Keiko Awaji
Acting
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.
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
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
Madam
Downtown Heroes
Tora-san Goes North
Etsuko
Green Light to Joy
Takeko
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
Fuji
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga
Fujiko Tomono
Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves
The Flower and the Dragon
A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
Mitsui Fujiko
Illusion of Blood
Omaki
Hoodlum Soldier
Otomaru
Legend of the Irresponsible Hero
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
Crazy Operation: Drop Dead! Irresponsibility
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
Kureji no Hanayome to Shichinin no Nakama
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
Long Way to Okinawa
Hagure kigeki mandara
The Wiser Age
Michiko
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
3 Dolls and Baby Gang
Acchan no bebi gyangu
Toilet Manager
An Urban Affair
Kimie
Kill the Killer!
Toshiko (madam at bar “Fancy”)
Playboy President: Part II
Madame Emiko
The Other Woman
Fukuko
Playboy President
Madame Emiko
The Husband Was a Baby
Older Wife, Younger Husband
Jiyūgaoka fujin
The Twilight Story
Scarred Yosaburo
The Blue Beast
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Mie Sakanishi
Showdown on Pier No.3
Kaoru
Hito mo arukeba
Sumire Sakura
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Yuri
The Forgotten Waterfront
The Adventures of Kantaro
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
The Lord Pretends
Kosei
The Lord and the Gambler
Bringing Up Husbands
Samurai Saga
Nanae
Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
Temptation on Glamour Island
Yoshiko Kosaka
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
Blackmail
The Undefeated Woman
He's the Killer
The Hotelman's Holiday
Okiku
Go and Get It
Mrs. Matsumoto, His Wife
Yaji and Kita on the Road
Oimo / Osatsu
Holiday in Tokyo
Executive Chair
Kimiko Wada
The Third President
The Princess of Badger Palace
Spider Queen of the Forest
The Capital of Love
Eriko
The Blue Mountains Part 2
Umetarō (Geisha)
Down Town
The Blue Mountains
Umetarō (Geisha)
Black River
Okada's Wife (uncredited)
Geisha in the Old City
Kimiko
Skin-Colored Moon
Kimiyo
Hadaka no Machi
Birth of Romance
Sayoko Uemura
The 36 Passengers
Price of Beauty
Yuki Kawabe
Talkative Company President
Eiko
The Mandarin Room
Women in Prison
Keiko Nomi, prisoner
Gendai no yokubô
Morishige, where are you going?
Keiko
元祿美少年記
きぬ
House of Many Pleasures
Eiko
Quick Change Tanuki Palace
Travels of Lord Mito Pt.3
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Kimiko
Kyūkon sannin musume
Always in My Heart Part 2
The Brothers who Protect the Mountain
Sayumi Sumikura
Always in My Heart
A Japanese Tragedy
Wakamaru, a geisha
Sisters
Yasugorō shusse
New Tokyo March
Sincere Heart
Midori
Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido
Stray Dog
Harumi Namiki