Chikage Awashima
Acting
Born February 24, 1924 · Tokyo, Japan
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.
Films (108)
Haru's Journey
2010
Until the Lights Come Back
2005
Siberian Express 2
2001
Hometown
1999
Going West: to the West
1997
The Friends
1994
Metamorphosis
1986
I Lived, But...
1983
Children of Nagasaki
1983
Tales of the Inner Chamber
1968
A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station
1967
Watashi, chigatteiru kashira
1966
A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
1965
The Last Judgment
1965
Roadside Stone
1964
Hot Spring Ghost
1964
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1964
The Maid Story
1963
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot
1963
The Life of Rikisha-Man
1963
Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai
1963
Pressure of Guilt
1963
Devices Stronger Than Women
1963
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
Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa
1962
Home-Brewed Tatsu
1962
Hagure kigeki mandara
1962
Aru kankei
1962
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
1961
Rascals! Go to Hell
1961
Kaei
1961
Restoration Fire
1961
Furimuita hanayome
1961
Girls of the Night
1961
An Urban Affair
1961
A Good Man, A Good Day
1961
The Other Woman
1961
Love and the Shop Curtain
1961
The Shrikes
1961
Edo Purebreed
1961
Aces Wild
1961
The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night
1960
The Brass General
1960
Honno-Ji in Flames
1960
The Master Spearman
1960
Runway to Hell
1960
An Actor's Revenge
1959
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
1959
Pilgrimage at Night
1959
Room for Let
1959
Bringing Up Husbands
1959
Image of a Mother
1959
Flower Shop Curtain
1959
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
1958
Summer Clouds
1958
The Hotelman's Holiday
1958
Oban kanketsu hen
1958
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958
Firefly Light
1958
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
1958
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
1957
The Unbalanced Wheel
1957
Secret of Naruto
1957
Hadaka no Machi
1957
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
1957
Evening Calm
1957
Ôban
1957
Yellow Crow
1957
Dancing Girl
1957
Bridge of Japan
1956
Rakuten fujin
1956
Zangiku monogatari
1956
春のみづうみ
1956
Early Spring
1956
Ejima and Ikushima
1955
Marital Relations
1955
The Mask and Destiny
1955
The Further Adventures of Genta
1955
A Woman's Life
1955
八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線
1955
Chushingura
1954
Edo no yubae
1954
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
Always in My Heart
1953
Ganpeki
1953
Yassamossa
1953
Carmen's Innocent Love
1952
武蔵と小次郎
1952
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
1952
Tange Sazen
1952
The Waves
1952
Doctor's Day Off
1952
Merry Migratory Birds
1952
Beauty of Life
1951
Early Summer
1951
Freedom School
1951
The Good Fairy
1951
Crazy Uproar
1950