Chikage Awashima
Born February 24, 1924 · 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.
Notable Appearances
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Big Wind at the Spa
Careful Wife and Careless Wife: A Peaceful Couple
Metamorphosis
How to Win a Race
Mahjong Madness
Early Summer
The Five Jolly Thieves
Exploration in Front of the Station
Volcano of Station Front Plaza
Hospital in Front of the Train Station
Mumu Dance
The Curio Master
Heavenly Gods in Front of the Train Station
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night
Marital Relations
An Inlet of Muddy Water
Masseur War Story
Girls of the Night
Haru's Journey
New Tale of Genji: Shizuka and Yoshitsune
Until the Lights Come Back
New Marital Relations
You Can If You Try
Tatsu
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
Finances in Front of the Train Station
Comedy: Cheerful Widow
Roadside Stone
Pressure of Guilt
The Last Judgment
A Good Man, A Good Day
Ejima and Ikushima
Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made
Runway to Hell
Summer Clouds
Crazy Uproar
Four Sisters
Children of Nagasaki
The Shrikes
Always in My Heart Part 2
Pilgrimage at Night
The Waves
Room for Let
Hana no shôgai
Karada no naka o kaze ga fuku
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
The King
Restoration Fire
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
Carmen's Innocent Love
The Maid Story
The Master Spearman
A Woman's Skin
Freedom School
Beauty of Life
Doctor's Day Off
The Hotelman's Holiday
Zangiku monogatari
Mama o uchi ga moeteru no
Dancing Girl
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
I Lived, But...
Siberian Express 2
The Good Fairy
An Urban Affair
Aces Wild
Bridge of Japan
Always in My Heart Part 3
Ôban
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Firefly Light
Secret of Naruto
The Other Woman
Hometown
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
Edo no yubae
Hadaka no Machi
Going West: to the West
Honno-Ji in Flames
A Woman's Life
Born in Sin
Every Day That New Life
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
The Unbalanced Wheel
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
Shadow of a Flower
Ganpeki
The Diplomat's Mansion
Bringing Up Husbands
Ma no kisetsu: Haru no mizuumi
The Life of Rikisha-Man
Devices Stronger Than Women
Yellow Crow
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
武蔵と小次郎
Always in My Heart
Image of a Mother
A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station
Tales of the Inner Chamber
Oban kanketsu hen
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai
Flower Shop Curtain
Love and Duty
Watashi, chigatteiru kashira
The Brass General
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot
The Further Adventures of Genta
八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線
Edo Purebreed
Rascals! Go to Hell
Tange Sazen
An Actor's Revenge
The Foster Mother
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
Hagure kigeki mandara
Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa
Yassamossa
Hot Spring Ghost
Love and the Shop Curtain
Chushingura
Merry Migratory Birds
