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