Keiko Awaji

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1933-07-17 – 2014-01-11 · Tokyo, Japan

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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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• Kuduz Köpek (1949) — Harumi Namiki
• Basamaklarda Bir Kadın (1960) — Yuri
• Toko-Ri Köprüleri (1954) — Kimiko
• 忠臣蔵 花の巻・雪の巻 (1962)
• 狗神 (2001) — Katsuko Doi
• 黒い河 (1957) — Okada's Wife (uncredited)
• 或る剣豪の生涯 (1959) — Nanae
• 日本の悲劇 (1953) — Wakamaru, a geisha
• 丹下左膳 飛燕居合斬り (1966) — Fuji
• 女の歴史 (1963) — Tamae Misawa
• まごころ (1953) — Midori
• 四谷怪談 (1965) — Omaki
• 娘・妻・母 (1960) — Mie Sakanishi
• 妻として女として (1961) — Fukuko
• ダウンタウンヒーローズ (1988)
• 四十九日のレシピ (2013) — Tamako
• 女の座 (1962) — Michiko
• ベロニカは死ぬことにした (2005) — Beniko
• 君の名は (1953)
• 君の名は　第二部 (1953)
• 兵隊やくざ (1965) — Otomaru
• 花と龍 (1965)
• 男はつらいよ 知床慕情 (1987) — Etsuko
• 男はつらいよ 寅次郎心の旅路 (1989) — Madam