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
Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series
2003
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
1954
Moshichi
2001
Chûshingura
1962
Stray Dog
1949
A Monk in the Big City of Edo
1965
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960
Inugami
2001
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1960
While the Demon Steps Out
1956
The Age of Lawless Moneymaking
1961
Easy-Going Married Couple
1956
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