Chikage Awashima

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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

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

Tôfuku Kin

Early Summer

Aya Tamura

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

Aya Amamiya

Early Spring

Masako Sugiyama

The Friends

Yayoi Koko

Secret of Naruto

Self

Girls of the Night

Nogami

Summer Clouds

Yae

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2010	Haru's Journey MOVIE	Shigeko Ichikawa
2006	Imo Tako Nankin TV	花岡ウメ
2005	Until the Lights Come Back MOVIE	Self
2001	Siberian Express 2 MOVIE	Utako Ieiri
1999	Hometown MOVIE	Self
1997	Going West: to the West MOVIE	Ryu Sakuma:
1994	Haru yo koi TV	水川コウ
1994	The Friends MOVIE	Yayoi Koko
1986	Metamorphosis MOVIE	Self
1985	長七郎江戸日記スペシャル　母は敵か？！正雪の陰謀 TV	Self
1983	I Lived, But... MOVIE	Self
1983	Children of Nagasaki MOVIE	Self
1982	Matsudaira Ukon Jikencho TV	Self
1979	Red Storm TV	Self
1973	Omoi Bashi TV	Self
1968	Tales of the Inner Chamber MOVIE	Self
1968	Volcano of Station Front Plaza MOVIE	Self
1967	A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station MOVIE	Self
1967	Exploration in Front of the Station MOVIE	Self
1967	Mahjong Madness MOVIE	Self
1966	How to Win a Race MOVIE	Self
1966	Big Wind at the Spa MOVIE	Self
1966	Watashi, chigatteiru kashira MOVIE	Katsura's mother
1965	Masseur War Story MOVIE	Self
1965	A Comedy in Front of the Station: University MOVIE	Banno Keiko
1965	Finances in Front of the Train Station MOVIE	Self
1965	You Can If You Try MOVIE	Self
1965	The Last Judgment MOVIE	Self
1965	Hospital in Front of the Train Station MOVIE	Self
1964	Heavenly Gods in Front of the Train Station MOVIE	Self
1964	Mumu Dance MOVIE	Self
1964	Roadside Stone MOVIE	Oren
1964	Hot Spring Ghost MOVIE	Self
1964	Comedy: Cheerful Widow MOVIE	Self
1964	Mr. Giant's Victory Flag MOVIE	Self
1964	Akō Rōshi TV	Self
1963	New Marital Relations MOVIE	Self
1963	The Maid Story MOVIE	Self
1963	A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot MOVIE	Self
1963	The Life of Rikisha-Man MOVIE	Self
1963	Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai MOVIE	Kakie Goi
1963	Life of a Flower TV	Murayama Taka
1963	Pressure of Guilt MOVIE	Self
1963	Devices Stronger Than Women MOVIE	Yasuko Sugishita (Daisaku’s wife)
1962	A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant MOVIE	Self
1962	The King MOVIE	Self
1962	Born in Sin MOVIE	Self
1962	A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen MOVIE	Self
1962	Four Sisters MOVIE	Kikuno Katagiri
1962	Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa MOVIE	Self
1962	Tatsu MOVIE	Umeko the Madam
1962	Hagure kigeki mandara MOVIE	Self
1962	Aru kankei MOVIE	Self
1961	A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox MOVIE	Keiko
1961	Rascals! Go to Hell MOVIE	Self
1961	Shadow of a Flower MOVIE	Self
1961	The Diplomat's Mansion MOVIE	Senko Oumi, Madam
1961	Restoration Fire MOVIE	Ofusa
1961	Mama o uchi ga moeteru no MOVIE	Self
1961	Furimuita hanayome MOVIE	Madame Renko
1961	Girls of the Night MOVIE	Nogami
1961	An Urban Affair MOVIE	Tamayo Komatsubara
1961	A Good Man, A Good Day MOVIE	Self
1961	The Other Woman MOVIE	Ayako Kouno
1961	Love and the Shop Curtain MOVIE	Self
