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.
Acted in 136
2010s
- 2010
Haru's Journey
Shigeko Ichikawa
2000s
- 2006
- 2005
Until the Lights Come Back
Movie
- 2001
Siberian Express 2
Utako Ieiri
1990s
- 1999
Hometown
Movie
- 1997
Going West: to the West
Ryu Sakuma:
- 1994
1980s
- 1986
- 1985
長七郎江戸日記スペシャル 母は敵か？！正雪の陰謀
TV
- 1983
Children of Nagasaki
Movie
- 1982
Matsudaira Ukon Jikencho
TV
1970s
- 1979
Red Storm
TV
- 1973
Omoi Bashi
TV
1960s
- 1968
Tales of the Inner Chamber
Movie
Volcano of Station Front Plaza
Movie
- 1967
A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station
Movie
Exploration in Front of the Station
Movie
Mahjong Madness
Movie
- 1966
How to Win a Race
Movie
Big Wind at the Spa
Movie
- 1965
Masseur War Story
Movie
A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
Banno Keiko
Finances in Front of the Train Station
Movie
You Can If You Try
Movie
The Last Judgment
Movie
Hospital in Front of the Train Station
Movie
- 1964
Mumu Dance
Movie
Roadside Stone
Oren
Hot Spring Ghost
Movie
Comedy: Cheerful Widow
Movie
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
Movie
- 1963
New Marital Relations
Movie
The Maid Story
Movie
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot
Movie
The Life of Rikisha-Man
Movie
Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai
Kakie Goi
Pressure of Guilt
Movie
Devices Stronger Than Women
Yasuko Sugishita (Daisaku’s wife)
- 1962
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
Movie
The King
Movie
Born in Sin
Movie
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
Movie
Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa
Movie
Tatsu
Umeko the Madam
Hagure kigeki mandara
Movie
Aru kankei
Movie
- 1961
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
Keiko
Rascals! Go to Hell
Movie
Shadow of a Flower
Movie
The Diplomat's Mansion
Senko Oumi, Madam
Restoration Fire
Ofusa
Mama o uchi ga moeteru no
Movie
Girls of the Night
Nogami
An Urban Affair
Tamayo Komatsubara
A Good Man, A Good Day
Movie
The Other Woman
Ayako Kouno
Love and the Shop Curtain
Movie
The Shrikes
Movie
Edo Purebreed
Movie
Aces Wild
Movie
- 1960
The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night
Natsuo Narumi
The Brass General
Maki
The Master Spearman
Sakon Murayama
Runway to Hell
Ogin
The Curio Master
Movie
The Five Jolly Thieves
Movie
1950s
- 1959
An Actor's Revenge
Movie
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
Movie
Pilgrimage at Night
Oei
Room for Let
Yukiko
Bringing Up Husbands
Movie
Image of a Mother
Sonoko Takada
Flower Shop Curtain
Taka Kawashima
- 1958
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
Yoshino
Summer Clouds
Yae
The Hotelman's Holiday
Otatsu
Oban kanketsu hen
Omaki
Firefly Light
Tose
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
Movie
- 1957
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
Omaki
Hadaka no Machi
Movie
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
Omaki
Karada no naka o kaze ga fuku
Movie
A Woman's Skin
Movie
Ôban
Omaki
Dancing Girl
Hanae Hanamura
- 1956
New Tale of Genji: Shizuka and Yoshitsune
Movie
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
Movie
Bridge of Japan
Otaka Inaba
Zangiku monogatari
Otoku
Ma no kisetsu: Haru no mizuumi
Movie
Careful Wife and Careless Wife: A Peaceful Couple
Movie
- 1955
Ejima and Ikushima
絵島
Marital Relations
Choko
The Further Adventures of Genta
Movie
Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made
Movie
八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線
お藤
- 1954
Chushingura
Movie
Edo no yubae
芸者おりき
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
Movie
Always in My Heart Part 3
Movie
Love and Duty
Movie
- 1953
Always in My Heart Part 2
Movie
Yassamossa
Movie
- 1952
武蔵と小次郎
照世, 八雲太夫
Tange Sazen
Movie
The Waves
Movie
- 1951
Beauty of Life
Movie
Freedom School
Movie
- 1950
Crazy Uproar
Movie
No release date
The Foster Mother
Movie
Appearances1
1980s
- 1983
I Lived, But...
Self