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Keiko Awaji
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.
As actor
Mourning Recipe
Hard Romanticker
誰よりも君を愛す！
On a Better Night than Usual
千年の松 完結編
Three for the Road
Veronika Decides to Die
Pretty Woman
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Stray Dog'
Inugami
Married Executioner R: MISSION 1 - Bloody Mischief
Married Executioner R: MISSION 2 - Tainted Bonds
Welcome to the Vampire Onsen
A Brief Message from the Heart
Hong Kong Paradise
She-Shogun
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
Downtown Heroes
Tora-san Goes North
Green Light to Joy
Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga
Tale of a Carpenter
Illusion of Blood
Hoodlum Soldier
A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
The Flower and the Dragon
Finances in Front of the Train Station
A Monk in the Big City of Edo