Keiko Awaji
Acting
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.
As actor 147
Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series
1983
Moshichi
2001
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
1954
Stray Dog
1949
Chûshingura
1962
On a Better Night than Usual
2010
Inugami
2001
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960
A Monk in the Big City of Edo
1965
Thief on the Run
1964
Easy-Going Married Couple
1956
Raccoon Dog Leader
1965
Tora-san Goes North
1987
Mumu Dance
1964
The Curio Master
1960
While the Demon Steps Out
1956
Masseur War Story
1965
Gendai no yokubô
1956
Go to Hell! Company Men
1964
Kiss the Moon
1957
Hard Romanticker
2011
New Marital Relations
1963
She-Shogun
1990
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
1989
Veronika Decides to Die
2005
Forgotten Flower Petal: Conclusion
1957
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
1962
Finances in Front of the Train Station
1965
The Brothers who Protect the Mountain
1953
The Flower and the Dragon
1965
The Age of Lawless Moneymaking
1961
Married Executioner R: MISSION 1 - Bloody Mischief
2001
Fancy Talker
1958
Morishige, where are you going?
1956
Black River
1957
A Woman's Life
1963
Me and Me
1962
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
1963
Temptation on Glamour Island
1959
A Japanese Tragedy
1953
Pretty Woman
2003
A Brief Message from the Heart
1995
Playboy President
1961
House of Many Pleasures
1955
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1960
Holiday in Tokyo
1958
Hito mo arukeba
1960
Welcome to the Vampire Onsen
1997
Women in Prison
1956
Japan's No. 1 Playboy
1963
Scarred Yosaburo
1960
Blackmail
1958
Downtown
1957
Always in My Heart Part 2
1953
Samurai Saga
1959
Married Executioner R: MISSION 2 - Tainted Bonds
2001
Roppongi Nights: Love Me, Love Me
1963
Geisha in the Old City
1957
Showdown on Pier No.3
1960
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
1959
Hong Kong Paradise
1990
The Mandarin Room
1956
The Maid Story
1963
He's the Killer
1958
Downtown Heroes
1988
Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
1959
Hoodlum Soldier
1965
Talkative Company President
1957
Older Wife, Younger Husband
1960
Achan's Baby Gang
1961
The Twilight Story
1960
The 36 Passengers
1957
The Shadow Daughter
1957
The Third President
1958
Yasugorō shusse
1953
Crazy Operation: Drop Dead! Irresponsibility
1963
The Undefeated Woman
1958
Mourning Recipe
2013
The Hotelman's Holiday
1958
誰よりも君を愛す！
2011
The Husband Was a Baby
1960
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
1966
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1964
An Urban Affair
1961
Skin-Colored Moon
1957
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga
1966
Secret Love
1962
Samurai in the Office
1959
The Other Woman
1961
元祿美少年記
1955
Legend of the Irresponsible Hero
1964
3 Dolls and Baby Gang
1961
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
1961
Hadaka no Machi
1957
Crazy Operation: First Move
1963
The Blue Beast
1960
Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido
1953
The Wiser Age
1962
Crazy Cats Go to Hong Kong
1963
The Adventures of Kantaro
1959
Sincere Heart
1953
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
1962
The Princess of Badger Palace
1958
Bringing Up Husbands
1959
Quick Change Tanuki Palace
1954
Toilet Manager
1961
Devices Stronger Than Women
1963
Tale of a Carpenter
1966
Playboy President: Part II
1961
千年の松 完結編
2009
A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
1965
Long Way to Okinawa
1962
Executive Chair
1958
Yaji and Kita on the Road
1958
Always in My Heart
1953
The Lord Pretends
1959
Sisters
1953
Youth Season Continued
1964
Travel Stories of a Company President
1963
The Lord and the Gambler
1959
For Love and Money
1963
The Forgotten Waterfront
1959
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
1959
Price of Beauty
1957
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'
2002
The Blue Mountains
1957
The Luckiest Dai
1957
New Tokyo March
1953
Illusion of Blood
1965
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
1962
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958
Kureji no Hanayome to Shichinin no Nakama
1962
Three for the Road
2007
Go and Get It
1958
Kill the Killer!
1961
Jiyūgaoka fujin
1960
Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves
1966
The Capital of Love
1958
茂七の事件簿・新ふしぎ草紙
Hagure kigeki mandara
1962
Youth Season
1962
Travels of Lord Mito Pt.3
1954
Kyūkon sannin musume
1954
Birth of Romance
1957
Green Light to Joy
1967
The Blue Mountains Part 2
1957
Misandry
1964