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