Keiko Awaji
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
Mourning Recipe
2013
as Tamako
Hard Romanticker
2011
誰よりも君を愛す！
2011
On a Better Night than Usual
2010
千年の松 完結編
2009
Three for the Road
2007
Veronika Decides to Die
2005
as Beniko
Pretty Woman
2003
as Aoi Morishita
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'
2002
as Self
Married Executioner R: MISSION 2 - Tainted Bonds
2001
Married Executioner R: MISSION 1 - Bloody Mischief
2001
Inugami
2001
as Katsuko Doi
Welcome to the Vampire Onsen
1997
A Brief Message from the Heart
1995
as Fusae
Hong Kong Paradise
1990
She-Shogun
1990
as Katsuyama
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
1989
as Madam
Downtown Heroes
1988
Tora-san Goes North
1987
as Etsuko
Green Light to Joy
1967
as Takeko
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
1966
as Fuji
Tale of a Carpenter
1966
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga
1966
as Fujiko Tomono
Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves
1966