Keiko Awaji

Personal Info

Birthday

July 17, 1933

Day of Death

2014-01-11

(80 years old)

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Japan

Also Known As

Кэйко Авадзи

淡路恵子

Keiko Awaji

Biography

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.

Known For

Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series

Stray Dog

The Bridges at Toko-Ri

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

Daughters, Wives and a Mother

Inugami

Japan's No. 1 Playboy

Black River

Filmography

2013
Mourning Recipe
as Tamako
2005
Veronika Decides to Die
as Beniko
2003
Pretty Woman
as Aoi Morishita
2002
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'
as Self
2001
Inugami
as Katsuko Doi
1995
A Brief Message from the Heart
as Fusae
1990
She-Shogun
as Katsuyama
1989
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
as Madam
1987
Tora-san Goes North
as Etsuko
1967
Green Light to Joy
as Takeko
1966
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
as Fuji
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga
as Fujiko Tomono
1965
A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
as Mitsui Fujiko
Illusion of Blood
as Omaki
Hoodlum Soldier
as Otomaru
1963
Japan's No. 1 Playboy
as Michie Higurashi
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
as Renko (Madam of Club Marilyn)
1962
The Wiser Age
as Michiko
1961
An Urban Affair
as Kimie
Playboy President: Part II
as Madame Emiko
The Other Woman
as Fukuko
Playboy President
as Madame Emiko
1960
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
as Mie Sakanishi
Hito mo arukeba
as Sumire Sakura
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
as Yuri
1959
The Lord Pretends
as Kosei
Samurai Saga
as Nanae
Temptation on Glamour Island
as Yoshiko Kosaka
1958
The Hotelman's Holiday
as Okiku
Go and Get It
as Mrs. Matsumoto, His Wife
Yaji and Kita on the Road
as Oimo / Osatsu
Executive Chair
as Kimiko Wada
The Princess of Badger Palace
as Spider Queen of the Forest
City of Love
as Eriko
1957
Black River
as Okada's Wife (uncredited)
Geisha in the Old City
as Kimiko
Skin-Colored Moon
as Kimiyo
Birth of Romance
as Sayoko Uemura
Price of Beauty
as Yuki Kawabe
Talkative Company President
as Eiko
1956
Women in Prison
as Keiko Nomi, prisoner
Morishige, where are you going?
as Keiko
1955
元祿美少年記
as きぬ

(Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home
as Eiko
1954
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
as Kimiko
1953
The Brothers who Protect the Mountain
as Sayumi Sumikura
A Japanese Tragedy
as Wakamaru, a geisha
Sincere Heart
as Midori
1949
Stray Dog
as Harumi Namiki