Chikage Awashima
Acting
Born 1924-02-24 · 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.
Known for
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959 · Movie
Early Summer
1951 · Movie
The Maid Story
1963 · Movie
Beauty of Life
1951 · Movie
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
1962 · Movie
Hot Spring Ghost
1964 · Movie
Flower Shop Curtain
1959 · Movie
Tange Sazen
1952 · Movie
The Last Judgment
1965 · Movie
Summer Clouds
1958 · Movie
Image of a Mother
1959 · Movie
Crazy Uproar
1950 · Movie
Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai
1963 · Movie
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
1957 · Movie
Ôban
1957 · Movie
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
1959 · Movie
The Hotelman's Holiday
1958 · Movie
Born in Sin
1962 · Movie
Firefly Light
1958 · Movie
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
1958 · Movie
Edo Purebreed
1961 · Movie
Dancing Girl
1957 · Movie
Bridge of Japan
1956 · Movie
Early Spring
1956 · Movie
The Diplomat's Mansion
1961 · Movie
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1964 · Movie
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
1962 · Movie
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
1957 · Movie
Aces Wild
1961 · Movie
A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station
1967 · Movie
The King
1962 · Movie
The Life of Rikisha-Man
1963 · Movie
Yassamossa
1953 · Movie
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
1961 · Movie
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
1952 · Movie
Pressure of Guilt
1963 · Movie
The Shrikes
1961 · Movie
Hadaka no Machi
1957 · Movie
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
1954 · Movie
Ejima and Ikushima
1955 · Movie
Love and Duty
1954 · Movie
A Woman's Skin
1957 · Movie
Karada no naka o kaze ga fuku
1957 · Movie
Every Day That New Life
1955 · Movie
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
1956 · Movie
Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made
1955 · Movie
Oban kanketsu hen
1958 · Movie
The Foster Mother
— · Movie
Going West: to the West
1997 · Movie
A Good Man, A Good Day
1961 · Movie
武蔵と小次郎
1952 · Movie
Rascals! Go to Hell
1961 · Movie
Ganpeki
1953 · Movie
Watashi, chigatteiru kashira
1966 · Movie
Chushingura
1954 · Movie
Hana no shôgai
1953 · Movie
Ma no kisetsu: Haru no mizuumi
1956 · Movie
A Woman's Life
1955 · Movie
The Further Adventures of Genta
1955 · Movie
Siberian Express 2
2001 · Movie