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