Keiko Awaji

Known for ActingBorn 1933-07-17Died 2014-01-11Tokyo, 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves

The Maid Story

Crazy Operation: Drop Dead! Irresponsibility

Crazy Operation: First Move

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen

Youth Season

Playboy President

Kill the Killer!

Jiyūgaoka fujin

The Lord and the Gambler

Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period

The Third President

Geisha in the Old City

Price of Beauty

元祿美少年記

Yasugorō shusse

Tora-san Goes North

Japan's No. 1 Playboy

Travel Stories of a Company President Part II

Long Way to Okinawa

Acchan no bebi gyangu

Hito mo arukeba

Scarred Yosaburo

Utamaro, Painter of the Woman

Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II

Samurai in the Office

The Princess of Badger Palace

The Hotelman's Holiday

Holiday in Tokyo

Talkative Company President

Tora-san Goes to Vienna

House of Many Pleasures

New Tokyo March

Downtown Heroes

The Twilight Story

Pretty Woman

A Brief Message from the Heart

Green Light to Joy

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga

The Flower and the Dragon

Misandry

Mr. Giant's Victory Flag

Legend of the Irresponsible Hero

Crazy Cats Go to Hong Kong

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant

Me and Me

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox

Playboy President: Part II