Keiko Awaji
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
Credits
- 2013 · Mourning Recipe as Tamako
- 2011 · Hard Romanticker as
- 2011 · 誰よりも君を愛す! as
- 2010 · On a Better Night than Usual as
- 2009 · 千年の松 完結編 as
- 2007 · Three for the Road as
- 2005 · Veronika Decides to Die as Beniko
- 2003 · Pretty Woman as Aoi Morishita
- 2002 · Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog' as Self
- 2001 · Moshichi as
- 2001 · Married Executioner R: MISSION 2 - Tainted Bonds as
- 2001 · Inugami as Katsuko Doi
- 1997 · Welcome to the Vampire Onsen as
- 1995 · A Brief Message from the Heart as Fusae
- 1990 · She-Shogun as Katsuyama
- 1989 · Tora-san Goes to Vienna as 夫人
- 1987 · Tora-san Goes North as Etsuko
- 1983 · Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series as Oyanagi
- 1966 · Tale of a Carpenter as
- 1966 · Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves as
- 1965 · Masseur War Story as
- 1965 · A Monk in the Big City of Edo as
- 1965 · Illusion of Blood as Omaki
- 1965 · Raccoon Dog Leader as
- 1965 · Finances in Front of the Train Station as
- 1965 · Hoodlum Soldier as Otomaru
- 1964 · Mumu Dance as
- 1964 · Thief on the Run as
- 1964 · Legend of the Irresponsible Hero as
- 1964 · Go to Hell! Company Men as
- 1964 · Youth Season Continued as Keiko Tanao (President of "Printemps Cosmetics")
- 1963 · Crazy Cats Go to Hong Kong as
- 1963 · A Woman's Life as Tamae Misawa
- 1963 · Crazy Operation: Drop Dead! Irresponsibility as
- 1963 · Japan's No. 1 Playboy as Michie Higurashi
- 1963 · The Maid Story as
- 1963 · Travel Stories of a Company President Part II as Renko (Madam of Club Marilyn)
- 1963 · Roppongi Nights: Love Me, Love Me as
- 1963 · Devices Stronger Than Women as Yoshiko Kakegawa (Taichi’s wife)
- 1963 · Travel Stories of a Company President as
- 1962 · A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant as
- 1962 · Chûshingura as
- 1962 · Youth Season as
- 1962 · Me and Me as
- 1962 · A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen as
- 1962 · Secret Love as
- 1962 · Ika naru hoshi no moto ni as
- 1962 · Kureji no Hanayome to Shichinin no Nakama as
- 1962 · Hagure kigeki mandara as
- 1962 · The Wiser Age as Michiko
- 1961 · A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox as
- 1961 · 3 Dolls and Baby Gang as
- 1961 · Achan's Baby Gang as
- 1961 · Toilet Manager as
- 1961 · Kill the Killer! as Toshiko (madam at bar “Fancy”)
- 1961 · The Other Woman as Fukuko
- 1961 · Playboy President: Part II as Madame Emiko
- 1960 · Older Wife, Younger Husband as
- 1960 · Jiyūgaoka fujin as
- 1960 · The Blue Beast as
- 1960 · Daughters, Wives and a Mother as Mie Sakanishi
- 1960 · Showdown on Pier No.3 as Kaoru
- 1960 · The Curio Master as
- 1960 · Hito mo arukeba as Sumire Sakura
- 1960 · When a Woman Ascends the Stairs as Yuri
- 1959 · The Forgotten Waterfront as
- 1959 · The Adventures of Kantaro as
- 1959 · Utamaro, Painter of the Woman as
- 1959 · The Lord Pretends as Kosei
- 1959 · The Lord and the Gambler as
- 1959 · Samurai in the Office as
- 1959 · Bringing Up Husbands as
- 1959 · Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II as
- 1959 · Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period as
- 1958 · Blackmail as
- 1958 · The Undefeated Woman as
- 1958 · He's the Killer as
- 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 · Holiday in Tokyo as
- 1958 · Executive Chair as Kimiko Wada
- 1958 · The Princess of Badger Palace as Spider Queen of the Forest
- 1957 · The Blue Mountains Part 2 as Umetarō (Geisha)
- 1957 · Downtown as
- 1957 · The Blue Mountains as Umetarō (Geisha)
- 1957 · Black River as Yasuko, Okada's Wife
- 1957 · Geisha in the Old City as Kimiko
- 1957 · Kiss the Moon as
- 1957 · Forgotten Flower Petal: Conclusion as
- 1957 · The Shadow Daughter as Masayo
- 1957 · The 36 Passengers as
- 1957 · Price of Beauty as Yuki Kawabe
- 1957 · The Luckiest Dai as
- 1956 · The Mandarin Room as Choko
- 1956 · Easy-Going Married Couple as
- 1956 · Gendai no yokubô as
- 1956 · Morishige, where are you going? as Keiko
- 1956 · While the Demon Steps Out as
- 1954 · Quick Change Tanuki Palace as
- 1954 · Travels of Lord Mito Pt.3 as
- 1954 · The Bridges at Toko-Ri as Kimiko
- 1954 · Kyūkon sannin musume as
- 1953 · The Brothers who Protect the Mountain as Sayumi Sumikura
- 1953 · Always in My Heart as
- 1953 · A Japanese Tragedy as Wakamaru, a geisha
- 1953 · Sisters as
- 1953 · New Tokyo March as
- 1949 · Stray Dog as Harumi Namiki
- Future · 茂七の事件簿・新ふしぎ草紙 as
- 2001 · Married Executioner R: MISSION 1 - Bloody Mischief as
- 1990 · Hong Kong Paradise as
- 1988 · Downtown Heroes as
- 1967 · Green Light to Joy as Takeko
- 1966 · Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn as Fuji
- 1966 · A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga as Fujiko Tomono
- 1965 · The Flower and the Dragon as
- 1965 · A Comedy in Front of the Station: University as Mitsui Fujiko
- 1964 · Mr. Giant's Victory Flag as
- 1964 · Misandry as
- 1963 · For Love and Money as
- 1963 · New Marital Relations as
- 1963 · Crazy Operation: First Move as
- 1962 · Long Way to Okinawa as
- 1961 · An Urban Affair as Kimie
- 1961 · The Age of Lawless Moneymaking as
- 1961 · Playboy President as Madame Emiko
- 1960 · The Husband Was a Baby as
- 1960 · The Twilight Story as
- 1960 · Scarred Yosaburo as
- 1959 · Samurai Saga as Nanae
- 1959 · Temptation on Glamour Island as Yoshiko Kosaka
- 1958 · Yajikita dōchū sugoroku as
- 1958 · Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: Onibi tōrō as
- 1958 · The Third President as
- 1958 · Fancy Talker as
- 1958 · The Capital of Love as Eriko
- 1957 · Skin-Colored Moon as Kimiyo
- 1957 · Hadaka no Machi as
- 1957 · Birth of Romance as Sayoko Uemura
- 1957 · Talkative Company President as Eiko
- 1956 · Women in Prison as Keiko Nomi, prisoner
- 1955 · 元祿美少年記 as きぬ
- 1955 · House of Many Pleasures as Eiko
- 1953 · Always in My Heart Part 2 as
- 1953 · Yasugorō shusse as
- 1953 · Sincere Heart as Midori
- 1953 · Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido as