Cast & creator
Keiko Awaji
Best known for Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series, Moshichi, The Bridges at Toko-Ri
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.
Also known as: Кэйко Авадзи, 淡路恵子
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1949–2013 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (147)
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Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series
Oyanagi
1983
Moshichi
2001
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Kimiko
1954
Stray Dog
Harumi Namiki
1949
Chûshingura
1962
Easy-Going Married Couple
1956
On a Better Night than Usual
2010
A Monk in the Big City of Edo
1965
Inugami
Katsuko Doi
2001
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Yuri
1960
Masseur War Story
1965
While the Demon Steps Out
1956
The Brothers who Protect the Mountain
Sayumi Sumikura
1953
Mumu Dance
1964
Finances in Front of the Train Station
1965
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Mie Sakanishi
1960
The Age of Lawless Moneymaking
1961
Thief on the Run
1964
The Curio Master
1960
元祿美少年記
きぬ
1955
New Marital Relations
1963
Kiss the Moon
1957
Raccoon Dog Leader
1965
Go to Hell! Company Men
1964
Veronika Decides to Die
Beniko
2005
A Japanese Tragedy
Wakamaru, a geisha
1953
Black River
Yasuko, Okada's wife
1957
Fancy Talker
1958
Tora-san Goes North
Etsuko
1987
Hard Romanticker
2011
Hito mo arukeba
Sumire Sakura
1960
Women in Prison
Keiko Nomi, prisoner
1956
Married Executioner R: MISSION 1 - Bloody Mischief
2001
Forgotten Flower Petal: Conclusion
1957
Downtown
1957
A Woman's Life
Tamae Misawa
1963
Temptation on Glamour Island
Yoshiko Kosaka
1959
Gendai no yokubô
1956
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
夫人
1989
Downtown Heroes
1988
Mourning Recipe
Tamako
2013
A Brief Message from the Heart
Fusae
1995
Blackmail
1958
House of Many Pleasures
Eiko
1955
She-Shogun
Katsuyama
1990
Scarred Yosaburo
1960
Youth Season Continued
Keiko Tanao (President of "Printemps Cosmetics")
1964
Welcome to the Vampire Onsen
1997
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
1962
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
Fuji
1966
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
1962
Married Executioner R: MISSION 2 - Tainted Bonds
2001
Playboy President
Madame Emiko
1961
Skin-Colored Moon
Kimiyo
1957
Toilet Manager
1961
The Flower and the Dragon
1965
The Luckiest Dai
1957
Illusion of Blood
Omaki
1965
Hadaka no Machi
1957
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II
Renko (Madam of Club Marilyn)
1963
Pretty Woman
Aoi Morishita
2003
Geisha in the Old City
Kimiko
1957
Me and Me
1962
Quick Change Tanuki Palace
1954
Three Generations of Company Presidents Part II
1959
The Husband Was a Baby
1960
Executive Chair
Kimiko Wada
1958
The Forgotten Waterfront
1959
The Wiser Age
Michiko
1962
Crazy Operation: First Move
1963
He's the Killer
1958
3 Dolls and Baby Gang
1961
The 36 Passengers
1957
Tale of a Carpenter
1966
誰よりも君を愛す！
2011
Holiday in Tokyo
1958
The Twilight Story
1960
Diary of a Company President: Peaceful Period
1959
The Third President
1958
Hoodlum Soldier
Otomaru
1965
The Blue Beast
1960
New Tokyo March
1953
Morishige, where are you going?
Keiko
1956
Yaji and Kita on the Road
Oimo / Osatsu
1958
Always in My Heart Part 2
1953
茂七の事件簿・新ふしぎ草紙
The Other Woman
Fukuko
1961
Devices Stronger Than Women
Yoshiko Kakegawa (Taichi’s wife)
1963
Japan's No. 1 Playboy
Michie Higurashi
1963
Samurai in the Office
1959
Roppongi Nights: Love Me, Love Me
1963For Love and Money
1963
Samurai Saga
Nanae
1959
Yasugorō shusse
1953
The Mandarin Room
Choko
1956
Older Wife, Younger Husband
1960
Hong Kong Paradise
1990
The Blue Mountains
Umetarō (Geisha)
1957
Kyūkon sannin musume
1954
Yajikita dōchū sugoroku
1958
The Lord Pretends
Kosei
1959
Playboy President: Part II
Madame Emiko
1961
The Princess of Badger Palace
Spider Queen of the Forest
1958
Ika naru hoshi no moto ni
1962
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'
Self
2002
The Shadow Daughter
Masayo
1957
Go and Get It
Mrs. Matsumoto, His Wife
1958
The Maid Story
1963
Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves
1966
The Hotelman's Holiday
Okiku
1958
An Urban Affair
Kimie
1961
Three for the Road
2007
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga
Fujiko Tomono
1966
A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
Mitsui Fujiko
1965
Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido
1953
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
1959
Travel Stories of a Company President
1963
Showdown on Pier No.3
Kaoru
1960
The Adventures of Kantaro
1959
Crazy Cats Go to Hong Kong
1963
Long Way to Okinawa
1962
The Lord and the Gambler
1959
The Undefeated Woman
1958
Crazy Operation: Drop Dead! Irresponsibility
1963
Talkative Company President
Eiko
1957
Achan's Baby Gang
1961
Kureji no Hanayome to Shichinin no Nakama
1962
Price of Beauty
Yuki Kawabe
1957
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1964
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
1961
The Capital of Love
Eriko
1958
Sincere Heart
Midori
1953
Kill the Killer!
Toshiko (madam at bar “Fancy”)
1961
Secret Love
1962
千年の松 完結編
2009
Legend of the Irresponsible Hero
1964
The Blue Mountains Part 2
Umetarō (Geisha)
1957
Jiyūgaoka fujin
1960
Sisters
1953
Always in My Heart
1953
Green Light to Joy
Takeko
1967
Bringing Up Husbands
1959
Birth of Romance
Sayoko Uemura
1957
Hagure kigeki mandara
1962
Travels of Lord Mito Pt.3
1954
Youth Season
1962