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Keiko Awaji is a Actor Japonaise born on 17 july 1933 at Tokyo (Japon)
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. On 16 June 2010, Kichinosuke committed suicide by jumping off her apartment in Shinjuku.
She died of esophageal cancer in Tokyo on 11 January 2014, aged 80.
Keiko Awaji épouse son second mari, l'acteur Kinnosuke Nakamura, en 1966. Elle interrompt sa carrière durant une vingtaine d'années. L'actrice effectue son retour dans la série de films C'est dur d'être un homme de Yōji Yamada.
Keiko Awaji a tourné dans 160 films entre 1949 et 2004.
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Keiko Awaji
Birth name Ida Ayako
Nationality Japon
Birth 17 july 1933 at Tokyo (Japon)
Death 11 january 2014 (at 80 years) at Minato (Japon)
Nationality Japon
Birth 17 july 1933 at Tokyo (Japon)
Death 11 january 2014 (at 80 years) at Minato (Japon)
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. On 16 June 2010, Kichinosuke committed suicide by jumping off her apartment in Shinjuku.
She died of esophageal cancer in Tokyo on 11 January 2014, aged 80.
Biography
Après l'abandon de ses études secondaires, elle intègre la troupe de danse Shochiku Kagekidan (SKD). Keiko Awaji débute sur les écrans en 1949, dans le film Chien enragé (Nora-inu) d'Akira Kurosawa. Elle est surtout connue pour son rôle dans le film de guerre Les Ponts du Toko-Ri (The Bridges at Toko-Ri) de Mark Robson.Keiko Awaji épouse son second mari, l'acteur Kinnosuke Nakamura, en 1966. Elle interrompt sa carrière durant une vingtaine d'années. L'actrice effectue son retour dans la série de films C'est dur d'être un homme de Yōji Yamada.
Keiko Awaji a tourné dans 160 films entre 1949 et 2004.
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Hard Romanticker (2011)
Genres Drama
Actors Shota Matsuda, Nakamura Shidō II, Kento Nagayama, Tokio Emoto, Yōko Maki, Sei Ashina
Rating59%
Gu est un jeune Japonais aux origines Coréennes. Il a abandonné le lycée pour faire des petits boulots pas toujours très sérieux, l'entrainant régulièrement dans des problèmes de toutes sortes. Un jour, il est contacté par un ancien pote devenu membre d'un gang et se retrouve impliqué dans une sombre affaire de meurtre...
Three for the Road (2007)
, 1h48Directed by Hideyuki Hirayama
Genres Comedy
Actors Akira Emoto, Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII, Aki Hoshino, Kyoko Koizumi, Naomi Fujiyama, LaSalle Ishii
Roles Osan
Rating63%
Inugami (2001)
, 1h46Directed by Masato Harada
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror, Romance
Actors Yūki Amami, Shin Togashi, Shiho Fujimura, Kenichi Yajima, Keiko Awaji, Koichi Sato
Roles Katsuko Doi
Rating58%
Omine, de nos jours : un petit village perdu en pleine montagne sur l'île de Shikoku. Les habitants vivent en communion avec la nature qui les entoure, avec les esprits aussi. La famille Bonomiya passe ainsi pour être maudite depuis des générations, leurs femmes ayant, paraît-il, la faculté de garder prisonnier dans une urne l'esprit malin dénommé Inugami. Bonomiya Miki porte à présent ce fardeau sur son dos. Tout va se dérégler le jour où un jeune étranger débarque dans le village, et s'éprend de la belle Miki...
Kyuketsu Onsen e Yokoso (1997)
, 1h22Genres Horror
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films
Actors Aya Sugimoto, Keiko Awaji, Ryo Hitomi
Hong Kong Paradise (1990)
, 1h38Directed by Shūsuke Kaneko
Genres Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Yuki Saitō, Kaoru Kobayashi, Hideyo Amamoto, Keiko Awaji, Gloria Yip, Tsuyoshi Ihara
Rating72%
Tora-san Goes to Vienna (1989)
, 1h49Directed by Yōji Yamada
Genres Comedy
Actors Kiyoshi Atsumi, Keiko Takeshita, Chieko Baishō, Akira Emoto, Keiko Awaji, Masami Shimojō
Roles Madam
Rating66%
During his wandering throughout Japan, Tora-san meets a suicidal man. He travels with the man to Vienna, but winds up homesick for Japan.
Hope and Pain (1988)
, 2hDirected by Yōji Yamada
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Actors Toshirō Yanagiba, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Toshinori Omi, Tetta Sugimoto, Eri Ishida, Chieko Baishō
Roles Coffee shop's madame
Rating68%
Peu de temps après la Seconde Guerre mondiale, un groupe de lycéens, à l'orée de leur entrée à l'université, s'oppose aux conventions poussiéreuses et à l'ancestral ordre de l'enseignement traditionnel nippon. Durant cette difficile période, où règne souvent la disette, ils doivent franchir l'ardu cap qui les mène au monde adulte.
