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.
Known for
Haru yo koi
水川コウ
The Brass General
Maki
Devices Stronger Than Women
Yasuko Sugishita (Daisaku’s wife)
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Tôfuku Kin
Imo Tako Nankin
花岡ウメ
The Friends
Yayoi Koko
An Inlet of Muddy Water
Early Summer
Aya Tamura
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
Aya Amamiya
Early Spring
Masako Sugiyama
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot
春のみづうみ
Hot Spring Ghost
A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station
Furimuita hanayome
Madame Renko
Crazy Uproar
Merry Migratory Birds
Dancing Girl
Hanae Hanamura
武蔵と小次郎
八雲太夫
武蔵と小次郎
照世
I Lived, But...
Self
Zangiku monogatari
Otoku
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
Yoshino
Chushingura
The Further Adventures of Genta
Freedom School
The Shrikes
Yassamossa
The Foster Mother
Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai
Kakie Goi
A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
Banno Keiko
The Life of Rikisha-Man
An Actor's Revenge
Home-Brewed Tatsu
Umeko the Madam
Carmen's Innocent Love
Chidori
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
Runway to Hell
Ogin
Ganpeki
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
The Good Fairy
Itsuko
The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night
Natsuo Narumi
Metamorphosis
Restoration Fire
Ofusa
Hagure kigeki mandara
Children of Nagasaki
Tange Sazen
八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線
お藤
Watashi, chigatteiru kashira
Katsura's mother
The Other Woman
Ayako Kouno
Aru kankei
Bridge of Japan
Otaka Inaba
The Waves
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Riku Ôishi
The Last Judgment
Flower Shop Curtain
Taka Kawashima
The Mask and Destiny
Tales of the Inner Chamber
Always in My Heart Part 3
Pilgrimage at Night
Marital Relations
Choko
Kaei
Honno-Ji in Flames
Kitsuki
Roadside Stone
Oren
A Woman's Life
Nobuko Miki
Hometown
Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa
Evening Calm
The Master Spearman
Sakon Murayama
The Unbalanced Wheel
Doctor's Day Off
Love and the Shop Curtain
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
Secret of Naruto
Love and Duty
The Maid Story
An Urban Affair
Tamayo Komatsubara
Hana no shôgai
村山たか女
Edo Purebreed
Beauty of Life
Firefly Light
Tose
Four Sisters
Kikuno Katagiri
Aces Wild
The Hotelman's Holiday
Otatsu
Pressure of Guilt
Until the Lights Come Back
The King
Always in My Heart Part 2
Image of a Mother
Sonoko Takada
Akō Rōshi
Girls of the Night
Nogami
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
Omaki
Rascals! Go to Hell
Always in My Heart
Ôban
Omaki
Summer Clouds
Yae
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
Omaki
Yellow Crow
Machiko Yoshida
A Good Man, A Good Day
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
Hadaka no Machi
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
Keiko
Matsudaira Ukon Jikencho
Room for Let
Yukiko
Siberian Express 2
Utako Ieiri
Oban kanketsu hen
Omaki
Ejima and Ikushima
絵島
Born in Sin
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
Haru's Journey
Shigeko Ichikawa
Life of a Flower
Murayama Taka
Edo no yubae
芸者おりき
Omoi Bashi
Red Storm
長七郎江戸日記スペシャル 母は敵か？！正雪の陰謀
Bringing Up Husbands
Going West: to the West
Ryu Sakuma: