Chikage Awashima
Born: 1924-02-24
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
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.
Known For
Runway to Hell
The Master Spearman
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
The Friends
Metamorphosis
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
Early Summer
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
Early Spring
Girls of the Night
Marital Relations
Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai
Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa
Doctor's Day Off
Chushingura
The Waves
Secret of Naruto
Carmen's Innocent Love
Bridge of Japan
Honno-Ji in Flames
Always in My Heart
Four Sisters
Zangiku monogatari
Rascals! Go to Hell
Hagure kigeki mandara
An Actor's Revenge
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
Always in My Heart Part 2
The Life of Rikisha-Man
I Lived, But...
Summer Clouds
Firefly Light
The Maid Story
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
Until the Lights Come Back
Freedom School
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
武蔵と小次郎
武蔵と小次郎
Beauty of Life
A Good Man, A Good Day
Haru's Journey
An Inlet of Muddy Water
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
Children of Nagasaki
The Foster Mother
Flower Shop Curtain
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
Tales of the Inner Chamber
Hometown
A Woman's Life
Born in Sin
Pilgrimage at Night
Tange Sazen
Merry Migratory Birds
Pressure of Guilt
The King
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
Ôban
A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
Home-Brewed Tatsu
Kaei
Edo Purebreed
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
Edo no yubae
Aces Wild
Yassamossa
An Urban Affair
Ganpeki
The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night
Always in My Heart Part 3
Devices Stronger Than Women
春のみづうみ
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
The Further Adventures of Genta
The Hotelman's Holiday
Image of a Mother
Yellow Crow
The Other Woman
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot
Aru kankei
Hana no shôgai
Oban kanketsu hen
八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線
The Brass General
Crazy Uproar
Hadaka no Machi
Hot Spring Ghost
The Last Judgment
The Good Fairy
Restoration Fire
Siberian Express 2
Room for Let
Roadside Stone
Dancing Girl
Ejima and Ikushima
Love and the Shop Curtain
Love and Duty
The Unbalanced Wheel
Going West: to the West
Bringing Up Husbands
The Shrikes
