Chikage Awashima
Acting
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.
Filmography 123
Movies (115)
Haru's Journey2010Shigeko Ichikawa
Until the Lights Come Back2005
Siberian Express 22001Utako Ieiri
Hometown1999
Going West: to the West1997Ryu Sakuma:
The Friends1994Yayoi Koko
Metamorphosis1986
I Lived, But...1983Self
Children of Nagasaki1983
Tales of the Inner Chamber1968
A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station1967
Watashi, chigatteiru kashira1966Katsura's mother
A Comedy in Front of the Station: University1965Banno Keiko
The Last Judgment1965
Roadside Stone1964Oren
Hot Spring Ghost1964
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag1964
The Maid Story1963
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot1963
The Life of Rikisha-Man1963
Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai1963Kakie Goi
Pressure of Guilt1963
Devices Stronger Than Women1963Yasuko Sugishita (Daisaku’s wife)
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant1962
The King1962
Born in Sin1962
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen1962
Four Sisters1962Kikuno Katagiri
Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa1962
Tatsu1962Umeko the Madam
Shows (8)
Imo Tako Nankin2006花岡ウメ
Haru yo koi1994水川コウ
長七郎江戸日記スペシャル 母は敵か？！正雪の陰謀1985
Matsudaira Ukon Jikencho1982
Red Storm1979
Omoi Bashi1973
Akō Rōshi1964
Life of a Flower1963Murayama Taka