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Keiko Awaji

Acting Born Jul 17, 1933 Tokyo, Japan 24 credits

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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Known for

Film

Stray Dog

as Harumi Namiki

Full filmography

  • Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series (1983) as Oyanagi
  • Moshichi (2001)
  • Stray Dog (1949) as Harumi Namiki
  • Chûshingura (1962)
  • The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954) as Kimiko
  • On a Better Night than Usual (2010)
  • Hoodlum Soldier (1965) as Otomaru
  • Inugami (2001) as Katsuko Doi
  • When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960) as Yuri
  • Veronika Decides to Die (2005) as Beniko
  • Down Town (1957)
  • Black River (1957) as Okada's Wife (uncredited)
  • A Japanese Tragedy (1953) as Wakamaru, a geisha
  • Daughters, Wives and a Mother (1960) as Mie Sakanishi
  • A Woman's Life (1963)
  • Hard Romanticker (2011)
  • The Twilight Story (1960)
  • Married Executioner R: MISSION 2 - Tainted Bonds (2001)
  • 元祿美少年記 (1955) as きぬ
  • The Blue Beast (1960)
  • Illusion of Blood (1965) as Omaki
  • The Flower and the Dragon (1965)
  • The Wiser Age (1962) as Michiko
  • Mourning Recipe (2013) as Tamako