Keiko Awaji
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.
Known for
ActingBirthday
July 17, 1933Deathday
January 11, 2014Gender
FemaleKnown Movie Credits
89Place of birth
Tokyo, JapanAlso known as
Кэйко Авадзи, 淡路恵子
Cast credits
An Urban Affair
Kimie
Stray Dog
Harumi Namiki
The Undefeated Woman
Hagure kigeki mandara
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Kimiko
Long Way to Okinawa
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
Kureji no Hanayome to Shichinin no Nakama
Inugami
Katsuko Doi
Shinobi ai
A Japanese Tragedy
Wakamaru, a geisha
Birth of Romance
Sayoko Uemura
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
Fuji
Yaji and Kita on the Road
Oimo / Osatsu
Roppongi Nights: Love Me, Love Me
Hito mo arukeba
Sumire Sakura
Sincere Heart
Midori
Hope and Pain
Toilet Manager
Samurai Saga
Nanae
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
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