Chikage Awashima
Acting
Born: February 24, 1924 · Tokyo, Japan
Died: February 16, 2012 (aged 87)
Highest Rated
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
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Movies (128)
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Tôfuku Kin
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
Aya Amamiya
Early Summer
Aya Tamura
Image of a Mother
Sonoko Takada
The Friends
Yayoi Koko
Early Spring
Masako Sugiyama
Girls of the Night
Nogami
Metamorphosis
1986
Always in My Heart Part 2
1953
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Riku Ôishi
The Last Judgment
1965
Haru's Journey
Shigeko Ichikawa
The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night
Natsuo Narumi
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
Firefly Light
Tose
Always in My Heart Part 3
1954
Doctor's Day Off
1952
Marital Relations
Choko
A Woman's Skin
1957
Mahjong Madness
1967
Beauty of Life
1951
Restoration Fire
Ofusa
A Good Man, A Good Day
1961
Careful Wife and Careless Wife: A Peaceful Couple
1956
The Master Spearman
Sakon Murayama
The Hotelman's Holiday
Otatsu
Yellow Crow
Machiko Yoshida
A Woman's Life
Nobuko Miki
Secret of Naruto
1957
Love and the Shop Curtain
1961
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
1959
Bridge of Japan
Otaka Inaba
Finances in Front of the Train Station
1965
Summer Clouds
Yae
Always in My Heart
1953
Until the Lights Come Back
2005
Heavenly Gods in Front of the Train Station
1964
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
Omaki
The King
1962
Carmen's Innocent Love
Chidori
How to Win a Race
1966
The Good Fairy
Itsuko
Tales of the Inner Chamber
1968
Volcano of Station Front Plaza
1968
Masseur War Story
1965
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
1962
Hospital in Front of the Train Station
1965
Pilgrimage at Night
Oei
Freedom School
1951
Comedy: Cheerful Widow
1964
Hana no shôgai
村山たか女
Pressure of Guilt
1963
Hagure kigeki mandara
1962
Tatsu
Umeko the Madam
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
Yoshino
Children of Nagasaki
1983
Mumu Dance
1964
Flower Shop Curtain
Taka Kawashima
The Other Woman
Ayako Kouno
Big Wind at the Spa
1966
Ganpeki
1953
An Urban Affair
Tamayo Komatsubara
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
Keiko
Zangiku monogatari
Otoku
Dancing Girl
Hanae Hanamura
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
1962
Going West: to the West
Ryu Sakuma:
The Waves
1952
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
Omaki
The Further Adventures of Genta
1955
Hot Spring Ghost
1964
Exploration in Front of the Station
1967
Oban kanketsu hen
Omaki
Shadow of a Flower
1961
The Maid Story
1963
Room for Let
Yukiko
Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai
Kakie Goi
New Marital Relations
1963
You Can If You Try
1965
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot
1963
The Five Jolly Thieves
1960
Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa
1962
The Curio Master
1960
Rascals! Go to Hell
1961
Roadside Stone
Oren
Hometown
1999
Born in Sin
1962
Chushingura
1954
A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
Banno Keiko
Ma no kisetsu: Haru no mizuumi
1956
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
1958
Honno-Ji in Flames
Kitsuki
Ôban
Omaki
Yassamossa
1953
八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線
お藤
Devices Stronger Than Women
Yasuko Sugishita (Daisaku’s wife)
The Shrikes
1961
The Life of Rikisha-Man
1963
The Brass General
Maki
Tange Sazen
1952
Runway to Hell
Ogin
Hadaka no Machi
1957
Edo Purebreed
1961
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
1956
Merry Migratory Birds
1952
The Unbalanced Wheel
1957
Siberian Express 2
Utako Ieiri
Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made
1955
A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station
1967
Ejima and Ikushima
絵島
Love and Duty
1954
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
1954
武蔵と小次郎
照世
武蔵と小次郎
八雲太夫
New Tale of Genji: Shizuka and Yoshitsune
1956
An Actor's Revenge
1959
Aru kankei
1962
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1964
Edo no yubae
芸者おりき
Watashi, chigatteiru kashira
Katsura's mother
Four Sisters
Kikuno Katagiri
Crazy Uproar
1950
Every Day That New Life
1955
Aces Wild
1961
Karada no naka o kaze ga fuku
1957
Bringing Up Husbands
1959
The Diplomat's Mansion
Senko Oumi, Madam
Mama o uchi ga moeteru no
1961
