Keiko Awaji

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Keiko Awaji
淡路 恵子
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Awaji in 1954
Born(1933-07-17)17 July 1933
Tokyo, Japan
Died11 January 2014(2014-01-11) (aged 80)
Tokyo, Japan
OccupationActress
Years active1949–2014
Spouses
ChildrenEtsuo Shima, Akihiro, Kichinosuke

Keiko Awaji (淡路恵子, Awaji Keiko; 17 July 1933 – 11 January 2014) was a Japanese stage and film actress.[1]

Awaji appeared in films like Akira Kurosawa's Stray Dog, Keisuke Kinoshita's A Japanese Tragedy, Mark Robson's The Bridges at Toko-Ri and Mikio Naruse's When a Woman Ascends the Stairs.[2]

She died of esophageal cancer in Tokyo on 11 January 2014, aged 80.[1] She was married twice, to Filipino actor Bimbo Danao and to Japanese actor Yorozuya Kinnosuke.

Selected filmography

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Year Title Role
1949 Stray Dog Harumi Namiki
1953 A Japanese Tragedy Wakamaru
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
The Twilight Story Ofusa
1960 Scar Yosaburo
1961 As a Wife, As a Woman
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

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