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Keiko Awaji (淡路 恵子, Awaji Keiko, 17 July 1933 – 11 January 2014) was a Japanese film actress.

Keiko Awaji
淡路 恵子
Awaji in 1954
Born	(1933-07-17)17 July 1933 Tokyo, Japan
Died	11 January 2014(2014-01-11) (aged 80) Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1949–2014
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Spouse(s)	Rolando "Bimbo" Danao, Yorozuya Kinnosuke
Children	Etsuo Shima, Akihiro, Kichinosuke

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, in which 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 Yorozuya Kinnosuke, but 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, for which he served six months in prison.[1] On 16 June 2010, Kichinosuke committed suicide by jumping off her apartment in Shinjuku.[2][3]

She died of esophageal cancer in Tokyo on 11 January 2014, aged 80.[4]

Partial filmography

She has appeared in more than 160 movies since 1949:[5][6]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1949	Stray Dog	Harumi Namiki
1953	A Japanese Tragedy	Wakamaru, a geisha
1954	The Bridges at Toko-Ri	Kimiko
1958	The Badger Palace
1958	A Holiday in Tokyo	Bus Guide
1960	When a Woman Ascends the Stairs	Yuri
1960	Scar Yosaburo
1961	As a Wife, As a Woman		[7]
1962	Chūshingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki	Otoki
1965	Illusion of Blood	Omaki
1987	Tora-san Goes North	Etsuko
1988	Hope and Pain	Coffee shop's madame
1989	Tora-san Goes to Vienna	Madam

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Keiko Awaji.

• Keiko Awaji at IMDb
• AllCinema database (in Japanese)
• Yahoo talent profile (in Japanese)

На других языках

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- [en] Keiko Awaji

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[es] Keiko Awaji

Keiko Awaji (淡 路 恵 子 Awaji Keiko; Tokio, 17 de julio de 1933 - ibid 11 de enero de 2014) fue una actriz de cine japonesa.

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[ru] Авадзи, Кэйко

Кэйко Авадзи (яп. 淡路 恵子; 17 июля 1933, Токио — 11 января 2014, там же) — японская киноактриса.

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