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