Acting
Keiko Awaji
- Titles
- 49movies2TV shows
- Career
Active from 1949 to 2013, with a break from 1968 to 2000, busiest in 1958 with 6 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 12top three billing
- Average score
68/100
- Highest rated
Stray Dog76/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 7 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical7.9average 2.6
- Warfare4.5average 1.2
- Class & Capitalism5.9average 3.3
- Melancholy7.0average 4.7
- Pathos6.9average 5.2
- Psychological7.1average 5.6
- Social Commentary6.4average 4.9
- Politics4.1average 2.6
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism3.4, average 5.2
- Situational Comedy0.9, average 2.7
- Pop Culture0.7, average 2.2
- Coming of Age1.4, average 2.9
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Post-War Japan 3
- Social Commentary 2
- Nostalgic 2
- Musical Comedy 2
- Historical Setting 2
- Character-Driven 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Hisaya MorishigeActorTalkative Company President, (Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home, Temptation on Glamour Island, Morishige, where are you going?, A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga, +4 more
Frankie SakaiActorHito mo arukeba, Temptation on Glamour Island, A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga, An Urban Affair, A Comedy in Front of the Station: University, +2 more
Akira TakaradaActorMorishige, where are you going?, City of Love, Samurai Saga, Birth of Romance, Yaji and Kita on the Road, +1 more
Norihei MikiActorA Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga, Playboy President: Part II, A Comedy in Front of the Station: University, Birth of Romance, Yaji and Kita on the Road
Reiko DanActorJapan's No. 1 Playboy, The Wiser Age, Playboy President: Part II, Executive Chair, City of Love
Yōko TsukasaActorThe Wiser Age, City of Love, Samurai Saga, Price of Beauty
Junzaburō BanActorA Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga, An Urban Affair, A Comedy in Front of the Station: University, The Hotelman's Holiday
Tatsuya NakadaiActorIllusion of Blood, The Other Woman, Skin-Colored Moon, Go and Get It
Seizaburō KawazuActorSazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn, Executive Chair, City of Love, Samurai Saga
Mariko OkadaActorTalkative Company President, Illusion of Blood, (Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home, Morishige, where are you going?
Chikage AwashimaActorThe Other Woman, An Urban Affair, A Comedy in Front of the Station: University, The Hotelman's Holiday
Mitsuko KusabueActorJapan's No. 1 Playboy, The Wiser Age, Playboy President: Part II, City of Love
Movies and TV shows
502010s
1 title
Mourning Recipe (2013)
as Tamako
2000s
4 titles · average score 56
Veronika Decides to Die (2005)
as Beniko
Pretty Woman (2003)
as Aoi Morishita
56
Inugami (2001)
as Katsuko Doi
Moshichi (2001)
TV show
1990s
2 titles
She-Shogun (1990)
as Katsuyama
1980s
3 titles
Tora-san Goes to Vienna (1989)
as Madam
Tora-san Goes North (1987)
as Etsuko
Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series (1983)
TV show · as Oyanagi
1960s
16 titles · average score 72
Green Light to Joy (1967)
as Takeko
73
Hoodlum Soldier (1965)
as Otomaru
Illusion of Blood (1965)
as Omaki
Japan's No. 1 Playboy (1963)
as Michie Higurashi
Travel Stories of a Company President Part II (1963)
as Renko (Madam of Club Marilyn)
The Wiser Age (1962)
as Michiko
68
The Other Woman (1961)
as Fukuko
Playboy President: Part II (1961)
as Madame Emiko
Playboy President (1961)
as Madame Emiko
72
Daughters, Wives and a Mother (1960)
as Mie Sakanishi
1950s
23 titles · average score 66
The Lord Pretends (1959)
as Kosei
Temptation on Glamour Island (1959)
as Yoshiko Kosaka
Samurai Saga (1959)
as Nanae
The Princess of Badger Palace (1958)
as Spider Queen of the Forest
Geisha in the Old City (1957)
as Kimiko
70
Black River (1957)
as Okada's Wife (uncredited)
Price of Beauty (1957)
as Yuki Kawabe
Birth of Romance (1957)
as Sayoko Uemura
Women in Prison (1956)
as Keiko Nomi, prisoner
63
The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)
as Kimiko
64
A Japanese Tragedy (1953)
as Wakamaru, a geisha
Sincere Heart (1953)
as Midori
1940s
1 title · average score 76
76
Stray Dog (1949)
as Harumi Namiki