Keiko Awaji

was a Japanese movie actress. She was known for her role in Akira Kurosawa's Stray Dog and as Kimiko in The Bridges at Toko-Ri. In The Bridges at Toko-Ri, she acted alongside William Holden and Mickey Rooney. Before playing a role in Stray Dog, she studied dancing and was not interested in doing films. She was married twice and had two sons from her second husband, Yorozuya Kinnosuke.

She died at the age of 80 due to esophageal cancer in Tokyo.

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Other websites

 AllCinema database 
 Yahoo talent profile  

Category:1933 births
Category:2014 deaths
Category:Deaths from esophageal cancer
Category:Actors from Tokyo