Chikage Awashima
Chikage Awashima (淡島 千景, Awashima Chikage, born Keiko Nakagawa, 24 February 1924 – 16 February 2012) was a Japanese film and stage actress. Her stage name drew inspiration from Japanese poetry, and her legacy continues to resonate within the world of entertainment.
A graduate from Takarazuka Music and Dance School and member of the Takarazuka Revue, Chikage Awashima entered the Shochiku film studios and made her film debut in 1950. She appeared in films of numerous prominent directors like Yasujirō Ozu, Mikio Naruse, Keisuke Kinoshita, Tadashi Imai and Heinosuke Gosho. She received the Blue Ribbon Award twice and the Mainichi Film Award twice for her performances.
Awashima retired from stage in 2009. She died on 16 February 2012, aged 87, from cancer.
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Films (135)
Voyage avec Haru
2010 · Shigeko Ichikawa
Until the Lights Come Back
2005
Siberian Express 2
2001 · Utako Ieiri
Hometown
1999
Going West: to the West
1997 · Ryu Sakuma:
The Friends
1994 · Yayoi Koko
Metamorphosis
1986
I Lived, But...
1983 · Self
Children of Nagasaki
1983
Tales of the Inner Chamber
1968
Volcano of Station Front Plaza
1968
A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station
1967
Exploration in Front of the Station
1967
Mahjong Madness
1967
How to Win a Race
1966
Big Wind at the Spa
1966
Watashi, chigatteiru kashira
1966 · Katsura's mother
Masseur War Story
1965
A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
1965 · Banno Keiko
Finances in Front of the Train Station
1965
You Can If You Try
1965
The Last Judgment
1965
Hospital in Front of the Train Station
1965
Heavenly Gods in Front of the Train Station
1964
Mumu Dance
1964
Roadside Stone
1964 · Oren
Hot Spring Ghost
1964
Comedy: Cheerful Widow
1964
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1964
New Marital Relations
1963
The Maid Story
1963
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot
1963
The Life of Rikisha-Man
1963
Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai
1963 · Kakie Goi
Pressure of Guilt
1963
Devices Stronger Than Women
1963 · Yasuko Sugishita (Daisaku’s wife)
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
1962
The King
1962
Born in Sin
1962
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
1962
Four Sisters
1962 · Kikuno Katagiri
Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa
1962
Tatsu
1962 · Umeko the Madam
Hagure kigeki mandara
1962
Aru kankei
1962
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
1961 · Keiko
Rascals! Go to Hell
1961
Shadow of a Flower
1961
The Diplomat's Mansion
1961 · Senko Oumi, Madam
Restoration Fire
1961 · Ofusa
Mama o uchi ga moeteru no
1961
Furimuita hanayome
1961 · Madame Renko
Girls of the Night
1961 · Nogami
An Urban Affair
1961 · Tamayo Komatsubara
A Good Man, A Good Day
1961
The Other Woman
1961 · Ayako Kouno
Love and the Shop Curtain
1961
The Shrikes
1961
Edo Purebreed
1961
Aces Wild
1961
The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night
1960 · Natsuo Narumi
The Brass General
1960 · Maki
Honno-Ji in Flames
1960 · Kitsuki
The Master Spearman
1960 · Sakon Murayama
Runway to Hell
1960 · Ogin
The Curio Master
1960
The Five Jolly Thieves
1960
An Actor's Revenge
1959
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
1959
Pilgrimage at Night
1959 · Oei
Room for Let
1959 · Yukiko
Bringing Up Husbands
1959
Image of a Mother
1959 · Sonoko Takada
Flower Shop Curtain
1959 · Taka Kawashima
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959 · Tôfuku Kin
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
1958 · Yoshino
Summer Clouds
1958 · Yae
The Hotelman's Holiday
1958 · Otatsu
Oban kanketsu hen
1958 · Omaki
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958 · Riku Ôishi
Firefly Light
1958 · Tose
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
1958
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
1957 · Omaki
The Unbalanced Wheel
1957
Secret of Naruto
1957
Hadaka no Machi
1957
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
1957 · Omaki
Karada no naka o kaze ga fuku
1957
A Woman's Skin
1957
Evening Calm
1957
Ôban
1957 · Omaki
Yellow Crow
1957 · Machiko Yoshida
Dancing Girl
1957 · Hanae Hanamura
New Tale of Genji: Shizuka and Yoshitsune
1956
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
1956
Bridge of Japan
1956 · Otaka Inaba
Studio wa ōsawagi
1956
Rakuten fujin
1956 · Midori Sakaguchi
Zangiku monogatari
1956 · Otoku
Ma no kisetsu: Haru no mizuumi
1956
Early Spring
1956 · Masako Sugiyama
Careful Wife and Careless Wife: A Peaceful Couple
1956
Ejima and Ikushima
1955 · 絵島
Every Day That New Life
1955
Marital Relations
1955 · Choko
The Mask and Destiny
1955
The Further Adventures of Genta
1955
Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made
1955
A Woman's Life
1955 · Nobuko Miki
八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線
1955 · お藤
Chushingura
1954
Edo no yubae
1954 · 芸者おりき
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
1954
Always in My Heart Part 3
1954
Love and Duty
1954
Always in My Heart Part 2
1953
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
Hana no shôgai
1953 · 村山たか女
Always in My Heart
1953
Ganpeki
1953
Yassamossa
1953
Carmen's Innocent Love
1952 · Chidori
武蔵と小次郎
1952 · 照世, 八雲太夫
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
1952 · Aya Amamiya
Tange Sazen
1952
The Waves
1952
Doctor's Day Off
1952
Merry Migratory Birds
1952
Beauty of Life
1951
Early Summer
1951 · Aya Tamura
Freedom School
1951
The Good Fairy
1951 · Itsuko
The Actress and the Detective
1950
Crazy Uproar
1950
The Foster Mother
