Acting

Keiko Awaji

1933–2014 · Acting

60.9avg grm
8titles
#1,079best rank
3honors
Sbest title · #1,079 on siteStray Dog1949 · as Harumi Namiki74.5

Honors

3
2005Kinuyo Tanaka Award
1958Blue Ribbon Awards — Best Supporting Actress
—Kikuta Kazuo engeki shō

Bio

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.

Biography

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.

Filmography

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1960s5 titlesHHoodlum Soldier1965 · as Otomaru58.4AA Woman's Life1963 · as Miss Misawa58.9AA Woman's Place1962 · as Hashimoto Michiko58.6PPoignant Story1961 · as Fukuko, Miho no yuujin58.5WWhen a Woman Ascends the Stairs1960 · as Yuri63.0
1950s2 titlesBBlack River1957 · as Okada's Wife56.9AA Japanese Tragedy1953 · as Wakamaru, a Geisha58.1
1940s1 titleSStray Dog1949 · as Harumi Namiki74.5

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Keiko Awaji

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born1933
died2014
known forActing
titles on site8
best title rank#1,079 · Stray Dog (1949)
avg GRM60.9
honors3 · Kinuyo Tanaka Award, 2005
Honors
  • 2005Kinuyo Tanaka Award
  • 1958Blue Ribbon Awards — Best Supporting Actress
  • —Kikuta Kazuo engeki shō
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.

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