
About
Keiko Awaji
Overview
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
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Known for
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2013 | Mourning Recipe | Actor | Tamako | 58 Average |
2011 | Hard Romanticker | Actor | 58 Average |
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2011 | 誰よりも君を愛す! | Actor | N/A N/A |
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2010 | On a Better Night than Usual | Actor | N/A N/A |
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2009 | 千年の松 完結編 | Actor | N/A N/A |
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2007 | Three for the Road | Actor | 58 Average |
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2005 | Veronika Decides to Die | Actor | Beniko | 58 Average |
2003 | Pretty Woman | Actor | Aoi Morishita | N/A N/A |
2002 | Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog' | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2001 | Moshichi | Actor | N/A N/A |
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2001 | Married Executioner R: MISSION 2 - Tainted Bonds | Actor | N/A N/A |
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2001 | Married Executioner R: MISSION 1 - Bloody Mischief | Actor | N/A N/A |
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2001 | Inugami | Actor | Katsuko Doi | 58 Average |
1997 | Welcome to the Vampire Onsen | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1995 | A Brief Message from the Heart | Actor | Fusae | N/A N/A |
1990 | Hong Kong Paradise | Actor | 58 Average |
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1990 | She-Shogun | Actor | Katsuyama | N/A N/A |
1989 | Tora-san Goes to Vienna | Actor | Madam | 58 Average |
1988 | Downtown Heroes | Actor | 59 Average |
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1987 | Tora-san Goes North | Actor | Etsuko | 58 Average |
1967 | Green Light to Joy | Actor | Takeko | N/A N/A |
1966 | Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn | Actor | Fuji | 59 Average |
1966 | A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga | Actor | Fujiko Tomono | N/A N/A |
1966 | Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves | Actor | 58 Average |
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1965 | The Flower and the Dragon | Actor | 58 Average |
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1965 | A Comedy in Front of the Station: University | Actor | Mitsui Fujiko | N/A N/A |
1965 | Illusion of Blood | Actor | Omaki | 58 Average |
1965 | Hoodlum Soldier | Actor | Otomaru | 58 Average |
1964 | 男嫌い | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1963 | For Love and Money | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1963 | Crazy Cats Go to Hong Kong | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1963 | A Woman's Life | Actor | 58 Average |
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1963 | Crazy Operation: Drop Dead! Irresponsibility | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1963 | Japan's No. 1 Playboy | Actor | Michie Higurashi | N/A N/A |
1963 | The Maid Story | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1963 | Crazy Operation: First Move | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1963 | Travel Stories of a Company President Part II | Actor | Renko (Madam of Club Marilyn) | N/A N/A |
1963 | Roppongi Nights: Love Me, Love Me | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1963 | Devices Stronger Than Women | Actor | Yoshiko Kakegawa (Taichi’s wife) | N/A N/A |
1963 | Travel Stories of a Company President | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1962 | A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1962 | Chûshingura | Actor | 59 Average |
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1962 | Wakai kisetsu | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1962 | Me and Me | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1962 | A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1962 | Secret Love | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1962 | Kureji no Hanayome to Shichinin no Nakama | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1962 | Ika naru hoshi no moto ni | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1962 | Long Way to Okinawa | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1962 | Hagure kigeki mandara | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1962 | The Wiser Age | Actor | Michiko | 58 Average |
1961 | A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1961 | 3 Dolls and Baby Gang | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1961 | Acchan no bebi gyangu | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1961 | Toilet Manager | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1961 | An Urban Affair | Actor | Kimie | N/A N/A |
1961 | Kill the Killer! | Actor | Toshiko (madam at bar “Fancy”) | N/A N/A |
1961 | The Other Woman | Actor | Fukuko | 58 Average |
1961 | Playboy President: Part II | Actor | Madame Emiko | N/A N/A |
1961 | Playboy President | Actor | Madame Emiko | N/A N/A |
1960 | Jiyūgaoka fujin | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1960 | The Twilight Story | Actor | 59 Average |
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1960 | Scarred Yosaburo | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1960 | The Blue Beast | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1960 | Daughters, Wives and a Mother | Actor | Mie Sakanishi | 58 Average |
1960 | Hito mo arukeba | Actor | Sumire Sakura | N/A N/A |
1960 | When a Woman Ascends the Stairs | Actor | Yuri | 62 Fair |
1959 | The Adventures of Kantaro | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1959 | Utamaro, Painter of the Woman | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1959 | The Lord Pretends | Actor | Kosei | N/A N/A |
1959 | The Lord and the Gambler | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1959 | Bringing Up Husbands | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1959 | Samurai Saga | Actor | Nanae | 58 Average |
1959 | Sequel- Three Generations of Company Presidents | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1959 | Temptation on Glamour Island | Actor | Yoshiko Kosaka | 58 Average |
1959 | Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1958 | Yajikita dōchū sugoroku | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1958 | The Undefeated Woman | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1958 | The Hotelman's Holiday | Actor | Okiku | N/A N/A |
1958 | Go and Get It | Actor | Mrs. Matsumoto, His Wife | N/A N/A |
1958 | Yaji and Kita on the Road | Actor | Oimo / Osatsu | N/A N/A |
1958 | Executive Chair | Actor | Kimiko Wada | N/A N/A |
1958 | The Third President | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1958 | The Princess of Badger Palace | Actor | Spider Queen of the Forest | N/A N/A |
1958 | City of Love | Actor | Eriko | N/A N/A |
1957 | Down Town | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1957 | Black River | Actor | Okada's Wife (uncredited) | 59 Average |
1957 | Geisha in the Old City | Actor | Kimiko | N/A N/A |
1957 | Skin-Colored Moon | Actor | Kimiyo | N/A N/A |
1957 | Hadaka no Machi | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1957 | Birth of Romance | Actor | Sayoko Uemura | N/A N/A |
1957 | Sanjûrokunin no jôkyaku | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1957 | Price of Beauty | Actor | Yuki Kawabe | N/A N/A |
1957 | Talkative Company President | Actor | Eiko | N/A N/A |
1956 | The Mandarin Room | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1956 | Women in Prison | Actor | Keiko Nomi, prisoner | 58 Average |
1956 | Morishige, where are you going? | Actor | Keiko | N/A N/A |
1955 | 元祿美少年記 | Actor | きぬ | N/A N/A |
1955 | (Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home | Actor | Eiko | N/A N/A |
1954 | Quick Change Tanuki Palace | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1954 | Travels of Lord Mito Pt.3 | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1954 | The Bridges at Toko-Ri | Actor | Kimiko | 58 Average |
1954 | Kyūkon sannin musume | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1953 | Always in My Heart Part 2 | Actor | 58 Average |
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1953 | The Brothers who Protect the Mountain | Actor | Sayumi Sumikura | N/A N/A |
1953 | Always in My Heart | Actor | 58 Average |
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1953 | A Japanese Tragedy | Actor | Wakamaru, a geisha | 58 Average |
1953 | Sisters | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1953 | Yasugorō shusse | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1953 | New Tokyo March | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1953 | Sincere Heart | Actor | Midori | 58 Average |
1953 | Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1953 | 夏子の冒険 | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1949 | Stray Dog | Actor | Harumi Namiki | 65 Fair |