Wakamaru, a geisha 1953
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
as Fuji 1966
A Woman's Life
1963
Sincere Heart
as Midori 1953
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
as Mie Sakanishi 1960
Illusion of Blood
as Omaki 1965
Mourning Recipe
as Tamako 2013
Downtown Heroes
1988
The Other Woman
as Fukuko 1961
The Wiser Age
as Michiko 1962