1961	The Shrikes MOVIE	Self
1961	Edo Purebreed MOVIE	Self
1961	Aces Wild MOVIE	Self
1960	The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night MOVIE	Natsuo Narumi
1960	The Brass General MOVIE	Maki
1960	Honno-Ji in Flames MOVIE	Kitsuki
1960	The Master Spearman MOVIE	Sakon Murayama
1960	Runway to Hell MOVIE	Ogin
1960	The Curio Master MOVIE	Self
1960	The Five Jolly Thieves MOVIE	Self
1959	An Actor's Revenge MOVIE	Self
1959	Utamaro, Painter of the Woman MOVIE	Self
1959	Pilgrimage at Night MOVIE	Oei
1959	Room for Let MOVIE	Yukiko
1959	Bringing Up Husbands MOVIE	Self
1959	Image of a Mother MOVIE	Sonoko Takada
1959	Flower Shop Curtain MOVIE	Taka Kawashima
1959	The Human Condition I: No Greater Love MOVIE	Tôfuku Kin
1958	Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion MOVIE	Yoshino
1958	Summer Clouds MOVIE	Yae
1958	The Hotelman's Holiday MOVIE	Otatsu
1958	Oban kanketsu hen MOVIE	Omaki
1958	The Loyal 47 Ronin MOVIE	Riku Ôishi
1958	Firefly Light MOVIE	Tose
1958	Makeraremasen katsumadewa MOVIE	Self
1957	Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen MOVIE	Omaki
1957	The Unbalanced Wheel MOVIE	Self
1957	Secret of Naruto MOVIE	Self
1957	Hadaka no Machi MOVIE	Self
1957	Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen MOVIE	Omaki
1957	Karada no naka o kaze ga fuku MOVIE	Self
1957	A Woman's Skin MOVIE	Self
1957	Evening Calm MOVIE	Self
1957	Ôban MOVIE	Omaki
1957	Yellow Crow MOVIE	Machiko Yoshida
1957	Dancing Girl MOVIE	Hanae Hanamura
1956	New Tale of Genji: Shizuka and Yoshitsune MOVIE	Self
1956	The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji MOVIE	Self
1956	Bridge of Japan MOVIE	Otaka Inaba
1956	Studio wa ōsawagi MOVIE	Self
1956	Rakuten fujin MOVIE	Midori Sakaguchi
1956	Zangiku monogatari MOVIE	Otoku
1956	Ma no kisetsu: Haru no mizuumi MOVIE	Self
1956	Early Spring MOVIE	Masako Sugiyama
1956	Careful Wife and Careless Wife: A Peaceful Couple MOVIE	Self
1955	Ejima and Ikushima MOVIE	絵島
1955	Every Day That New Life MOVIE	Self
1955	Marital Relations MOVIE	Choko
1955	The Mask and Destiny MOVIE	Self
1955	The Further Adventures of Genta MOVIE	Self
1955	Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made MOVIE	Self
1955	A Woman's Life MOVIE	Nobuko Miki
1955	八州遊侠伝白鷺三味線 MOVIE	お藤
1954	Chushingura MOVIE	Self
1954	Edo no yubae MOVIE	芸者おりき
1954	Between Yesterday and Tomorrow MOVIE	Self
1954	Always in My Heart Part 3 MOVIE	Self
1954	Love and Duty MOVIE	Self
1953	Always in My Heart Part 2 MOVIE	Self
1953	An Inlet of Muddy Water MOVIE	Self
1953	Hana no shôgai MOVIE	村山たか女
1953	Always in My Heart MOVIE	Self
1953	Ganpeki MOVIE	Self
1953	Yassamossa MOVIE	Self
1952	Carmen's Innocent Love MOVIE	Chidori
1952	武蔵と小次郎 MOVIE	八雲太夫
1952	武蔵と小次郎 MOVIE	照世
1952	The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice MOVIE	Aya Amamiya
1952	Tange Sazen MOVIE	Self
1952	The Waves MOVIE	Self
1952	Doctor's Day Off MOVIE	Self
1952	Merry Migratory Birds MOVIE	Self
1951	Beauty of Life MOVIE	Self
1951	Early Summer MOVIE	Aya Tamura
1951	Freedom School MOVIE	Self
1951	The Good Fairy MOVIE	Itsuko
1950	The Actress and the Detective MOVIE	Self
1950	Crazy Uproar MOVIE	Self
	The Foster Mother MOVIE	Self

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