Chikage Awashima
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.
Notable Appearances
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How to Win a Race
Big Wind at the Spa
The Friends
Exploration in Front of the Station
The Five Jolly Thieves
Heavenly Gods in Front of the train Station
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
Mahjong Madness
New Marital Relations
Early Spring
Girls of the Night
Hospital in Front of the Train Station
Finances in Front of the Train Station
Masseur War Story
Volcano of Station Front Plaza
New Tale of Genji: Shizuka and Yoshitsune
Secret of Naruto
Marital Relations
Metamorphosis
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Careful Wife and Careless Wife: A Peaceful Couple
Hadaka no Machi
Early Summer
Comedy: Cheerful Widow
Roadside Stone
Room for Let
The Unbalanced Wheel
Flower Shop Curtain
Crazy Uproar
Aces Wild
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
Until the Lights Come Back
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
An Inlet of Muddy Water
Ejima and Ikushima
Restoration Fire
Haru's Journey
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai
Bringing Up Husbands
An Urban Affair
The Maid Story
Runway to Hell
Summer Clouds
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
A Woman's Skin
Dancing Girl
The Shrikes
The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night
Hot Spring Ghost
The Master Spearman
A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station
Doctor's Day Off
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
The Hotelman's Holiday
Pressure of Guilt
Love and Duty
The Good Fairy
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot
Edo no yubae
The King
The Last Judgment
I Lived, But...
The Other Woman
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
Edo Purebreed
You Can If You Try
An Actor's Revenge
Firefly Light
Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made
Image of a Mother
Shadow of a Flower
Tatsu
Ganpeki
Freedom School
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa
Going West: to the West
八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線
Watashi, chigatteiru kashira
Four Sisters
Hometown
Pilgrimage at Night
Yassamossa
Rascals! Go to Hell
Born in Sin
A Good Man, A Good Day
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
Karada no naka o kaze ga fuku
A Woman's Life
Always in My Heart Part 3
Tange Sazen
武蔵と小次郎
The Waves
Carmen's Innocent Love
Siberian Express 2
Always in My Heart Part 2
Tales of the Inner Chamber
Yellow Crow
Beauty of Life
Devices Stronger Than Women
The Brass General
Hagure kigeki mandara
The Diplomat's Mansion
Honno-Ji in Flames
Bridge of Japan
Oban kanketsu hen
Children of Nagasaki
Mama o uchi ga moeteru no
Love and the Shop Curtain
Always in My Heart
Hana no shôgai
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
Ôban
Zangiku monogatari
Every Day That New Life
Aru kankei
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
Chushingura
Ma no kisetsu: Haru no mizuumi
The Foster Mother
The Life of Rikisha-Man
The Further Adventures of Genta
