Acting
Chikage Awashima
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.
Movies with Chikage Awashima
Early Summer
1951
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
Metamorphosis
1986
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
1952
Early Spring
1956
The Friends
1994
Room for Let
1959
Runway to Hell
1960
Roadside Stone
1964
The Other Woman
1961
Hadaka no Machi
1957
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958
Summer Clouds
1958
The Unbalanced Wheel
1957
Ejima and Ikushima
1955
Girls of the Night
1961
The Last Judgment
1965
Haru's Journey
2010
Always in My Heart
1953
Shadow of a Flower
1961
Four Sisters
1962
Restoration Fire
1961
Marital Relations
1955
Evening Calm
1957
The Good Fairy
1951
Hana no shôgai
1953
A Woman's Skin
1957
Bridge of Japan
1956
I Lived, But...
1983
Always in My Heart Part 2
1953
Pressure of Guilt
1963
The Shrikes
1961
The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night
1960
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
1958
Tales of the Inner Chamber
1968
Honno-Ji in Flames
1960
Children of Nagasaki
1983
Carmen's Innocent Love
1952
Love and the Shop Curtain
1961
Until the Lights Come Back
2005
Love and Duty
1954
The Maid Story
1963
Secret of Naruto
1957
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
1956
Firefly Light
1958
Ganpeki
1953
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
1954
Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai
1963
Dancing Girl
1957
The Hotelman's Holiday
1958
An Actor's Revenge
1959
A Good Man, A Good Day
1961
Aces Wild
1961
Going West: to the West
1997
Yellow Crow
1957
Ôban
1957
Crazy Uproar
1950
Doctor's Day Off
1952
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
1962
Karada no naka o kaze ga fuku
1957
A Woman's Life
1955
A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
1965
The King
1962
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
1957
Born in Sin
1962
Beauty of Life
1951
Devices Stronger Than Women
1963
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
1962
Furimuita hanayome
1961
The Mask and Destiny
1955
Flower Shop Curtain
1959
Chushingura
1954
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1964
Tatsu
1962
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
1959
Always in My Heart Part 3
1954
Siberian Express 2
2001
Pilgrimage at Night
1959
Rascals! Go to Hell
1961
Oban kanketsu hen
1958
Tange Sazen
1952
Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa
1962
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
1958
An Urban Affair
1961
Zangiku monogatari
1956
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
1957
Hagure kigeki mandara
1962
The Diplomat's Mansion
1961
Hometown
1999
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
1961
The Waves
1952
Edo no yubae
1954
武蔵と小次郎
1952
The Foster Mother
Aru kankei
1962
Freedom School
1951
The Life of Rikisha-Man
1963
The Further Adventures of Genta
1955
Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made
1955
Every Day That New Life
1955
A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station
1967
The Master Spearman
1960
Edo Purebreed
1961
Ma no kisetsu: Haru no mizuumi
1956
Rakuten fujin
1956
Image of a Mother
1959
八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線
1955
Hot Spring Ghost
1964
The Brass General
1960
Yassamossa
1953
Watashi, chigatteiru kashira
1966
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot
1963
Merry Migratory Birds
1952
Bringing Up Husbands
1959