Tora-san Goes North (1987)
, 1h47Directed by Yōji Yamada
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Kiyoshi Atsumi, Toshiro Mifune, Chieko Baishō, Masami Shimojō, Keiko Awaji, Keiko Takeshita
Roles Etsuko
Rating69%
When his travels take him to rural Hokkaido, Tora-san helps a cantankerous old veterinarian (Mifune) in his relationships with his estranged daughter, and a woman in whom he is secretly interested.
Illusion of Blood (1965)
, 1h45Directed by Shirō Toyoda
Origin Japon
Genres Fantastic, Horror
Themes Théâtre, Ghost films, Films based on plays
Actors Tatsuya Nakadai, Mariko Okada, Keiko Awaji, Eitarō Ozawa, Mikijirō Hira, Eijirō Tōno
Roles Omaki
Rating64%
Un samouraï est hanté par des apparitions à la suite de l'assassinat de son beau-père.
Hoodlum Soldier (1965)
, 1h45Directed by Yasuzō Masumura
Genres War, Comedy, Action
Actors Shintarō Katsu, Takahiro Tamura, Keiko Awaji, Mikio Narita, Toru Abe, Toshiyuki Hosokawa
Roles Otomaru
Rating70%
The story is presented as a voiced-over narrative by Arita (Takahiro Tamura), speaking long after the events of the film. In a remote army base in Manchuria, near the Soviet border, long-serving corporal Arita hates the military and looks forward to the day he may leave. Although a university graduate, he has several times deliberately failed the exam for promotion and thus remains a corporal after four years' service.
A Woman's Life (1963)
, 2h6Directed by Mikio Naruse
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Actors Hideko Takamine, Akira Takarada, Tatsuya Nakadai, Natsuko Kahara, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Yuriko Hoshi
Roles Tamae Misawa
Rating75%
Nobuko Shimizu tient un salon de coiffure dans la banlieue de Tokyo. Elle vit seule avec sa belle-mère Kimiko et son fils unique Kohei âgé de vingt-quatre ans. Ce dernier est vendeur de voiture pour la société Nisshō Motors depuis qu'il est sorti de l'université. Kohei tombe amoureux de Midori, une jeune femme travaillant dans un cabaret de Shinjuku et lors d'un diner au restaurant, il annonce à sa mère qu'il veut se marier avec elle. Nobuko a d'autres ambitions pour son fils, elle voit en Midori une femme vénale et s'y oppose fermement. Une dispute éclate et Kohei quitte le domicile familial pour s'installer avec Midori, coupant tous les ponts avec sa mère. Quelque temps plus tard, il meurt dans un accident de voiture.
47 Ronin (1962)
, 3h27Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki
Genres Drama, Action, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Takashi Shimura, Matsumoto Hakuō I, Yūzō Kayama, Tatsuya Mihashi, Toshiro Mifune, Akira Kubo
Rating75%
Following their lord being forced to commit ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.
, 2h3Directed by Mikio Naruse
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Actors Setsuko Hara, Hideko Takamine, Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Takarada, Hiroshi Koizumi, Mitsuko Kusabue
Roles Mie Sakanishi
Rating73%
Les Sakanishi forment une famille tokyoïte typique de la classe moyenne à la fin des années 1950. Sous le même toit vivent trois générations : Yūichirō, fils aîné et héritier qui, avec son épouse, a l’obligation de prendre soin de sa mère Aki, veuve. Un jour Sanae, sa fille aînée, revient s’installer dans la maison familiale après la mort de son mari. D’autres soucis attendant la famille Sakanishi. Car Yūichirō, criblé de dettes, a hypothéqué en secret la maison…
, 1h51Directed by Mikio Naruse
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Hideko Takamine, Masayuki Mori, Noriko Sengoku, Tatsuya Nakadai, Daisuke Katō, Reiko Dan
Roles Yuri
Rating79%
Keiko, a young widow, becomes a hostess in Ginza nightclubs (mizu shōbai) to make ends meet. The story recounts the struggles to maintain her independence in a male-dominated society.
Scarred Yosaburo (1960)
, 1h34Directed by Daisuke Itō
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Ichikawa Raizō VIII, Keiko Awaji, Jun Tatara, Tamao Nakamura, Ryosuke Kagawa, Kumeko Urabe
Rating70%
The film depicts the scarring of Yosaburo (Raizo Ichikawa) at the hands of yakuza thugs who catch him with mistress of the gang boss. Despite the physical and emotional scars he now carries with him, Yosaburo falls for a young noblewoman (Manami Fuji). The rest of the film follows the two as they fend off attacks from gangs and the police.