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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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Hadaka no Machi
Crazy Uproar
Runway to Hell
Metamorphosis
Roadside Stone
Early Spring
Dancing Girl
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
Early Summer
The Friends
Ejima and Ikushima
The Last Judgment
Love and Duty
Girls of the Night
The Good Fairy
Karada no naka o kaze ga fuku
Summer Clouds
Every Day That New Life
The Diplomat's Mansion
Haru's Journey
A Woman's Skin
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Oban kanketsu hen
Bridge of Japan
Honno-Ji in Flames
The Foster Mother
Tatsu
An Inlet of Muddy Water
Carmen's Innocent Love
Shadow of a Flower
The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night
I Lived, But...
Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
Secret of Naruto
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
Restoration Fire
Doctor's Day Off
The Other Woman
The Maid Story
Zangiku monogatari
A Good Man, A Good Day
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
Image of a Mother
Ôban
Ma no kisetsu: Haru no mizuumi
Children of Nagasaki
Watashi, chigatteiru kashira
Going West: to the West
An Actor's Revenge
Beauty of Life
Always in My Heart Part 2
Rascals! Go to Hell
Siberian Express 2
Yellow Crow
Always in My Heart Part 3
A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
Tales of the Inner Chamber
Until the Lights Come Back
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
Aces Wild
Always in My Heart
The Waves
A Woman's Life
Marital Relations
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
Freedom School
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
The King
Edo Purebreed
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
Pilgrimage at Night
Devices Stronger Than Women
The Hotelman's Holiday
The Life of Rikisha-Man
An Urban Affair
Hana no shôgai
Pressure of Guilt
Hagure kigeki mandara
Firefly Light
Four Sisters
Hometown
Ganpeki
Love and the Shop Curtain
The Further Adventures of Genta
Born in Sin
A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station
The Brass General
Hot Spring Ghost
Edo no yubae
武蔵と小次郎
Bringing Up Husbands
Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa
The Master Spearman
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
Flower Shop Curtain
Chushingura
Merry Migratory Birds
Yassamossa
Tange Sazen
八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot
Aru kankei
