Chikage Awashima
Acting
Biography
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.
As actor 142
Imo Tako Nankin
2006
Haru yo koi
1994
Akō Rōshi
1964
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
1952
Heavenly Gods in Front of the train Station
1964
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
Life of a Flower
1963
Matsudaira Ukon Jikencho
1982
Early Spring
1956
Big Wind at the Spa
1966
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
The Friends
1994
The Unbalanced Wheel
1957
New Marital Relations
1963
The Curio Master
1960
Mumu Dance
1964
Hospital in Front of the Train Station
1965
Four Sisters
1962
How to Win a Race
1966
Metamorphosis
1986
Watashi, chigatteiru kashira
1966
Finances in Front of the Train Station
1965
Runway to Hell
1960
Exploration in Front of the Station
1967
Roadside Stone
1964
Volcano of Station Front Plaza
1968
Every Day That New Life
1955
Mahjong Madness
1967
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
1956
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
1962
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
1954
Early Summer
1951
The Mask and Destiny
1955
Omoi Bashi
1973
Girls of the Night
1961
Hana no shôgai
1953
Comedy: Cheerful Widow
1964
Secret of Naruto
1957
Marital Relations
1955
Flower Shop Curtain
1959
The Shrikes
1961
Honno-Ji in Flames
1960
Ganpeki
1953
The Hotelman's Holiday
1958
Hadaka no Machi
1957
Haru's Journey
2010
An Urban Affair
1961
Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai
1963
The Actress and the Detective
1950
You Can If You Try
1965
A Good Man, A Good Day
1961
A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
1965
The Last Judgment
1965
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
1962
Crazy Uproar
1950
The Other Woman
1961
Aces Wild
1961
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
1961
Summer Clouds
1958
Hot Spring Ghost
1964
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
1958
Zangiku monogatari
1956
Karada no naka o kaze ga fuku
1957
Room for Let
1959
Pilgrimage at Night
1959
The Master Spearman
1960
The Maid Story
1963
The Further Adventures of Genta
1955
A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station
1967
Carmen's Innocent Love
1952
Going West: to the West
1997
The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night
1960
八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線
1955
Bringing Up Husbands
1959
Edo Purebreed
1961
Doctor's Day Off
1952
Until the Lights Come Back
2005
An Actor's Revenge
1959
I Lived, But...
1983
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
1958
The Foster Mother
Ejima and Ikushima
1955
Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made
1955
Aru kankei
1962
Ma no kisetsu: Haru no mizuumi
1956
A Woman's Life
1955
Tales of the Inner Chamber
1968
A Woman's Skin
1957
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot
1963
Evening Calm
1957
Yellow Crow
1957
Freedom School
1951
Rascals! Go to Hell
1961
Bridge of Japan
1956
Always in My Heart
1953
Mama o uchi ga moeteru no
1961
The Good Fairy
1951
Pressure of Guilt
1963
Always in My Heart Part 2
1953
Always in My Heart Part 3
1954
Furimuita hanayome
1961
The King
1962
Hometown
1999
Restoration Fire
1961
The Diplomat's Mansion
1961
Firefly Light
1958
The Brass General
1960
Image of a Mother
1959
Red Storm
1979
Dancing Girl
1957
Beauty of Life
1951
武蔵と小次郎
1952
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
1959
Shadow of a Flower
1961
Love and the Shop Curtain
1961
Hagure kigeki mandara
1962
Love and Duty
1954
Edo no yubae
1954
長七郎江戸日記スペシャル 母は敵か？！正雪の陰謀
1985
The Waves
1952
Children of Nagasaki
1983
Ôban
1957
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1964
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
1957
Siberian Express 2
2001
Tatsu
1962
Tange Sazen
1952
Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa
1962
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
1957
Merry Migratory Birds
1952
Born in Sin
1962
Rakuten fujin
1956
Oban kanketsu hen
1958
Devices Stronger Than Women
1963
Chushingura
1954
The Life of Rikisha-Man
1963
Yassamossa
1953
Masseur War Story
1965
The Five Jolly Thieves
1960
New Tale of Genji: Shizuka and Yoshitsune
1956
Careful Wife and Careless Wife: A Peaceful Couple
1956