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.

Фільмографія

• 2013Mourning Recipe — Tamako
• 2011Hard Romanticker
• 2011誰よりも君を愛す！
• 2010On a Better Night than Usual
• 2009千年の松 完結編
• 2007Three for the Road
• 2005Veronika Decides to Die — Beniko
• 2003Pretty Woman — Aoi Morishita
• 2001Inugami — Katsuko Doi
• 2001Married Executioner R: MISSION 1 - Bloody Mischief
• 2001Married Executioner R: MISSION 2 - Tainted Bonds
• Moshichi
• 1997Welcome to the Vampire Onsen
• 1995A Brief Message from the Heart — Fusae
• 1990Hong Kong Paradise
• 1990She-Shogun — Katsuyama
• 1989Tora-san Goes to Vienna — 夫人
• 1988Downtown Heroes
• 1987Tora-san Goes North — Etsuko
• Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series — Oyanagi
• 1967Green Light to Joy — Takeko
• 1966A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga — Fujiko Tomono
• 1966Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves
• 1966Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn — Fuji
• 1966Tale of a Carpenter
• 1965A Comedy in Front of the Station: University — Mitsui Fujiko
• 1965A Monk in the Big City of Edo
• 1965Finances in Front of the Train Station
• 1965Hoodlum Soldier — Otomaru
• 1965Illusion of Blood — Omaki
• 1965Masseur War Story
• 1965Raccoon Dog Leader
• 1965The Flower and the Dragon
• 1964Go to Hell! Company Men
• 1964Legend of the Irresponsible Hero
• 1964Misandry
• 1964Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
• 1964Mumu Dance
• 1964Thief on the Run
• 1964Youth Season Continued — Keiko Tanao (President of "Printemps Cosmetics")
• 1963A Woman's Life — Tamae Misawa
• 1963Crazy Cats Go to Hong Kong
• 1963Crazy Operation: Drop Dead! Irresponsibility
• 1963Crazy Operation: First Move
• 1963Devices Stronger Than Women — Yoshiko Kakegawa (Taichi’s wife)
• 1963For Love and Money
• 1963Japan's No. 1 Playboy — Michie Higurashi
• 1963New Marital Relations
• 1963Roppongi Nights: Love Me, Love Me
• 1963The Maid Story
• 1963Travel Stories of a Company President
• 1963Travel Stories of a Company President Part II — Renko (Madam of Club Marilyn)
• 1962A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
• 1962A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
• 1962Chûshingura
• 1962Hagure kigeki mandara
• 1962Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
• 1962Kureji no Hanayome to Shichinin no Nakama
• 1962Long Way to Okinawa
• 1962Me and Me
• 1962Secret Love
• 1962The Wiser Age — Michiko
• 1962Youth Season
• 19613 Dolls and Baby Gang
• 1961A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
• 1961Achan's Baby Gang
• 1961An Urban Affair — Kimie
• 1961Kill the Killer! — Toshiko (madam at bar “Fancy”)
• 1961Playboy President — Madame Emiko
• 1961Playboy President: Part II — Madame Emiko
• 1961The Age of Lawless Moneymaking
• 1961The Other Woman — Fukuko
• 1961Toilet Manager
• 1960Daughters, Wives and a Mother — Mie Sakanishi
• 1960Hito mo arukeba — Sumire Sakura
• 1960Jiyūgaoka fujin
• 1960Older Wife, Younger Husband
• 1960Scarred Yosaburo
• 1960Showdown on Pier No.3 — Kaoru
• 1960The Blue Beast
• 1960The Curio Master
• 1960The Husband Was a Baby
• 1960The Twilight Story
• 1960When a Woman Ascends the Stairs — Yuri
• 1959Bringing Up Husbands
• 1959Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
• 1959Samurai Saga — Nanae
• 1959Samurai in the Office
• 1959Temptation on Glamour Island — Yoshiko Kosaka
• 1959The Adventures of Kantaro
• 1959The Forgotten Waterfront
• 1959The Lord Pretends — Kosei
• 1959The Lord and the Gambler
• 1959Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
• 1959Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
• 1958Blackmail
• 1958Executive Chair — Kimiko Wada
• 1958Fancy Talker
• 1958Go and Get It — Mrs. Matsumoto, His Wife
• 1958He's the Killer
• 1958Holiday in Tokyo
• 1958The Capital of Love — Eriko
• 1958The Hotelman's Holiday — Okiku
• 1958The Princess of Badger Palace — Spider Queen of the Forest
• 1958The Third President
• 1958The Undefeated Woman
• 1958Yaji and Kita on the Road — Oimo / Osatsu
• 1958Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
• 1957Birth of Romance — Sayoko Uemura
• 1957Black River — Yasuko, Okada's wife
• 1957Downtown
• 1957Forgotten Flower Petal: Conclusion
• 1957Geisha in the Old City — Kimiko
• 1957Hadaka no Machi
• 1957Kiss the Moon
• 1957Price of Beauty — Yuki Kawabe
• 1957Skin-Colored Moon — Kimiyo
• 1957Talkative Company President — Eiko
• 1957The 36 Passengers
• 1957The Blue Mountains — Umetarō (Geisha)
• 1957The Blue Mountains Part 2 — Umetarō (Geisha)
• 1957The Luckiest Dai
• 1957The Shadow Daughter — Masayo
• 1956Easy-Going Married Couple
• 1956Gendai no yokubô
• 1956Morishige, where are you going? — Keiko
• 1956The Mandarin Room — Choko
• 1956While the Demon Steps Out
• 1956Women in Prison — Keiko Nomi, prisoner
• 1955House of Many Pleasures — Eiko
• 1955元祿美少年記 — きぬ
• 1954Kyūkon sannin musume
• 1954Quick Change Tanuki Palace
• 1954The Bridges at Toko-Ri — Kimiko
• 1954Travels of Lord Mito Pt.3
• 1953A Japanese Tragedy — Wakamaru, a geisha
• 1953Always in My Heart
• 1953Always in My Heart Part 2
• 1953Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido
• 1953New Tokyo March
• 1953Sincere Heart — Midori
• 1953Sisters
• 1953The Brothers who Protect the Mountain — Sayumi Sumikura
• 1953Yasugorō shusse
• 1949Stray Dog — Harumi Namiki
• 茂七の事件簿・新ふしぎ草紙

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (1)

• 2002Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog' — Self