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.
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Movie | Tora-san Goes to Vienna | Madam | 1989-08-05 |
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Movie | Tora-san Goes North | Etsuko | 1987-08-15 |
Movie | Metamorphosis | Unknown | 1986-10-10 |
Movie | Green Light to Joy | Takeko | 1967-12-06 |
Movie | Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn | Fuji | 1966-05-25 |
Movie | Hoodlum Soldier | Otomaru | 1965-03-18 |
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Movie | The Flower and the Dragon | 1965-11-20 | |
Movie | The Maid Story | 1963-06-16 | |
Movie | The Best Playboy In Japan | Michie Higurashi | 1963-07-13 |
Movie | A Woman's Life | 1963-11-16 | |
Movie | For Love and Money | 1963-12-24 | |
Movie | Long Way to Okinawa | 1962-03-07 | |
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Movie | Wakai kisetsu | 1962-10-20 | |
Movie | 47 Ronin | 1962-11-03 | |
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Movie | 3 Dolls and Baby Gang | 1961-12-09 | |
Movie | Acchan no bebi gyangu | 1961-09-17 | |
Movie | Hito mo arukeba | Sumire Sakura | 1960-02-09 |
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Movie | The Blue Beast | 1960-06-26 | |
Movie | The Twilight Story | 1960-08-28 | |
Movie | Scarred Yosaburo | 1960-07-10 | |
Movie | Temptation on Glamour Island | Yoshiko Kosaka | 1959-01-15 |
Movie | 社長太平記 | 1959-01-03 | |
Movie | Zoku shachōtaiheiki | 1959-03-15 | |
Movie | The Lord Pretends | Kosei | 1959-09-13 |
Movie | Samurai Saga | Nanae | 1959-04-28 |
Movie | Utamaro, Painter of the Woman | 1959-10-11 | |
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Movie | Price of Beauty | Yuki Kawabe | 1957-03-13 |
Movie | Black River | Okada's Wife (uncredited) | 1957-10-23 |
Movie | Down Town | 1957-10-29 | |
Movie | Women in Prison | Keiko Nomi, prisoner | 1956-09-11 |
Movie | The Bridges at Toko-Ri | Kimiko | 1954-12-01 |
Movie | Travels of Lord Mito Pt.3 | 1954-12-22 | |
Movie | Quick Change Tanuki Palace | 1954-12-29 | |
Movie | Sincere Heart | Midori | 1953-01-29 |
Movie | A Japanese Tragedy | Wakamaru, a geisha | 1953-06-17 |
Movie | Always in My Heart | 1953-09-15 | |
Movie | Always in My Heart Part 2 | 1953-12-01 | |
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