Keiko Awaji
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 17, 1933
- Died
- January 11, 2014 (aged 80)
- Birthplace
- 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.
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Filmography
茂七の事件簿・新ふしぎ草紙
TV · 1 ep
Mourning Recipe
Movie · as Tamako
Hard Romanticker
Movie
誰よりも君を愛す！
Movie
On a Better Night than Usual
Movie
千年の松 完結編
Movie
Three for the Road
Movie
Veronika Decides to Die
Movie · as Beniko
Pretty Woman
Movie · as Aoi Morishita
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'
Movie · as Self
Inugami
Movie · as Katsuko Doi
Married Executioner R: MISSION 1 - Bloody Mischief
Movie
Married Executioner R: MISSION 2 - Tainted Bonds
Movie
Moshichi
TV · 25 eps
Welcome to the Vampire Onsen
Movie
A Brief Message from the Heart
Movie · as Fusae
Hong Kong Paradise
Movie
She-Shogun
Movie · as Katsuyama
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
Movie · as 夫人
Downtown Heroes
Movie
Tora-san Goes North
Movie · as Etsuko
Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series
TV · as Oyanagi · 1 ep
Green Light to Joy
Movie · as Takeko
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
Movie · as Fuji
Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves
Movie
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga
Movie · as Fujiko Tomono
Tale of a Carpenter
Movie
Illusion of Blood
Movie · as Omaki
Hoodlum Soldier
Movie · as Otomaru
A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
Movie · as Mitsui Fujiko
The Flower and the Dragon
Movie
Finances in Front of the Train Station
Movie
A Monk in the Big City of Edo
Movie
Masseur War Story
Movie
Raccoon Dog Leader
Movie
Misandry
Movie
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
Movie
Legend of the Irresponsible Hero
Movie
Youth Season Continued
Movie · as Keiko Tanao (President of "Printemps Cosmetics")
Mumu Dance
Movie
Go to Hell! Company Men
Movie
Thief on the Run
Movie
Roppongi Nights: Love Me, Love Me
Movie
Crazy Cats Go to Hong Kong
Movie
For Love and Money
Movie
A Woman's Life
Movie · as Tamae Misawa
The Maid Story
Movie
Japan's No. 1 Playboy
Movie · as Michie Higurashi
Crazy Operation: Drop Dead! Irresponsibility
Movie
Crazy Operation: First Move
Movie
Travel Stories of a Company President
Movie
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
Movie · as Renko (Madam of Club Marilyn)
Devices Stronger Than Women
Movie · as Yoshiko Kakegawa (Taichi’s wife)
New Marital Relations
Movie
Hagure kigeki mandara
Movie
Long Way to Okinawa
Movie
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
Movie
Kureji no Hanayome to Shichinin no Nakama
Movie
Secret Love
Movie
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
Movie
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
Movie
Youth Season
Movie
The Wiser Age
Movie · as Michiko
Chûshingura
Movie
Me and Me
Movie
An Urban Affair
Movie · as Kimie
Toilet Manager
Movie
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
Movie
The Other Woman
Movie · as Fukuko
Achan's Baby Gang
Movie
Playboy President
Movie · as Madame Emiko
Playboy President: Part II
Movie · as Madame Emiko
Kill the Killer!
Movie · as Toshiko (madam at bar “Fancy”)
3 Dolls and Baby Gang
Movie
The Age of Lawless Moneymaking
Movie
Hito mo arukeba
Movie · as Sumire Sakura
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Movie · as Mie Sakanishi
The Twilight Story
Movie
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Movie · as Yuri
The Blue Beast
Movie
Scarred Yosaburo
Movie
Jiyūgaoka fujin
Movie
Showdown on Pier No.3
Movie · as Kaoru
Older Wife, Younger Husband
Movie
The Husband Was a Baby
Movie
The Curio Master
Movie
Samurai Saga
Movie · as Nanae
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
Movie
Temptation on Glamour Island
Movie · as Yoshiko Kosaka
The Lord Pretends
Movie · as Kosei
The Lord and the Gambler
Movie
The Adventures of Kantaro
Movie
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
Movie
Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
Movie
Bringing Up Husbands
Movie
The Forgotten Waterfront
Movie
Samurai in the Office
Movie
The Undefeated Woman
Movie
Yaji and Kita on the Road
Movie · as Oimo / Osatsu
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
Movie
The Princess of Badger Palace
Movie · as Spider Queen of the Forest
The Hotelman's Holiday
Movie · as Okiku
The Capital of Love
Movie · as Eriko
The Third President
Movie
Executive Chair
Movie · as Kimiko Wada
Go and Get It
Movie · as Mrs. Matsumoto, His Wife
Holiday in Tokyo
Movie
He's the Killer
Movie
Blackmail
Movie
Fancy Talker
Movie
Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: Onibi tōrō
Movie
Birth of Romance
Movie · as Sayoko Uemura
Hadaka no Machi
Movie
Geisha in the Old City
Movie · as Kimiko
Black River
Movie · as Yasuko, Okada's Wife
Price of Beauty
Movie · as Yuki Kawabe
Downtown
Movie
Talkative Company President
Movie · as Eiko
Skin-Colored Moon
Movie · as Kimiyo
The 36 Passengers
Movie
The Blue Mountains
Movie · as Umetarō (Geisha)
The Blue Mountains Part 2
Movie · as Umetarō (Geisha)
Forgotten Flower Petal: Conclusion
Movie
The Luckiest Dai
Movie
The Shadow Daughter
Movie · as Masayo
Kiss the Moon
Movie
Forgotten Flower Petal
Movie
Women in Prison
Movie · as Keiko Nomi, prisoner
Morishige, where are you going?
Movie · as Keiko
The Mandarin Room
Movie · as Choko
Gendai no yokubô
Movie
While the Demon Steps Out
Movie
Easy-Going Married Couple
Movie
元祿美少年記
Movie · as きぬ
House of Many Pleasures
Movie · as Eiko
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Movie · as Kimiko
Travels of Lord Mito Pt.3
Movie
Kyūkon sannin musume
Movie
Quick Change Tanuki Palace
Movie
A Japanese Tragedy
Movie · as Wakamaru, a geisha
Sincere Heart
Movie · as Midori
The Brothers who Protect the Mountain
Movie · as Sayumi Sumikura
Sisters
Movie
Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido
Movie
New Tokyo March
Movie
Always in My Heart
Movie
Always in My Heart Part 2
Movie
Yasugorō shusse
Movie
Stray Dog
Movie · as Harumi Namiki