Keiko Awaji
144 movies · 3 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 17, 1933
- Died
- Jan 11, 2014 (age 80)
- Place of birth
- Tokyo, Japan
- Also known as
- Кэйко Авадзи · 淡路恵子
Biography
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.
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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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Keiko Awaji: movies and TV shows
Acting (147)
- Upcoming
- 2013 Mourning Recipe
as Tamako
- 2011
- 2011
- 2010
- 2009
- 2007
- 2005 Veronika Decides to Die
as Beniko
- 2003 Pretty Woman
as Aoi Morishita
- 2001
- 2001
- 2001
- 2001 Inugami
as Katsuko Doi
- 1997
- 1995 A Brief Message from the Heart
as Fusae
- 1990
- 1990 She-Shogun
as Katsuyama
- 1989 Tora-san Goes to Vienna
as 夫人
- 1988
- 1987 Tora-san Goes North
as Etsuko
- 1983
- 1967 Green Light to Joy
as Takeko
- 1966
- 1966
- 1966 A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga
as Fujiko Tomono
- 1966
- 1965
- 1965
- 1965 A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
as Mitsui Fujiko
- 1965
- 1965 Illusion of Blood
as Omaki
- 1965
- 1965
- 1965 Hoodlum Soldier
as Otomaru
- 1964
- 1964
- 1964
- 1964
- 1964 Youth Season Continued
as Keiko Tanao (President of "Printemps Cosmetics")
- 1964
- 1964
- 1963
- 1963
- 1963 A Woman's Life
as Tamae Misawa
- 1963
- 1963
- 1963 Japan's No. 1 Playboy
as Michie Higurashi
- 1963
- 1963
- 1963 Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
as Renko (Madam of Club Marilyn)
- 1963
- 1963 Devices Stronger Than Women
as Yoshiko Kakegawa (Taichi’s wife)
- 1963
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962 The Wiser Age
as Michiko
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961 An Urban Affair
as Kimie
- 1961 Kill the Killer!
as Toshiko (madam at bar “Fancy”)
- 1961 The Other Woman
as Fukuko
- 1961 Playboy President: Part II
as Madame Emiko
- 1961
- 1961 Playboy President
as Madame Emiko
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960 Daughters, Wives and a Mother
as Mie Sakanishi
- 1960 Showdown on Pier No.3
as Kaoru
- 1960
- 1960 Hito mo arukeba
as Sumire Sakura
- 1960 When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
as Yuri
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959 The Lord Pretends
as Kosei
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959 Samurai Saga
as Nanae
- 1959
- 1959 Temptation on Glamour Island
as Yoshiko Kosaka
- 1959
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958 The Hotelman's Holiday
as Okiku
- 1958 Go and Get It
as Mrs. Matsumoto, His Wife
- 1958 Yaji and Kita on the Road
as Oimo / Osatsu
- 1958
- 1958 Executive Chair
as Kimiko Wada
- 1958
- 1958 The Princess of Badger Palace
as Spider Queen of the Forest
- 1958
- 1958 The Capital of Love
as Eriko
- 1957 The Blue Mountains Part 2
as Umetarō (Geisha)
- 1957
- 1957 The Blue Mountains
as Umetarō (Geisha)
- 1957 Black River
as Yasuko, Okada's wife
- 1957 Geisha in the Old City
as Kimiko
- 1957 Skin-Colored Moon
as Kimiyo
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957 The Shadow Daughter
as Masayo
- 1957 Birth of Romance
as Sayoko Uemura
- 1957
- 1957 Price of Beauty
as Yuki Kawabe
- 1957
- 1957 Talkative Company President
as Eiko
- 1956 The Mandarin Room
as Choko
- 1956
- 1956 Women in Prison
as Keiko Nomi, prisoner
- 1956
- 1956 Morishige, where are you going?
as Keiko
- 1956
- 1955 元祿美少年記
as きぬ
- 1955 House of Many Pleasures
as Eiko
- 1954
- 1954
- 1954 The Bridges at Toko-Ri
as Kimiko
- 1954
- 1953
- 1953 The Brothers who Protect the Mountain
as Sayumi Sumikura
- 1953
- 1953 A Japanese Tragedy
as Wakamaru, a geisha
- 1953
- 1953
- 1953
- 1953 Sincere Heart
as Midori
- 1953
- 1949 Stray Dog
as Harumi Namiki
Talk shows and appearances (1)
- 2002