Known For
Acting
Born
Jul 17, 1933
Died
Jan 11, 2014
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Japan
Credits
147 titles
Keiko Awaji
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.
Known For
Filmography
Mourning Recipe
Tamako
Hard Romanticker
誰よりも君を愛す！
On a Better Night than Usual
千年の松 完結編
Three for the Road
Veronika Decides to Die
Beniko
Pretty Woman
Aoi Morishita
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'
Self
Moshichi
Married Executioner R: MISSION 2 - Tainted Bonds
Married Executioner R: MISSION 1 - Bloody Mischief
Inugami
Katsuko Doi
Welcome to the Vampire Onsen
A Brief Message from the Heart
Fusae
Hong Kong Paradise
She-Shogun
Katsuyama
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
夫人
Downtown Heroes
Tora-san Goes North
Etsuko
Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series
Oyanagi
Green Light to Joy
Takeko
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
Fuji
Tale of a Carpenter
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga
Fujiko Tomono
Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves
Masseur War Story
The Flower and the Dragon
A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
Mitsui Fujiko
A Monk in the Big City of Edo
Raccoon Dog Leader
Illusion of Blood
Omaki
Finances in Front of the Train Station
Hoodlum Soldier
Otomaru
Mumu Dance
Thief on the Run
Legend of the Irresponsible Hero
Go to Hell! Company Men
Youth Season Continued
Keiko Tanao (President of "Printemps Cosmetics")
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
Misandry
For Love and Money
Crazy Cats Go to Hong Kong
A Woman's Life
Tamae Misawa
Crazy Operation: Drop Dead! Irresponsibility
New Marital Relations
Japan's No. 1 Playboy
Michie Higurashi
The Maid Story
Crazy Operation: First Move
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
Renko (Madam of Club Marilyn)