Keiko Awaji
Acting · Born 1933-07-17 · age 80 at death · Tokyo, Japan
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.
Titles
Stray Dog
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Chûshingura
Inugami
Black River
Samurai Saga
A Japanese Tragedy
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
A Woman's Life
Sincere Heart
Illusion of Blood
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
The Other Woman
Downtown Heroes
Mourning Recipe
The Wiser Age
Veronika Decides to Die
Always in My Heart Part 2
Always in My Heart
Hoodlum Soldier
The Flower and the Dragon
Tora-san Goes North
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
Hard Romanticker
Three for the Road
Women in Prison
Hagure kigeki mandara
The Twilight Story
Temptation on Glamour Island
The Blue Beast
Hong Kong Paradise
Down Town
She-Shogun
An Urban Affair
Long Way to Okinawa
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
Kureji no Hanayome to Shichinin no Nakama
Roppongi Nights: Love Me, Love Me
Hito mo arukeba
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
Pretty Woman
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
Crazy Cats Go to Hong Kong
元祿美少年記
Youth Season
House of Many Pleasures
New Tokyo March
Geisha in the Old City
Green Light to Joy
A Brief Message from the Heart
Acchan no bebi gyangu
The Princess of Badger Palace
Price of Beauty
The Maid Story
Quick Change Tanuki Palace
Japan's No. 1 Playboy