Chikage Awashima
- Acting
- February 24, 1924 · Tokyo, Japan
- February 16, 2012
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
Filmography
- Haru's Journey · Shigeko Ichikawa
- Imo Tako Nankin · 花岡ウメ
- Until the Lights Come Back
- Siberian Express 2 · Utako Ieiri
- Hometown
- Going West: to the West · Ryu Sakuma:
- Haru yo koi · 水川コウ
- The Friends · Yayoi Koko
- Metamorphosis
- 長七郎江戸日記スペシャル 母は敵か？！正雪の陰謀
- I Lived, But... · Self
- Children of Nagasaki
- Matsudaira Ukon Jikencho
- Red Storm
- Omoi Bashi
- Tales of the Inner Chamber
- Volcano of Station Front Plaza
- A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station
- Exploration in Front of the Station
- Mahjong Madness
- How to Win a Race
- Big Wind at the Spa
- Watashi, chigatteiru kashira · Katsura's mother
- Masseur War Story
- A Comedy in Front of the Station: University · Banno Keiko
- Finances in Front of the Train Station
- You Can If You Try
- The Last Judgment
- Hospital in Front of the Train Station
- Heavenly Gods in Front of the Train Station
- Mumu Dance
- Roadside Stone · Oren
- Hot Spring Ghost
- Comedy: Cheerful Widow
- Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
- Akō Rōshi
- New Marital Relations
- The Maid Story
- A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot
- The Life of Rikisha-Man
- Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai · Kakie Goi
- Life of a Flower · Murayama Taka
- Pressure of Guilt
- Devices Stronger Than Women · Yasuko Sugishita (Daisaku’s wife)
- A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
- The King
- Born in Sin
- A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
- Four Sisters · Kikuno Katagiri
- Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa
- Tatsu · Umeko the Madam
- Hagure kigeki mandara
- Aru kankei
- A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox · Keiko
- Rascals! Go to Hell
- Shadow of a Flower
- The Diplomat's Mansion · Senko Oumi, Madam
- Restoration Fire · Ofusa
- Mama o uchi ga moeteru no
- Furimuita hanayome · Madame Renko
- Girls of the Night · Nogami
- An Urban Affair · Tamayo Komatsubara
- A Good Man, A Good Day
- The Other Woman · Ayako Kouno
- Love and the Shop Curtain
- The Shrikes
- Edo Purebreed
- Aces Wild
- The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night · Natsuo Narumi
- The Brass General · Maki
- Honno-Ji in Flames · Kitsuki
- The Master Spearman · Sakon Murayama
- Runway to Hell · Ogin
- The Curio Master
- The Five Jolly Thieves
- An Actor's Revenge
- Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
- Pilgrimage at Night · Oei
- Room for Let · Yukiko
- Bringing Up Husbands