Chikage Awashima

Birthday: 1924-02-24
Deathday: 2012-02-16
Birthplace: Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Gender: Female
Owned By: Unowned

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.

Credits

Year Title Character
The Foster Mother
2010-05-22 Haru's Journey Shigeko Ichikawa
2005-11-19 Until the Lights Come Back
2001-01-13 Siberian Express 2 Utako Ieiri
1994-04-09 The Friends Yayoi Koko
1986-10-10 Metamorphosis
1983-09-16 Children of Nagasaki
1968-11-16 Tales of the Inner Chamber
1966-07-29 Watashi, chigatteiru kashira Katsura's mother
1965-10-31 A Comedy: The University Around the Corner Banno Keiko
1965-05-16 The Last Judgment
1964-06-14 Roadside Stone Oren
1963-06-16 The Maid Story
1963-04-28 The Life of Rikisha-Man
1963-04-10 Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai Kakie Goi
1963-02-17 Pressure of Guilt
1962-12-23 喜劇 駅前飯店
1962-11-23 The King
1962-11-23 Born in Sin
1962-07-29 Kigeki ekimae onsen
1962-07-01 Four Sisters Kikuno Katagiri
1962-06-24 Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa
1962-04-29 Doburoku no Tatsu Umeko the Madam
1962-02-24 Hagure kigeki mandara
1962-01-21 Aru kankei
1961-12-24 Kigeki ekimae bentô Keiko
1961-12-24 Rascals! Go to Hell
1961-12-09 Kaei
1961-10-14 Restoration Fire Ofusa
1961-09-16 Furimuita hanayome Madame Renko
1961-09-04 Girls of the Night Nogami
1961-08-13 An Urban Affair Tamayo Komatsubara
1961-08-13 A Good Man, A Good Day
1961-05-30 The Other Woman Ayako Kouno
1961-04-28 Love and the Shop Curtain
1961-03-01 The Shrikes
1961-02-07 Edo Purebreed
1961-01-09 Aces Wild
1960-11-20 The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night Natsuo Narumi
1960-09-11 Honno-Ji in Flames Kitsuki
1960-05-15 The Master Spearman Sakon Murayama
1960-05-03 Runway to Hell Ogin
1959-12-25 An Actor's Revenge
1959-10-11 Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
1959-09-20 Pilgrimage at Night
1959-06-02 Room for Let Yukiko
1959-03-04 Image of a Mother Sonoko Takada
1959-01-27 Flower Shop Curtain Taka Kawashima
1959-01-15 The Human Condition I: No Greater Love Tôfuku Kin
1958-10-01 Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion Yoshino
1958-09-02 Summer Clouds Yae
1958-07-12 The Hotelman's Holiday Otatsu
1958-07-01 Oban kanketsu hen Omaki
1958-04-01 The Loyal 47 Ronin Riku Ôishi
1958-03-18 Firefly Light Tose
1958-01-09 Makeraremasen katsumadewa
1957-12-17 Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen Omaki
1957-09-29 Secret of Naruto
1957-07-23 Hadaka no Machi
1957-07-19 Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen Omaki
1957-07-03 The Unbalanced Wheel
1957-04-01 Evening Calm
1957-03-05 Ôban Omaki
1957-02-27 Yellow Crow Machiko Yoshida
1957-02-12 Dancing Girl Hanae Hanamura
1956-10-01 Bridge of Japan Otaka Inaba
1956-04-23 Zangiku monogatari Otoku
1956-03-11 春のみづうみ
1956-01-29 Early Spring Masako Sugiyama
1955-10-30 Ejima and Ikushima 絵島
1955-09-13 Marital Relations Choko
1955-07-13 The Mask and Destiny
1955-06-07 The Further Adventures of Genta
1955-01-29 A Woman's Life Nobuko Miki
1955-01-09 八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線 お藤
1954-10-17 Chushingura
1954-09-01 Edo no yubae 芸者おりき
1954-06-15 Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
1954-04-27 Always in My Heart Part 3
1954-03-24 Love and Duty
1953-12-01 Always in My Heart Part 2
1953-11-23 An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953-10-14 Hana no shôgai 村山たか女
1953-09-15 Always in My Heart
1953-02-25 Yassamossa
1952-11-13 Carmen's Innocent Love Chidori
1952-10-15 武蔵と小次郎 照世
1952-10-15 武蔵と小次郎 八雲太夫
1952-10-01 The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice Aya Amamiya
1952-08-14 Tange Sazen
1952-04-03 The Waves
1952-04-01 Doctor's Day Off
1951-12-07 Beauty of Life
1951-10-03 Early Summer Aya Tamura
1951-05-05 Freedom School
1951-02-17 The Good Fairy Itsuko
1950-07-23 Crazy Uproar