Keiko Awaji
- Acting
- July 17, 1933 · Tokyo, Japan
- January 11, 2014
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
- Illusion of Blood · Omaki
- Raccoon Dog Leader
- 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)
- Roppongi Nights: Love Me, Love Me
- Devices Stronger Than Women · Yoshiko Kakegawa (Taichi’s wife)
- Travel Stories of a Company President
- A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
- Chûshingura
- Youth Season
- Me and Me
- A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
- Secret Love
- Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
- Kureji no Hanayome to Shichinin no Nakama
- Long Way to Okinawa
- Hagure kigeki mandara
- The Wiser Age · Michiko
- A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
- 3 Dolls and Baby Gang
- Achan's Baby Gang
- Toilet Manager
- An Urban Affair · Kimie
- Kill the Killer! · Toshiko (madam at bar “Fancy”)
- The Other Woman · Fukuko
- Playboy President: Part II · Madame Emiko
- The Age of Lawless Moneymaking
- Playboy President · Madame Emiko
- The Husband Was a Baby
- Older Wife, Younger Husband
- Jiyūgaoka fujin
- The Twilight Story
- Scarred Yosaburo
- The Blue Beast