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Keiko Awaji
Tokyo, Japan
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,…
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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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Movies and shows, newest first
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2013
Mourning Recipe
Movie Tamako
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2011
Hard Romanticker
Movie
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2011
誰よりも君を愛す！
Movie
- 2010
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2009
千年の松 完結編
Movie
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2007
Three for the Road
Movie
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2005
Veronika Decides to Die
Movie Beniko
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2003
Pretty Woman
Movie Aoi Morishita
- 2002
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2001
Moshichi
TV show
- 2001
- 2001
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2001
Inugami
Movie Katsuko Doi
- 1997
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1995
A Brief Message from the Heart
Movie Fusae
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1990
Hong Kong Paradise
Movie
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1990
She-Shogun
Movie Katsuyama
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1989
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
Movie 夫人
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1988
Downtown Heroes
Movie
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1987
Tora-san Goes North
Movie Etsuko
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1983
Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series
TV show Oyanagi
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1967
Green Light to Joy
Movie Takeko
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1966
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
Movie Fuji
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1966
Tale of a Carpenter
Movie
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1966
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga
Movie Fujiko Tomono
- 1966
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1965
Masseur War Story
Movie
- 1965
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1965
A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
Movie Mitsui Fujiko
- 1965
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1965
Illusion of Blood
Movie Omaki
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1965
Raccoon Dog Leader
Movie
- 1965
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1965
Hoodlum Soldier
Movie Otomaru
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1964
Mumu Dance
Movie
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1964
Thief on the Run
Movie
- 1964
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1964
Go to Hell! Company Men
Movie
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1964
Youth Season Continued
Movie Keiko Tanao (President of "Printemps Cosmetics")
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1964
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
Movie
