Chikage Awashima
February 24, 1924 (101 years old) in Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, 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
- 2006 · Imo Tako Nankin as 花岡ウメ
- 1997 · Going West: to the West as Ryu Sakuma:
- 1994 · Haru yo koi as 水川コウ
- 1994 · The Friends as Yayoi Koko
- 1986 · Metamorphosis as
- 1968 · Tales of the Inner Chamber as
- 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 · Akō Rōshi 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 · Pressure of Guilt as
- 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 · Four Sisters as Kikuno Katagiri
- 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 · Restoration Fire as Ofusa
- 1961 · Furimuita hanayome as Madame Renko
- 1961 · Aces Wild as
- 1960 · The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night as Natsuo Narumi
- 1960 · The Brass General as Maki
- 1960 · Runway to Hell as Ogin
- 1959 · An Actor's Revenge as
- 1959 · Utamaro, Painter of the Woman as
- 1959 · Pilgrimage at Night as
- 1959 · Flower Shop Curtain as Taka Kawashima
- 1959 · The Human Condition I: No Greater Love as Tôfuku Kin
- 1958 · The Hotelman's Holiday as Otatsu
- 1958 · Makeraremasen katsumadewa as
- 1957 · Secret of Naruto as
- 1957 · Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen as Omaki
- 1957 · Ôban as Omaki
- 1956 · Bridge of Japan as Otaka Inaba
- 1956 · Zangiku monogatari as Otoku
- 1956 · 春のみづうみ as
- 1956 · Early Spring as Masako Sugiyama
- 1954 · Chushingura as
- 1954 · Between Yesterday and Tomorrow as
- 1953 · An Inlet of Muddy Water as
- 1953 · Hana no shôgai as 村山たか女
- 1953 · Always in My Heart as
- 1953 · Ganpeki as
- 1952 · 武蔵と小次郎 as 照世
- 1952 · 武蔵と小次郎 as 八雲太夫
- 1952 · The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice as Aya Amamiya
- 1952 · Tange Sazen as
- 1952 · Doctor's Day Off as
- 1952 · Merry Migratory Birds as
- 1951 · Early Summer as Aya Tamura
- 1951 · The Good Fairy as Itsuko
- Future · The Foster Mother as
- 2010 · Haru's Journey as Shigeko Ichikawa
- 2005 · Until the Lights Come Back as
- 2001 · Siberian Express 2 as Utako Ieiri
- 1999 · Hometown 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 · Akai Arashi as
- 1973 · Omoi Bashi as
- 1965 · A Comedy in Front of the Station: University as Banno Keiko
- 1965 · The Last Judgment as
- 1964 · Roadside Stone as Oren
- 1963 · The Maid Story as
- 1963 · Life of a Flower as Murayama Taka
- 1962 · A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant as
- 1962 · The King as
- 1962 · Aru kankei as
- 1961 · Kaei as
- 1961 · Girls of the Night as Nogami
- 1961 · An Urban Affair as Tamayo Komatsubara
- 1961 · A Good Man, A Good Day as
- 1961 · The Other Woman as Ayako Kouno
- 1961 · Love and the Shop Curtain as
- 1961 · The Shrikes as
- 1961 · Edo Purebreed as
- 1960 · Honno-Ji in Flames as Kitsuki
- 1960 · The Master Spearman as Sakon Murayama
- 1959 · Room for Let as Yukiko
- 1959 · Bringing Up Husbands as
- 1959 · Image of a Mother as Sonoko Takada
- 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
- 1957 · Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen as Omaki
- 1957 · The Unbalanced Wheel as
- 1957 · Hadaka no Machi as
- 1957 · Evening Calm as
- 1957 · Yellow Crow as Machiko Yoshida
- 1957 · Dancing Girl as Hanae Hanamura
- 1955 · Ejima and Ikushima as 絵島
- 1955 · Marital Relations as Choko
- 1955 · The Mask and Destiny 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
- 1954 · Always in My Heart Part 3 as
- 1954 · Love and Duty as
- 1953 · Always in My Heart Part 2 as
- 1953 · Yassamossa as
- 1952 · Carmen's Innocent Love as Chidori
- 1952 · The Waves as
- 1951 · Beauty of Life as
- 1951 · Freedom School as
- 1950 · Crazy Uproar as