Chikage Awashima
Department: Acting
Biography
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.
Known For
An Urban Affair
1961
Early Spring
1956
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
The King
1962
The Life of Rikisha-Man
1963
Aru kankei
1962
Hagure kigeki mandara
1962
The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night
1960
Tatsu
1962
Kaei
1961
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
1952
Watashi, chigatteiru kashira
1966
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
1957
Oban kanketsu hen
1958
Ôban
1957
The Mask and Destiny
1955
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
1957
Haru's Journey
2010
I Lived, But...
1983
The Friends
1994
Summer Clouds
1958
Flower Shop Curtain
1959
Children of Nagasaki
1983
The Good Fairy
1951
Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa
1962
The Other Woman
1961
Girls of the Night
1961
Evening Calm
1957
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
1962
武蔵と小次郎
1952
武蔵と小次郎
1952
Hana no shôgai
1953
Edo no yubae
1954
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
1961
八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線
1955
Ejima and Ikushima
1955
Aces Wild
1961
Marital Relations
1955
Yellow Crow
1957
Carmen's Innocent Love
1952
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
1959
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
1962
Doctor's Day Off
1952
The Further Adventures of Genta
1955
Love and the Shop Curtain
1961
春のみづうみ
1956
Bridge of Japan
1956
Freedom School
1951
Hadaka no Machi
1957
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
1954
Roadside Stone
1964
Always in My Heart Part 3
1954
Always in My Heart Part 2
1953
Always in My Heart
1953
Firefly Light
1958
Secret of Naruto
1957
Furimuita hanayome
1961
An Actor's Revenge
1959
Runway to Hell
1960
The Master Spearman
1960
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958
The Foster Mother
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Rascals! Go to Hell
1961
Edo Purebreed
1961
The Unbalanced Wheel
1957
Four Sisters
1962
Siberian Express 2
2001
Room for Let
1959
The Waves
1952
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
1958
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
1958
Born in Sin
1962
Honno-Ji in Flames
1960
The Maid Story
1963
Early Summer
1951
Dancing Girl
1957
The Shrikes
1961
Tange Sazen
1952
The Hotelman's Holiday
1958
Pressure of Guilt
1963
Love and Duty
1954
A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
1965
Yassamossa
1953
Pilgrimage at Night
1959
A Woman's Life
1955
Crazy Uproar
1950
Restoration Fire
1961
Image of a Mother
1959
Metamorphosis
1986
Tales of the Inner Chamber
1968
Chushingura
1954
The Last Judgment
1965
Zangiku monogatari
1956
Until the Lights Come Back
2005
Beauty of Life
1951
A Good Man, A Good Day
1961
Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai
1963
Ganpeki
1953
Merry Migratory Birds
1952
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot
1963
A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station
1967
Hot Spring Ghost
1964
Going West: to the West
1997
Hometown
1999
The Brass General
1960
Devices Stronger Than Women
1963
Bringing Up Husbands
1959
Rakuten fujin
1956
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1964
Akō Rōshi
1964
Life of a Flower
1963
Red Storm
1979
Matsudaira Ukon Jikencho
1982
Omoi Bashi
1973
Imo Tako Nankin
2006
Haru yo koi
1994
長七郎江戸日記スペシャル 母は敵か？！正雪の陰謀
1985