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