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Chikage Awashima

Chikage Awashima

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.

Haru's Journey

2010

as Shigeko Ichikawa

Imo Tako Nankin

2006

as 花岡ウメ

Until the Lights Come Back

2005

Siberian Express 2

2001

as Utako Ieiri

Haru yo koi

1994

as 水川コウ

The Friends

1994

as Yayoi Koko

Metamorphosis

1986

I Lived, But...

1983

as Self

Children of Nagasaki

1983

Matsudaira Ukon Jikencho

1982

Akai Arashi

1979

Omoi Bashi

1973

Tales of the Inner Chamber

1968

Watashi, chigatteiru kashira

1966

as Katsura's mother

A Comedy: The University Around the Corner

1965

as Banno Keiko

The Last Judgment

1965

Roadside Stone

1964

as Oren

Akō Rōshi

1964

The Maid Story

1963

The Life of Rikisha-Man

1963

Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai

1963

as Kakie Goi

Life of a Flower

1963

as Murayama Taka

Pressure of Guilt

1963

喜劇 駅前飯店

1962

The King

1962

Born in Sin

1962

Kigeki ekimae onsen

1962

Four Sisters

1962

as Kikuno Katagiri

Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa

1962

Doburoku no Tatsu

1962

as Umeko the Madam

Hagure kigeki mandara

1962

Aru kankei

1962

Kigeki ekimae bentô

1961

as Keiko

Rascals! Go to Hell

1961

Kaei

1961

Restoration Fire

1961

as Ofusa

Furimuita hanayome

1961

as Madame Renko

Girls of the Night

1961

as Nogami

An Urban Affair

1961

as Tamayo Komatsubara

A Good Man, A Good Day

1961

The Other Woman

1961

as Ayako Kouno

Love and the Shop Curtain

1961

The Shrikes

1961

Edo Purebreed

1961

Aces Wild

1961

The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night

1960

as Natsuo Narumi

Honno-Ji in Flames

1960

as Kitsuki

The Master Spearman

1960

as Sakon Murayama

Runway to Hell

1960

as Ogin

An Actor's Revenge

1959

Utamaro, Painter of the Woman

1959

Pilgrimage at Night

1959

Room for Let

1959

as Yukiko

Image of a Mother

1959

as Sonoko Takada

Flower Shop Curtain

1959

as Taka Kawashima

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

1959

as Tôfuku Kin

Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion

1958

as Yoshino

Summer Clouds

1958

as Yae

The Hotelman's Holiday

1958

as Otatsu

Oban kanketsu hen

1958

as Omaki

The Loyal 47 Ronin

1958

as Riku Ôishi

Firefly Light

1958

as Tose

Makeraremasen katsumadewa

1958

Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen

1957

as Omaki

Secret of Naruto

1957

Hadaka no Machi

1957

Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen

1957

as Omaki

The Unbalanced Wheel

1957

Evening Calm

1957

Ôban

1957

as Omaki

Yellow Crow

1957

as Machiko Yoshida

Dancing Girl

1957

as Hanae Hanamura

Bridge of Japan

1956

as Otaka Inaba

Zangiku monogatari

1956

as Otoku

春のみづうみ

1956

Early Spring

1956

as Masako Sugiyama

Ejima and Ikushima

1955

as 絵島

Marital Relations

1955

as Choko

The Mask and Destiny

1955

The Further Adventures of Genta

1955

A Woman's Life

1955

as Nobuko Miki

八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線

1955

as お藤

Chushingura

1954

Edo no yubae

1954

as 芸者おりき

Between Yesterday and Tomorrow

1954

Always in My Heart Part 3

1954

Love and Duty

1954

Always in My Heart Part 2

1953

An Inlet of Muddy Water

1953

Hana no shôgai

1953

as 村山たか女

Always in My Heart

1953

Yassamossa

1953

Carmen's Innocent Love

1952

as Chidori

武蔵と小次郎

1952

as 照世

武蔵と小次郎

1952

as 八雲太夫

The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice

1952

as Aya Amamiya

Tange Sazen

1952

The Waves

1952

Doctor's Day Off

1952

Beauty of Life

1951

Early Summer

1951

as Aya Tamura

Freedom School

1951

The Good Fairy

1951

as Itsuko

Crazy Uproar

1950

The Foster Mother