Keiko Awaji
Acting
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.
Born: July 17, 1933
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
Known For
Filmography
as Tamako
as Beniko
as Aoi Morishita
as Katsuko Doi
as Fusae
as Katsuyama
as Madam
as Etsuko
as Takeko
as Fujiko Tomono
as Mitsui Fujiko
as Omaki
as Otomaru
as Michie Higurashi
as Renko (Madam of Club Marilyn)
as Yoshiko Kakegawa (Taichi’s wife)
as Michiko
as Kimie
as Toshiko (madam at bar “Fancy”)
as Fukuko
as Madame Emiko
as Madame Emiko
as Mie Sakanishi
as Sumire Sakura
as Kosei
as Nanae
as Yoshiko Kosaka
as Okiku
as Mrs. Matsumoto, His Wife
as Oimo / Osatsu
as Kimiko Wada
as Spider Queen of the Forest
as Eriko
as Umetarō (Geisha)
as Umetarō (Geisha)
as Okada's Wife (uncredited)
as Kimiko
as Kimiyo
as Sayoko Uemura
as Yuki Kawabe
as Eiko
as Keiko Nomi, prisoner
as Keiko
as きぬ
as Kimiko
as Sayumi Sumikura
as Wakamaru, a geisha
as Midori
as Harumi Namiki