Keiko Awaji
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Keiko Awaji in the 1949 film Stray Dog
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| Native name | 淡路 恵子 |
| Born | 17 July 1933 Tokyo, Japan |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1949–2014 |
| Height | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). |
| Spouse(s) | Rolando "Bimbo" Danao, Yorozuya Kinnosuke |
| Children | Etsuo Shima, Akihiro, Kichinosuke |
Keiko Awaji (淡路 恵子 Awaji Keiko?, 17 July 1933 – 11 January 2014) was a Japanese film actress.
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]
- Stray Dog (1949)
- The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)
- The Badger Palace (1958)
- A Holiday in Tokyo (1958)
- Scar Yosaburo (1960)
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 淡路恵子が自殺四男の葬儀に出席せず
- ↑ 淡路恵子の四男萬屋吉之亮さん自殺[dead link]
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/person/p0265320.htm accessed 29 January 2009
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0043396/ accessed 29 January 2009
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- Deaths from esophageal cancer
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