Keiko Awaji
Acting
- Born:
- 1933-07-17
- Died:
- 2014-01-11
- Place of birth:
- Tokyo, Japan
Biography
Keiko Awaji (17 July 1933 – 11 January 2014) was a Japanese actress. Notable highlights of her career include Akira Kurosawa's Stray Dog and Mark Robson's 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 Kinnosuke Nakamura (also known as Kinnosuke Yorozuya); 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. She died of esophageal cancer in Tokyo on 11 January 2014, aged 80.
Known For
Filmography
Mourning Recipe
Hard Romanticker
誰よりも君を愛す！
On a Better Night than Usual
千年の松 完結編
Three for the Road
Veronika Decides to Die
Pretty Woman
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'
Moshichi
Married Executioner R: MISSION 2 - Tainted Bonds
Married Executioner R: MISSION 1 - Bloody Mischief
Inugami
Welcome to the Vampire Onsen
A Brief Message from the Heart
Hong Kong Paradise
She-Shogun
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
Downtown Heroes
Tora-san Goes North
Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series
Green Light to Joy
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
Tale of a Carpenter
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga
Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves
Masseur War Story
The Flower and the Dragon
A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
A Monk in the Big City of Edo
Illusion of Blood
Raccoon Dog Leader
Finances in Front of the Train Station
Hoodlum Soldier
Mumu Dance
Thief on the Run
Legend of the Irresponsible Hero
Go to Hell! Company Men
Youth Season Continued
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
Misandry
For Love and Money
Crazy Cats Go to Hong Kong
A Woman's Life
Crazy Operation: Drop Dead! Irresponsibility
New Marital Relations
Japan's No. 1 Playboy
The Maid Story
Crazy Operation: First Move
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
Roppongi Nights: Love Me, Love Me
Devices Stronger Than Women
Travel Stories of a Company President
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
Chûshingura
Youth Season
Me and Me
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
Secret Love
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
Kureji no Hanayome to Shichinin no Nakama
Long Way to Okinawa
Hagure kigeki mandara
The Wiser Age
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
3 Dolls and Baby Gang
Achan's Baby Gang
Toilet Manager
An Urban Affair
Kill the Killer!
The Other Woman
Playboy President: Part II
The Age of Lawless Moneymaking
Playboy President
The Husband Was a Baby
Older Wife, Younger Husband
Jiyūgaoka fujin
The Twilight Story
Scarred Yosaburo
The Blue Beast
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Showdown on Pier No.3
The Curio Master
Hito mo arukeba
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
The Forgotten Waterfront
The Adventures of Kantaro
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
The Lord Pretends
The Lord and the Gambler
Samurai in the Office
Bringing Up Husbands
Samurai Saga
Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
Temptation on Glamour Island
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
Blackmail
The Undefeated Woman
He's the Killer
Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: Onibi tōrō
The Hotelman's Holiday
Go and Get It
Yaji and Kita on the Road
Holiday in Tokyo
Executive Chair
The Third President
The Princess of Badger Palace
Fancy Talker
The Capital of Love
The Blue Mountains Part 2
Downtown
The Blue Mountains
Black River
Geisha in the Old City
Skin-Colored Moon
Kiss the Moon
Hadaka no Machi
Forgotten Flower Petal: Conclusion
The Shadow Daughter
Birth of Romance
The 36 Passengers
Price of Beauty
The Luckiest Dai
Talkative Company President
The Mandarin Room
Easy-Going Married Couple
Women in Prison
Gendai no yokubô
Morishige, where are you going?
While the Demon Steps Out
元祿美少年記
House of Many Pleasures
Quick Change Tanuki Palace
Travels of Lord Mito Pt.3
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Kyūkon sannin musume
Always in My Heart Part 2
The Brothers who Protect the Mountain
Always in My Heart
A Japanese Tragedy
Sisters
Yasugorō shusse
New Tokyo March
Sincere Heart
Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido
Stray Dog
茂七の事件簿・新ふしぎ草紙