Acting
Keiko Awaji
JA, EN cinema · 145 credits
Born
17 July 1933
Died
11 January 2014 (aged 80)
Birthplace
Tokyo, Japan
Also known as Кэйко Авадзи · 淡路恵子
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.
Known for
Filmography
Mourning Recipe
as Tamako
Veronika Decides to Die
as Beniko
Pretty Woman
as Aoi Morishita
Inugami
as Katsuko Doi
She-Shogun
as Katsuyama
Tora-san Goes North
as Etsuko
Green Light to Joy
as Takeko
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga
as Fujiko Tomono
Illusion of Blood
as Omaki
Hoodlum Soldier
as Otomaru
A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
as Mitsui Fujiko
Misandry
Actor
Youth Season Continued
as Keiko Tanao (President of "Printemps Cosmetics")
A Woman's Life
as Tamae Misawa
Japan's No. 1 Playboy
as Michie Higurashi
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
as Renko (Madam of Club Marilyn)
Devices Stronger Than Women
as Yoshiko Kakegawa (Taichi’s wife)
The Wiser Age
as Michiko
An Urban Affair
as Kimie
The Other Woman
as Fukuko
Playboy President
as Madame Emiko
Playboy President: Part II
as Madame Emiko
Kill the Killer!
as Toshiko (madam at bar “Fancy”)
Hito mo arukeba
as Sumire Sakura
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
as Mie Sakanishi
Samurai Saga
as Nanae
Temptation on Glamour Island
as Yoshiko Kosaka
Yaji and Kita on the Road
as Oimo / Osatsu
The Princess of Badger Palace
as Spider Queen of the Forest
Executive Chair
as Kimiko Wada
Go and Get It
as Mrs. Matsumoto, His Wife
Birth of Romance
as Sayoko Uemura
Geisha in the Old City
as Kimiko
Black River
as Yasuko, Okada's Wife
Price of Beauty
as Yuki Kawabe
Downtown
Actor
Skin-Colored Moon
as Kimiyo
The Blue Mountains
as Umetarō (Geisha)
The Blue Mountains Part 2
as Umetarō (Geisha)
The Shadow Daughter
as Masayo
Women in Prison
as Keiko Nomi, prisoner
The Mandarin Room
as Choko
元祿美少年記
as きぬ
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
as Kimiko
A Japanese Tragedy
as Wakamaru, a geisha
Sincere Heart
as Midori
The Brothers who Protect the Mountain
as Sayumi Sumikura
Stray Dog
as Harumi Namiki