Keiko Awaji
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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
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Acting
Movie
Stray Dog
as Harumi Namiki
1949
Movie
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
as Yuri
1960
Movie
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
as Kimiko
1954
Movie
Chûshingura
1962
Movie
Inugami
as Katsuko Doi
2001
Movie
Black River
as Okada's Wife (uncredited)
1957
Movie
Samurai Saga
as Nanae
1959
Movie
A Japanese Tragedy
as Wakamaru, a geisha
1953
Movie
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
as Fuji
1966
Movie
A Woman's Life
1963
Movie
Sincere Heart
as Midori
1953
Movie
Illusion of Blood
as Omaki
1965
Movie
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
as Mie Sakanishi
1960
Movie
The Other Woman
as Fukuko
1961
Movie
Downtown Heroes
1988
Movie
Mourning Recipe
as Tamako
2013
Movie
The Wiser Age
as Michiko
1962
Movie
Veronika Decides to Die
as Beniko
2005
Movie
Always in My Heart
1953
Movie
Always in My Heart Part 2
1953
Movie
Hoodlum Soldier
as Otomaru
1965
Movie
The Flower and the Dragon
1965
Movie
Tora-san Goes North
as Etsuko
1987
Movie
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
as Madam
1989