Chikage Awashima
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2010 · Haru's Journey as Shigeko Ichikawa
- 2006 · Imo Tako Nankin as 花岡ウメ
- 2005 · Until the Lights Come Back as
- 1994 · Haru yo koi as 水川コウ
- 1994 · The Friends as Yayoi Koko
- 1986 · Metamorphosis as
- 1985 · 長七郎江戸日記スペシャル 母は敵か?!正雪の陰謀 as
- 1983 · I Lived, But... as Self
- 1983 · Children of Nagasaki as
- 1982 · Matsudaira Ukon Jikencho as
- 1979 · Red Storm as
- 1973 · Omoi Bashi as
- 1968 · Tales of the Inner Chamber as
- 1968 · Volcano of Station Front Plaza as
- 1967 · Exploration in Front of the Station as
- 1967 · Mahjong Madness as
- 1966 · How to Win a Race as
- 1966 · Big Wind at the Spa as
- 1965 · Masseur War Story as
- 1965 · A Comedy in Front of the Station: University as Banno Keiko
- 1965 · Finances in Front of the Train Station as
- 1965 · You Can If You Try as
- 1965 · The Last Judgment as
- 1965 · Hospital in Front of the Train Station as
- 1964 · Heavenly Gods in Front of the Train Station as
- 1964 · Mumu Dance as
- 1964 · Roadside Stone as Oren
- 1964 · Comedy: Cheerful Widow as
- 1964 · Akō Rōshi as
- 1963 · New Marital Relations as
- 1963 · The Maid Story as
- 1963 · Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai as Kakie Goi
- 1963 · Life of a Flower as Murayama Taka
- 1963 · Pressure of Guilt as
- 1963 · Devices Stronger Than Women as Yasuko Sugishita (Daisaku’s wife)
- 1962 · A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant as
- 1962 · The King as
- 1962 · Four Sisters as Kikuno Katagiri
- 1961 · Rascals! Go to Hell as
- 1961 · The Diplomat's Mansion as Senko Oumi, Madam
- 1961 · Restoration Fire as Ofusa
- 1961 · Mama o uchi ga moeteru no as
- 1961 · Furimuita hanayome as Madame Renko
- 1961 · Girls of the Night as Nogami
- 1961 · A Good Man, A Good Day as
- 1961 · An Urban Affair as Tamayo Komatsubara
- 1961 · The Other Woman as Ayako Kouno
- 1961 · The Shrikes as
- 1961 · Edo Purebreed as
- 1961 · Aces Wild as
- 1960 · The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night as Natsuo Narumi
- 1960 · The Master Spearman as Sakon Murayama
- 1960 · Runway to Hell as Ogin
- 1960 · The Curio Master as
- 1960 · The Five Jolly Thieves as
- 1959 · An Actor's Revenge as
- 1959 · Pilgrimage at Night as Oei
- 1959 · Room for Let as Yukiko
- 1959 · Image of a Mother as Sonoko Takada
- 1959 · Flower Shop Curtain as Taka Kawashima
- 1959 · The Human Condition I: No Greater Love as Tôfuku Kin
- 1958 · Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion as Yoshino
- 1958 · Summer Clouds as Yae
- 1958 · Oban kanketsu hen as Omaki
- 1958 · The Loyal 47 Ronin as Riku Ôishi
- 1958 · Firefly Light as Tose
- 1958 · Makeraremasen katsumadewa as
- 1957 · Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen as Omaki
- 1957 · The Unbalanced Wheel as
- 1957 · Secret of Naruto as
- 1957 · Hadaka no Machi as
- 1957 · Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen as Omaki
- 1957 · Karada no naka o kaze ga fuku as
- 1957 · A Woman's Skin as
- 1957 · Evening Calm as
- 1957 · Ôban as Omaki
- 1957 · Yellow Crow as Machiko Yoshida
- 1957 · Dancing Girl as Hanae Hanamura
- 1956 · New Tale of Genji: Shizuka and Yoshitsune as
- 1956 · The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji as
- 1956 · Bridge of Japan as Otaka Inaba
- 1956 · Studio wa ōsawagi as
- 1956 · Rakuten fujin as Midori Sakaguchi
- 1956 · Early Spring as Masako Sugiyama
- 1956 · Careful Wife and Careless Wife: A Peaceful Couple as
- 1955 · Ejima and Ikushima as 絵島
- 1955 · Every Day That New Life as
- 1955 · Marital Relations as Choko
- 1955 · The Mask and Destiny as
- 1955 · Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made as
- 1954 · Chushingura as
- 1954 · Between Yesterday and Tomorrow as
- 1954 · Always in My Heart Part 3 as
- 1954 · Love and Duty as
- 1953 · Always in My Heart Part 2 as
- 1953 · An Inlet of Muddy Water as
- 1953 · Hana no shôgai as 村山たか女
- 1953 · Always in My Heart as
- 1952 · The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice as Aya Amamiya
- 1952 · Tange Sazen as
- 1952 · Doctor's Day Off as
- 1951 · Beauty of Life as
- 1951 · Early Summer as Aya Tamura
- 1951 · Freedom School as
- 1951 · The Good Fairy as Itsuko
- 1950 · The Actress and the Detective as
- Future · The Foster Mother as
- 2001 · Siberian Express 2 as Utako Ieiri
- 1999 · Hometown as
- 1997 · Going West: to the West as Ryu Sakuma:
- 1967 · A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station as
- 1966 · Watashi, chigatteiru kashira as Katsura's mother
- 1964 · Hot Spring Ghost as
- 1964 · Mr. Giant's Victory Flag as
- 1963 · A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot as
- 1963 · The Life of Rikisha-Man as
- 1962 · Born in Sin as
- 1962 · A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen as
- 1962 · Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa as
- 1962 · Tatsu as Umeko the Madam
- 1962 · Hagure kigeki mandara as
- 1962 · Aru kankei as
- 1961 · A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox as Keiko
- 1961 · Shadow of a Flower as
- 1961 · Love and the Shop Curtain as
- 1960 · The Brass General as Maki
- 1960 · Honno-Ji in Flames as Kitsuki
- 1959 · Utamaro, Painter of the Woman as
- 1959 · Bringing Up Husbands as
- 1958 · The Hotelman's Holiday as Otatsu
- 1956 · Zangiku monogatari as Otoku
- 1956 · Ma no kisetsu: Haru no mizuumi as
- 1955 · The Further Adventures of Genta as
- 1955 · A Woman's Life as Nobuko Miki
- 1955 · 八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線 as お藤
- 1954 · Edo no yubae as 芸者おりき
- 1953 · Ganpeki as
- 1953 · Yassamossa as
- 1952 · Carmen's Innocent Love as Chidori
- 1952 · 武蔵と小次郎 as 照世
- 1952 · 武蔵と小次郎 as 八雲太夫
- 1952 · The Waves as
- 1952 · Merry Migratory Birds as
- 1950 · Crazy Uproar as