
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












