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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
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Acting
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Female
1933-07-17
Tokyo, Japan
Кэйко Авадзи, 淡路恵子
An Urban Affair
Stray Dog
The Undefeated Woman
Hagure kigeki mandara
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Long Way to Okinawa
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
Kureji no Hanayome to Shichinin no Nakama
Inugami
Secret Love
A Japanese Tragedy
Birth of Romance
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
Yaji and Kita on the Road
Roppongi Nights: Love Me, Love Me
Hito mo arukeba
Sincere Heart
Downtown Heroes
Toilet Manager
Samurai Saga
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
The Brothers who Protect the Mountain
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
Pretty Woman
Travels of Lord Mito Pt.3
Married Executioner R: MISSION 1 - Bloody Mischief
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
Crazy Cats Go to Hong Kong
元祿美少年記
Sisters
Youth Season
Hadaka no Machi
House of Many Pleasures
Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido
New Tokyo March
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Geisha in the Old City
Black River
Kyūkon sannin musume
Veronika Decides to Die
Always in My Heart
Always in My Heart Part 2
Illusion of Blood
For Love and Money
The Twilight Story
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
A Woman's Life
The Wiser Age
The Other Woman
Green Light to Joy
Mourning Recipe
Temptation on Glamour Island
A Brief Message from the Heart
The Blue Beast
Welcome to the Vampire Onsen
Acchan no bebi gyangu
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'
The Princess of Badger Palace
Hoodlum Soldier
The Lord Pretends
Price of Beauty
The Maid Story
Quick Change Tanuki Palace
Hong Kong Paradise
Japan's No. 1 Playboy
The Hotelman's Holiday
Down Town
The Capital of Love
A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
Hard Romanticker
Chûshingura
Three for the Road
Women in Prison
The Flower and the Dragon
She-Shogun
Yasugorō shusse
Tora-san Goes North
Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves
The Lord and the Gambler
Scarred Yosaburo
The Adventures of Kantaro
Crazy Operation: Drop Dead! Irresponsibility
The Third President
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
On a Better Night than Usual
Morishige, where are you going?
Crazy Operation: First Move
Jiyūgaoka fujin
誰よりも君を愛す!
Executive Chair
Travel Stories of a Company President
Talkative Company President
Playboy President
Playboy President: Part II
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga
Me and Me
The Mandarin Room
Skin-Colored Moon
Go and Get It
千年の松 完結編
Married Executioner R: MISSION 2 - Tainted Bonds
Misandry
Kill the Killer!
The 36 Passengers
Devices Stronger Than Women
Bringing Up Husbands
Holiday in Tokyo
The Blue Mountains
The Blue Mountains Part 2
Showdown on Pier No.3
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
Legend of the Irresponsible Hero
Youth Season Continued
Gendai no yokubô
He's the Killer
Blackmail
The Forgotten Waterfront
3 Dolls and Baby Gang
Older Wife, Younger Husband
The Husband Was a Baby
Samurai in the Office
Tale of a Carpenter
Forgotten Flower Petal: Conclusion
The Luckiest Dai