
Chikage Awashima
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.
Acting (105 movies)

An Urban Affair
1961

Early Spring
1956

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959

The King
1962

The Life of Rikisha-Man
1963

Aru kankei
1962

Hagure kigeki mandara
1962

The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night
1960

Home-Brewed Tatsu
1962

Kaei
1961

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
1952

Watashi, chigatteiru kashira
1966

Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
1957

Oban kanketsu hen
1958

Ôban
1957

Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
1957

Haru's Journey
2010

I Lived, But...
1983

The Friends
1994

Summer Clouds
1958

Flower Shop Curtain
1959

Children of Nagasaki
1983

The Good Fairy
1951

Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa
1962

The Other Woman
1961

Girls of the Night
1961

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
1962

武蔵と小次郎
1952

武蔵と小次郎
1952

Hana no shôgai
1953

Edo no yubae
1954

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
1961

八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線
1955

Ejima and Ikushima
1955

Aces Wild
1961

Carmen's Innocent Love
1952

Marital Relations
1955

An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953

Yellow Crow
1957

Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
1959

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
1962

Doctor's Day Off
1952

The Further Adventures of Genta
1955

Love and the Shop Curtain
1961

春のみづうみ
1956

Bridge of Japan
1956

Freedom School
1951

Hadaka no Machi
1957

Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
1954

Roadside Stone
1964

Always in My Heart
1953

Always in My Heart Part 2
1953

Always in My Heart Part 3
1954

Firefly Light
1958

Secret of Naruto
1957

An Actor's Revenge
1959

Runway to Hell
1960

The Master Spearman
1960

The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958

Rascals! Go to Hell
1961

Edo Purebreed
1961

The Unbalanced Wheel
1957

Four Sisters
1962

Siberian Express 2
2001

Room for Let
1959

The Waves
1952

Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
1958

Makeraremasen katsumadewa
1958

Born in Sin
1962

Honno-Ji in Flames
1960

The Maid Story
1963

Early Summer
1951

Dancing Girl
1957

The Shrikes
1961

Tange Sazen
1952

The Hotelman's Holiday
1958

Pressure of Guilt
1963

Love and Duty
1954

A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
1965

Yassamossa
1953

Pilgrimage at Night
1959

A Woman's Life
1955

Crazy Uproar
1950

Restoration Fire
1961

Image of a Mother
1959

Metamorphosis
1986

Tales of the Inner Chamber
1968

Chushingura
1954

The Last Judgment
1965

Zangiku monogatari
1956

Until the Lights Come Back
2005

Beauty of Life
1951

A Good Man, A Good Day
1961

Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai
1963

Ganpeki
1953

Merry Migratory Birds
1952

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot
1963

A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station
1967

Hot Spring Ghost
1964

Going West: to the West
1997
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