Keiko Awaji

Keiko Awaji (淡路 恵子, Awaji Keiko, ; 17 July 1933 – 11 January 2014) 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.^[1]

Keiko Awaji
淡路 恵子
Keiko Awaji in 1954
Born	Ayako Ida (1933-07-17)17 July 1933 Tokyo, Japan
Died	11 January 2014(2014-01-11) (aged 80) Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1949-2014
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Spouse(s)	Rolando "Bimbo" Danao, Yorozuya Kinnosuke
Children	Etsuo Shima, Akihiro, Kichinosuke

She died at the age of 80 due to esophageal cancer in Tokyo.^[2]