Chikage Awashima
February 24, 1924 (102 years old) in 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.
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
- 2001 · Siberian Express 2 as Utako Ieiri
- 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
- 1965 · A Comedy in Front of the Station: University as Banno Keiko
- 1964 · Akō Rōshi as
- 1963 · The Maid Story as
- 1963 · Life of a Flower as Murayama Taka
- 1963 · Pressure of Guilt as
- 1962 · A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant as
- 1962 · The King as
- 1962 · Four Sisters as Kikuno Katagiri
- 1962 · Aru kankei as
- 1961 · Kaei as
- 1961 · Restoration Fire as Ofusa
- 1961 · Furimuita hanayome as Madame Renko
- 1961 · Girls of the Night as Nogami
- 1961 · A Good Man, A Good Day as
- 1961 · The Other Woman as Ayako Kouno
- 1961 · The Shrikes as
- 1959 · An Actor's Revenge as
- 1959 · Pilgrimage at Night as
- 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 · The Loyal 47 Ronin as Riku Ôishi
- 1958 · Firefly Light as Tose
- 1957 · Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen as Omaki
- 1957 · The Unbalanced Wheel as
- 1957 · Secret of Naruto as
- 1957 · Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen as Omaki
- 1957 · Ôban as Omaki
- 1957 · Yellow Crow as Machiko Yoshida
- 1956 · Bridge of Japan as Otaka Inaba
- 1956 · Early Spring as Masako Sugiyama
- 1955 · Marital Relations as Choko
- 1955 · The Further Adventures of Genta as
- 1955 · A Woman's Life as Nobuko Miki
- 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
- 1951 · Beauty of Life as
- 1951 · Early Summer as Aya Tamura
- 1951 · Freedom School as
- 1951 · The Good Fairy as Itsuko
- Future · The Foster Mother as
- 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
- 1965 · The Last Judgment as
- 1964 · Roadside Stone as Oren
- 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
- 1963 · Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai as Kakie Goi
- 1963 · Devices Stronger Than Women as Yasuko Sugishita (Daisaku’s wife)
- 1962 · Born in Sin as
- 1962 · A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen as
- 1962 · Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa as
- 1962 · Home-Brewed Tatsu as Umeko the Madam
- 1962 · Hagure kigeki mandara as
- 1961 · A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox as Keiko
- 1961 · Rascals! Go to Hell as
- 1961 · An Urban Affair as Tamayo Komatsubara
- 1961 · Love and the Shop Curtain as
- 1961 · Edo Purebreed as
- 1961 · Aces Wild as
- 1960 · The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night as Natsuo Narumi
- 1960 · The Brass General as Maki
- 1960 · Honno-Ji in Flames as Kitsuki
- 1960 · The Master Spearman as Sakon Murayama
- 1960 · Runway to Hell as Ogin
- 1959 · Utamaro, Painter of the Woman as
- 1959 · Room for Let as Yukiko
- 1959 · Bringing Up Husbands as
- 1959 · Image of a Mother as Sonoko Takada
- 1959 · Flower Shop Curtain as Taka Kawashima
- 1958 · The Hotelman's Holiday as Otatsu
- 1958 · Oban kanketsu hen as Omaki
- 1958 · Makeraremasen katsumadewa as
- 1957 · Hadaka no Machi as
- 1957 · Evening Calm as
- 1957 · Dancing Girl as Hanae Hanamura
- 1956 · Rakuten fujin as Midori Sakaguchi
- 1956 · Zangiku monogatari as Otoku
- 1956 · 春のみづうみ as
- 1955 · Ejima and Ikushima as 絵島
- 1955 · The Mask and Destiny as
- 1955 · 八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線 as お藤
- 1954 · Chushingura as
- 1954 · Edo no yubae as 芸者おりき
- 1954 · Between Yesterday and Tomorrow as
- 1954 · Always in My Heart Part 3 as
- 1954 · Love and Duty as
- 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 · Doctor's Day Off as
- 1952 · Merry Migratory Birds as
- 1950 · Crazy Uproar as