Chikage Awashima
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.
122 acting credits
Acting · 122
Haru yo koi
1994
Akō Rōshi
1964
Life of a Flower
1963
Imo Tako Nankin
2006
Matsudaira Ukon Jikencho
1982
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
Metamorphosis
1986
Omoi Bashi
1973
Red Storm
1979
Early Summer
1951
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
1952
Early Spring
1956
The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night
1960
The Friends
1994
Until the Lights Come Back
2005
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958
Summer Clouds
1958
Tatsu
1962
Girls of the Night
1961
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
1958
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
1957
Always in My Heart Part 2
1953
Bridge of Japan
1956
Always in My Heart
1953
I Lived, But...
1983
Four Sisters
1962
Ôban
1957
The King
1962
Restoration Fire
1961
The Other Woman
1961
Siberian Express 2
2001
Kaei
1961
Hana no shôgai
1953
Born in Sin
1962
Ganpeki
1953
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
1957
Aces Wild
1961
Yellow Crow
1957
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
1962
Firefly Light
1958
The Maid Story
1963
Honno-Ji in Flames
1960
Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai
1963
Haru's Journey
2010
A Woman's Life
1955
An Actor's Revenge
1959
A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
1965
Marital Relations
1955
The Waves
1952
Secret of Naruto
1957
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
1962
The Mask and Destiny
1955
長七郎江戸日記スペシャル 母は敵か？！正雪の陰謀
1985
Hagure kigeki mandara
1962
Always in My Heart Part 3
1954
Freedom School
1951
Pilgrimage at Night
1959
Carmen's Innocent Love
1952
Oban kanketsu hen
1958
Beauty of Life
1951
Flower Shop Curtain
1959
The Hotelman's Holiday
1958
Pressure of Guilt
1963
A Good Man, A Good Day
1961
Love and the Shop Curtain
1961
Ejima and Ikushima
1955
The Good Fairy
1951
Tales of the Inner Chamber
1968
Zangiku monogatari
1956
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
1961
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
1958
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
1959
Tange Sazen
1952
武蔵と小次郎
1952
Edo Purebreed
1961
Room for Let
1959
Doctor's Day Off
1952
Furimuita hanayome
1961
Chushingura
1954
Going West: to the West
1997
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1964
Yassamossa
1953
The Foster Mother
—
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot
1963
Edo no yubae
1954
Children of Nagasaki
1983
Aru kankei
1962
八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線
1955
Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa
1962
An Urban Affair
1961
Ma no kisetsu: Haru no mizuumi
1956
Dancing Girl
1957
Image of a Mother
1959
The Unbalanced Wheel
1957
Devices Stronger Than Women
1963
The Further Adventures of Genta
1955
The Brass General
1960
Runway to Hell
1960
Evening Calm
1957
Hadaka no Machi
1957
Hometown
1999
Merry Migratory Birds
1952
The Last Judgment
1965
Rascals! Go to Hell
1961
The Life of Rikisha-Man
1963
Hot Spring Ghost
1964
Crazy Uproar
1950
The Master Spearman
1960
A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station
1967
Rakuten fujin
1956
Roadside Stone
1964
Watashi, chigatteiru kashira
1966
Love and Duty
1954
The Shrikes
1961
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
1954
Bringing Up Husbands
1959
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
1956
Every Day That New Life
1955
Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made
1955
Karada no naka o kaze ga fuku
1957
The Diplomat's Mansion
1961