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 (123)
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Tôfuku Kin
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
Aya Amamiya
The Master Spearman
Sakon Murayama
Early Spring
Masako Sugiyama
Ma no kisetsu: Haru no mizuumi
1956
The Friends
Yayoi Koko
The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night
Natsuo Narumi
Early Summer
Aya Tamura
Ejima and Ikushima
絵島
Haru's Journey
Shigeko Ichikawa
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Riku Ôishi
Metamorphosis
1986
Girls of the Night
Nogami
Summer Clouds
Yae
Room for Let
Yukiko
Until the Lights Come Back
2005
Roadside Stone
Oren
Exploration in Front of the Station
1967
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
1954
Runway to Hell
Ogin
Hadaka no Machi
1957
Marital Relations
Choko
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
1956
Secret of Naruto
1957
Crazy Uproar
1950
You Can If You Try
1965
The Curio Master
1960
The King
1962
Oban kanketsu hen
Omaki
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1964
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線
お藤
The Other Woman
Ayako Kouno
Freedom School
1951
Every Day That New Life
1955
Four Sisters
Kikuno Katagiri
Going West: to the West
Ryu Sakuma:
Pressure of Guilt
1963
Edo no yubae
芸者おりき
A Good Man, A Good Day
1961
Mahjong Madness
1967
Always in My Heart Part 2
1953
Hana no shôgai
村山たか女
Karada no naka o kaze ga fuku
1957
Volcano of Station Front Plaza
1968
Children of Nagasaki
1983
Dancing Girl
Hanae Hanamura
A Woman's Life
Nobuko Miki
Restoration Fire
Ofusa
The Shrikes
1961
Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made
1955
The Unbalanced Wheel
1957
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
1958
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
Yoshino
Bridge of Japan
Otaka Inaba
Shadow of a Flower
1961
Tange Sazen
1952
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
Omaki
The Last Judgment
1965
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
Keiko
Firefly Light
Tose
Carmen's Innocent Love
Chidori
Pilgrimage at Night
Oei
Ôban
Omaki
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
1962
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
1962
Tatsu
Umeko the Madam
The Life of Rikisha-Man
1963
A Woman's Skin
1957
Aces Wild
1961
Born in Sin
1962
Always in My Heart Part 3
1954
Beauty of Life
1951
Tales of the Inner Chamber
1968
Devices Stronger Than Women
Yasuko Sugishita (Daisaku’s wife)
The Hotelman's Holiday
Otatsu
Always in My Heart
1953
Hagure kigeki mandara
1962
An Actor's Revenge
1959
Love and Duty
1954
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
1959
Doctor's Day Off
1952
Watashi, chigatteiru kashira
Katsura's mother
Love and the Shop Curtain
1961
The Further Adventures of Genta
1955
武蔵と小次郎
照世
武蔵と小次郎
八雲太夫
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
Omaki
Edo Purebreed
1961
Siberian Express 2
Utako Ieiri
Hometown
1999
Flower Shop Curtain
Taka Kawashima
Image of a Mother
Sonoko Takada
Zangiku monogatari
Otoku
The Good Fairy
Itsuko
The Maid Story
1963
The Waves
1952
The Brass General
Maki
A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station
1967
Yassamossa
1953
Merry Migratory Birds
1952
Chushingura
1954
Honno-Ji in Flames
Kitsuki
Ganpeki
1953
An Urban Affair
Tamayo Komatsubara
Rascals! Go to Hell
1961
Hot Spring Ghost
1964
Aru kankei
1962
Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa
1962
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot
1963
Yellow Crow
Machiko Yoshida
Bringing Up Husbands
1959
The Diplomat's Mansion
Senko Oumi, Madam
Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai
Kakie Goi
Mama o uchi ga moeteru no
1961
A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
Banno Keiko
Hospital in Front of the Train Station
1965
Big Wind at the Spa
1966
Finances in Front of the Train Station
1965
How to Win a Race
1966
Mumu Dance
1964
Heavenly Gods in Front of the train Station
1964
Comedy: Cheerful Widow
1964
