| Keiko Awaji | |
| Native Name: | 淡路 恵子 |
| Birth Date: | 1933 7, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Tokyo, Japan |
| Death Place: | Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Yearsactive: | 1949–2014 |
| Spouse: | |
| Children: | Etsuo Shima, Akihiro, Kichinosuke |
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. She was married twice, to Filipino actor Bimbo Danao and to Japanese actor Yorozuya Kinnosuke.
| 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 | 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 |