Keiko Awaji
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.
Fotos
Películas (145)
Mourning Recipe
2013 · Tamako
Hard Romanticker
2011
誰よりも君を愛す！
2011
On a Better Night than Usual
2010
千年の松 完結編
2009
Three for the Road
2007
Veronika Decides to Die
2005 · Beniko
Pretty Woman
2003 · Aoi Morishita
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'
2002 · Self
Married Executioner R: MISSION 2 - Tainted Bonds
2001
Married Executioner R: MISSION 1 - Bloody Mischief
2001
Inugami
2001 · Katsuko Doi
Welcome to the Vampire Onsen
1997
A Brief Message from the Heart
1995 · Fusae
Hong Kong Paradise
1990
She-Shogun
1990 · Katsuyama
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
1989 · 夫人
Downtown Heroes
1988
Tora-san Goes North
1987 · Etsuko
Green Light to Joy
1967 · Takeko
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
1966 · Fuji
Tale of a Carpenter
1966
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga
1966 · Fujiko Tomono
Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves
1966
Masseur War Story
1965
The Flower and the Dragon
1965
A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
1965 · Mitsui Fujiko
A Monk in the Big City of Edo
1965
Illusion of Blood
1965 · Omaki
Raccoon Dog Leader
1965
Finances in Front of the Train Station
1965
Hoodlum Soldier
1965 · Otomaru
Mumu Dance
1964
Thief on the Run
1964
Legend of the Irresponsible Hero
1964
Go to Hell! Company Men
1964
Youth Season Continued
1964 · Keiko Tanao (President of "Printemps Cosmetics")
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1964
Misandry
1964
For Love and Money
1963
Crazy Cats Go to Hong Kong
1963
A Woman's Life
1963 · Tamae Misawa
Crazy Operation: Drop Dead! Irresponsibility
1963
New Marital Relations
1963
Japan's No. 1 Playboy
1963 · Michie Higurashi
The Maid Story
1963
Crazy Operation: First Move
1963
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
1963 · Renko (Madam of Club Marilyn)
Roppongi Nights: Love Me, Love Me
1963
Devices Stronger Than Women
1963 · Yoshiko Kakegawa (Taichi’s wife)
Travel Stories of a Company President
1963
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
1962
Chûshingura
1962
Youth Season
1962
Me and Me
1962
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
1962
Secret Love
1962
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
1962
Kureji no Hanayome to Shichinin no Nakama
1962
Long Way to Okinawa
1962
Hagure kigeki mandara
1962
The Wiser Age
1962 · Michiko
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
1961
3 Dolls and Baby Gang
1961
Achan's Baby Gang
1961
Toilet Manager
1961
An Urban Affair
1961 · Kimie
Kill the Killer!
1961 · Toshiko (madam at bar “Fancy”)
The Other Woman
1961 · Fukuko
Playboy President: Part II
1961 · Madame Emiko
The Age of Lawless Moneymaking
1961
Playboy President
1961 · Madame Emiko
The Husband Was a Baby
1960
Older Wife, Younger Husband
1960
Jiyūgaoka fujin
1960
The Twilight Story
1960
Scarred Yosaburo
1960
The Blue Beast
1960
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1960 · Mie Sakanishi
Showdown on Pier No.3
1960 · Kaoru
The Curio Master
1960
Hito mo arukeba
1960 · Sumire Sakura
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960 · Yuri
The Forgotten Waterfront
1959
The Adventures of Kantaro
1959
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
1959
The Lord Pretends
1959 · Kosei
The Lord and the Gambler
1959
Samurai in the Office
1959
Bringing Up Husbands
1959
Samurai Saga
1959 · Nanae
Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
1959
Temptation on Glamour Island
1959 · Yoshiko Kosaka
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
1959
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958
Blackmail
1958
The Undefeated Woman
1958
He's the Killer
1958
Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: Onibi tōrō
1958
The Hotelman's Holiday
1958 · Okiku
Go and Get It
1958 · Mrs. Matsumoto, His Wife
Yaji and Kita on the Road
1958 · Oimo / Osatsu
Holiday in Tokyo
1958
Executive Chair
1958 · Kimiko Wada
The Third President
1958
The Princess of Badger Palace
1958 · Spider Queen of the Forest
Fancy Talker
1958
The Capital of Love
1958 · Eriko
The Blue Mountains Part 2
1957 · Umetarō (Geisha)
Downtown
1957
The Blue Mountains
1957 · Umetarō (Geisha)
Black River
1957 · Yasuko, Okada's Wife
Geisha in the Old City
1957 · Kimiko
Skin-Colored Moon
1957 · Kimiyo
Kiss the Moon
1957
Hadaka no Machi
1957
Forgotten Flower Petal: Conclusion
1957
The Shadow Daughter
1957 · Masayo
Birth of Romance
1957 · Sayoko Uemura
The 36 Passengers
1957
Price of Beauty
1957 · Yuki Kawabe
The Luckiest Dai
1957
Talkative Company President
1957 · Eiko
The Mandarin Room
1956 · Choko
Easy-Going Married Couple
1956
Women in Prison
1956 · Keiko Nomi, prisoner
Gendai no yokubô
1956
Morishige, where are you going?
1956 · Keiko
While the Demon Steps Out
1956
元祿美少年記
1955 · きぬ
House of Many Pleasures
1955 · Eiko
Quick Change Tanuki Palace
1954
Travels of Lord Mito Pt.3
1954
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
1954 · Kimiko
Kyūkon sannin musume
1954
Always in My Heart Part 2
1953
The Brothers who Protect the Mountain
1953 · Sayumi Sumikura
Always in My Heart
1953
A Japanese Tragedy
1953 · Wakamaru, a geisha
Sisters
1953
Yasugorō shusse
1953
New Tokyo March
1953
Sincere Heart
1953 · Midori
Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido
1953
Stray Dog
1949 · Harumi Namiki
