Chikage Awashima
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1924-02-24
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
Popularity: 1.1
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 Filmography
Haru yo koi
1994
Akō Rōshi
1964
Life of a Flower
1963
Imo Tako Nankin
2006
Matsudaira Ukon Jikencho
1982
Omoi Bashi
1973
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
Red Storm
1979
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
1952
Early Spring
1956
The Friends
1994
Metamorphosis
1986
Early Summer
1951
The King
1962
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
Summer Clouds
1958
Bridge of Japan
1956
Haru's Journey
2010
Carmen's Innocent Love
1952
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958
Until the Lights Come Back
2005
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
1962
Girls of the Night
1961No Photo
Furimuita hanayome
1961
Secret of Naruto
1957
Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai
1963
Always in My Heart
1953
Zangiku monogatari
1956
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
1957
The Other Woman
1961
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
1957
Marital Relations
1955
Always in My Heart Part 3
1954
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
1962
Born in Sin
1962
An Actor's Revenge
1959
Pressure of Guilt
1963
Restoration Fire
1961
Aces Wild
1961
Hana no shôgai
1953
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
1958
The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night
1960
武蔵と小次郎
1952
Shadow of a Flower
1961
The Maid Story
1963
Oban kanketsu hen
1958
Doctor's Day Off
1952
Tatsu
1962
I Lived, But...
1983
Four Sisters
1962
Ganpeki
1953
A Good Man, A Good Day
1961
Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa
1962
Yellow Crow
1957
Firefly Light
1958
Pilgrimage at Night
1959
Freedom School
1951
Yassamossa
1953
A Woman's Life
1955
Ôban
1957
Always in My Heart Part 2
1953
Tales of the Inner Chamber
1968
Flower Shop Curtain
1959
Children of Nagasaki
1983
The Good Fairy
1951
Roadside Stone
1964
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
1961
The Hotelman's Holiday
1958
Beauty of Life
1951
Hometown
1999
Honno-Ji in Flames
1960
Room for Let
1959
Love and the Shop Curtain
1961
The Master Spearman
1960
A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
1965
Dancing Girl
1957
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
1959
Hagure kigeki mandara
1962
Chushingura
1954
Tange Sazen
1952
Devices Stronger Than Women
1963
The Shrikes
1961
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
1958
Edo Purebreed
1961
An Urban Affair
1961
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1964
Image of a Mother
1959
長七郎江戸日記スペシャル 母は敵か？！正雪の陰謀
1985
Runway to Hell
1960
Siberian Express 2
2001
The Last Judgment
1965
The Unbalanced Wheel
1957
The Life of Rikisha-Man
1963No Photo
The Mask and Destiny
1955
The Further Adventures of Genta
1955
Rascals! Go to Hell
1961
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot
1963
Ma no kisetsu: Haru no mizuumi
1956No Photo
Evening Calm
1957
Edo no yubae
1954
A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station
1967
Going West: to the West
1997
Ejima and Ikushima
1955
八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線
1955
Hadaka no Machi
1957
Aru kankei
1962
Love and Duty
1954
The Waves
1952
Watashi, chigatteiru kashira
1966
The Foster Mother
N/A
Merry Migratory Birds
1952
Hot Spring Ghost
1964
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
1954
The Brass General
1960
Crazy Uproar
1950
Karada no naka o kaze ga fuku
1957
Every Day That New Life
1955
Bringing Up Husbands
1959No Photo
Rakuten fujin
1956
The Diplomat's Mansion
1961
Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made
1955
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
1956