
Keiko Awaji
- Date of Birth: 1933-07-17
- Date of Death: 2014-01-11
- Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
Biography
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 B... 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.

Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves
Crime, Drama • 1966 January

Tora-san Goes North
Comedy, Drama • 1987 August

Downtown Heroes
Drama • 1988 August

Tora-san Goes to Vienna
Comedy • 1989 August

The Twilight Story
Drama • 1960 August

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Drama • 1960 January

Stray Dog
Crime, Drama, Thriller, Mystery • 1949 October

Hoodlum Soldier
Action, War, Comedy • 1965 March

The Wiser Age
Drama • 1962 January

The Flower and the Dragon
Drama, Crime • 1965 November