Keiko Awaji
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 (1983)
- 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)
- Thief on the Run (1964)
- Masseur War Story (1965)
- The Brothers who Protect the Mountain (1953)
- On a Better Night than Usual (2010)
- Mumu Dance (1964)
- Raccoon Dog Leader (1965)
- The Curio Master (1960)
- Kiss the Moon (1957)