Person
Chikage Awashima
Acting · 1924–2012 · 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
Haru yo koi
水川コウ
Imo Tako Nankin
花岡ウメ
Life of a Flower
Murayama Taka
Akō Rōshi
1964
Matsudaira Ukon Jikencho
1982
The Unbalanced Wheel
1957
The Shrikes
1961
Omoi Bashi
1973
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
1954
Room for Let
Yukiko
Filmography
- 2010Haru's JourneyShigeko Ichikawa
- 2006Imo Tako Nankin花岡ウメ
- 2005Until the Lights Come Back
- 2001Siberian Express 2Utako Ieiri
- 1999Hometown
- 1997Going West: to the WestRyu Sakuma:
- 1994Haru yo koi水川コウ
- 1994The FriendsYayoi Koko
- 1986Metamorphosis
- 1985長七郎江戸日記スペシャル 母は敵か？！正雪の陰謀
- 1983I Lived, But...Self
- 1983Children of Nagasaki
- 1982Matsudaira Ukon Jikencho
- 1979Red Storm
- 1973Omoi Bashi
- 1968Tales of the Inner Chamber
- 1967A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station
- 1966Watashi, chigatteiru kashiraKatsura's mother
- 1965A Comedy in Front of the Station: UniversityBanno Keiko
- 1965The Last Judgment
- 1964Roadside StoneOren
- 1964Hot Spring Ghost
- 1964Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
- 1964Akō Rōshi
- 1963The Maid Story
- 1963A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot
- 1963The Life of Rikisha-Man
- 1963Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidaiKakie Goi
- 1963Life of a FlowerMurayama Taka
- 1963Pressure of Guilt
- 1963Devices Stronger Than WomenYasuko Sugishita (Daisaku’s wife)
- 1962A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
- 1962The King
- 1962Born in Sin
- 1962A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
- 1962Four SistersKikuno Katagiri
- 1962Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa
- 1962TatsuUmeko the Madam
- 1962Hagure kigeki mandara
- 1962Aru kankei
- 1961A Comedy in Front of the Station: LunchboxKeiko
- 1961Rascals! Go to Hell
- 1961Shadow of a Flower
- 1961The Diplomat's MansionSenko Oumi, Madam
- 1961Restoration FireOfusa
- 1961Furimuita hanayomeMadame Renko
- 1961Girls of the NightNogami
- 1961An Urban AffairTamayo Komatsubara
- 1961A Good Man, A Good Day
- 1961The Other WomanAyako Kouno
- 1961Love and the Shop Curtain
- 1961The Shrikes
- 1961Edo Purebreed
- 1961Aces Wild
- 1960The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of NightNatsuo Narumi
- 1960The Brass GeneralMaki
- 1960Honno-Ji in FlamesKitsuki
- 1960The Master SpearmanSakon Murayama
- 1960Runway to HellOgin
- 1959An Actor's Revenge
- 1959Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
- 1959Pilgrimage at Night
- 1959Room for LetYukiko
- 1959Bringing Up Husbands
- 1959Image of a MotherSonoko Takada
- 1959Flower Shop CurtainTaka Kawashima
- 1959The Human Condition I: No Greater LoveTôfuku Kin
- 1958Nichiren and the Great Mongol InvasionYoshino
- 1958Summer CloudsYae
- 1958The Hotelman's HolidayOtatsu
- 1958Oban kanketsu henOmaki
- 1958The Loyal 47 RoninRiku Ôishi
- 1958Firefly LightTose
- 1958Makeraremasen katsumadewa
- 1957Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô henOmaki
- 1957The Unbalanced Wheel
- 1957Secret of Naruto
- 1957Hadaka no Machi
- 1957Zoku Ôban: Fûun henOmaki
- 1957Karada no naka o kaze ga fuku
- 1957A Woman's Skin
- 1957Evening Calm
- 1957ÔbanOmaki
- 1957Yellow CrowMachiko Yoshida
- 1957Dancing GirlHanae Hanamura
- 1956The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
- 1956Bridge of JapanOtaka Inaba
- 1956Rakuten fujinMidori Sakaguchi
- 1956Zangiku monogatariOtoku
- 1956Ma no kisetsu: Haru no mizuumi
- 1956Early SpringMasako Sugiyama
- 1955Ejima and Ikushima絵島
- 1955Every Day That New Life
- 1955Marital RelationsChoko
- 1955The Mask and Destiny
- 1955The Further Adventures of Genta
- 1955Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made
- 1955A Woman's LifeNobuko Miki
- 1955八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線お藤
- 1954Chushingura
- 1954Edo no yubae芸者おりき
- 1954Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
- 1954Always in My Heart Part 3
- 1954Love and Duty
- 1953Always in My Heart Part 2
- 1953An Inlet of Muddy Water
- 1953Hana no shôgai村山たか女
- 1953Always in My Heart
- 1953Ganpeki
- 1953Yassamossa
- 1952Carmen's Innocent LoveChidori
- 1952武蔵と小次郎照世
- 1952The Flavor of Green Tea Over RiceAya Amamiya
- 1952Tange Sazen
- 1952The Waves
- 1952Doctor's Day Off
- 1952Merry Migratory Birds
- 1951Beauty of Life
- 1951Early SummerAya Tamura
- 1951Freedom School
- 1951The Good FairyItsuko
- 1950The Actress and the Detective
- 1950Crazy Uproar
- —The Foster Mother
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