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.
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An Urban Affair
0
Stray Dog
7.538
The Undefeated Woman
0
Hagure kigeki mandara
0
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
6
Long Way to Okinawa
0
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
0
Kureji no Hanayome to Shichinin no Nakama
0
Inugami
5.2
Secret Love
0
A Japanese Tragedy
5.6
Birth of Romance
0
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
6.6
Yaji and Kita on the Road
0
Roppongi Nights: Love Me, Love Me
0
Hito mo arukeba
0
Sincere Heart
6.3
Downtown Heroes
8.4
Toilet Manager
0
Samurai Saga
6.7
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
0
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
0
The Brothers who Protect the Mountain
0
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
0
Pretty Woman
0
Travels of Lord Mito Pt.3
0
Married Executioner R Mission 1: Bloody Mischief
0
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
0
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
0
Crazy Cats Go to Hong Kong
0
元祿美少年記
0
Sisters
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Wakai kisetsu
0
Hadaka no Machi
0
(Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home
0
Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido
0
New Tokyo March
0
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
7.1
Geisha in the Old City
0
Black River
6.9
Kyūkon sannin musume
0
Veronika Decides to Die
5
Always in My Heart
6.8
Always in My Heart Part 2
6.5
Illusion of Blood
6.2
For Love and Money
0
The Twilight Story
8
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
7.956
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
8
A Woman's Life
7.1
The Wiser Age
7.3
The Other Woman
6.3
Green Light to Joy
0
Mourning Recipe
6
Temptation on Glamour Island
6
A Brief Message from the Heart
0
The Blue Beast
7
Welcome to the Vampire Onsen
0
Acchan no bebi gyangu
0
3 Dolls and Baby Gang
0
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'
0
The Princess of Badger Palace
0
Hoodlum Soldier
7.3
The Lord Pretends
0
Price of Beauty
0
The Maid Story
0
Quick Change Tanuki Palace
0
Hong Kong Paradise
0
Japan's No. 1 Playboy
0
The Hotelman's Holiday
0
Down Town
0
City of Love
0
A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
0
Hard Romanticker
6
Chûshingura
7.279
Three for the Road
4
Women in Prison
1
The Flower and the Dragon
7.3
She-Shogun
0
Yasugorō shusse
0
Tora-san Goes North
8.7
Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves
10
The Lord and the Gambler
0
Scarred Yosaburo
0
The Adventures of Kantaro
0
Crazy Operation: Drop Dead! Irresponsibility
0
Sequel- Three Generations of Company Presidents
0
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
0
The Third President
0
On a Better Night than Usual
0
Morishige, where are you going?
0
Crazy Operation: First Move
0
Jiyūgaoka fujin
0
誰よりも君を愛す！
0
Executive Chair
0
Travel Stories of a Company President
0
Talkative Company President
0
Playboy President
0
Playboy President: Part II
0
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
0
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga
0
Me and Me
0