Keiko Awaji
Japanese actress (1933–2014)
- Bimbo Danao
- Yorozuya Kinnosuke
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
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
- ^ a b "淡路恵子". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 August 2023.
- ^ "淡路恵子". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 August 2023.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Keiko Awaji.
- Keiko Awaji at IMDb
- AllCinema database (in Japanese)
- Yahoo talent profile (in Japanese)
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