Keiko Awaji
Known For
Acting
Born
1933-07-17 in Tokyo, Japan
Died
2014-01-11
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.
Most Known For
Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series
as Oyanagi
Stray Dog
as Harumi Namiki
Inugami
as Katsuko Doi
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
as Yuri
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
as Kimiko
Moshichi
Chûshingura
Hoodlum Soldier
as Otomaru
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
as Mie Sakanishi
Black River
as Okada's Wife (uncredited)
A Japanese Tragedy
as Wakamaru, a geisha
On a Better Night than Usual
Pretty Woman
as Aoi Morishita
Hard Romanticker
Veronika Decides to Die
as Beniko
Holiday in Tokyo
The Other Woman
as Fukuko
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
as Fuji
Down Town
