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.

Known For

Haru yo koi

Akō Rōshi

Life of a Flower

Imo Tako Nankin

Matsudaira Ukon Jikencho

Red Storm

Omoi Bashi

Metamorphosis

All Movies (116)

• Haru's Journey2010 · as Shigeko Ichikawa
• Until the Lights Come Back2005
• Siberian Express 22001 · as Utako Ieiri
• Hometown1999
• Going West: to the West1997 · as Ryu Sakuma:
• The Friends1994 · as Yayoi Koko
• Metamorphosis1986
• I Lived, But...1983 · as Self
• Children of Nagasaki1983
• Tales of the Inner Chamber1968
• A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station1967
• Watashi, chigatteiru kashira1966 · as Katsura's mother
• A Comedy in Front of the Station: University1965 · as Banno Keiko
• The Last Judgment1965
• Roadside Stone1964 · as Oren
• 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 ichidai1963 · as Kakie Goi
• Pressure of Guilt1963
• Devices Stronger Than Women1963 · as Yasuko 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 Sisters1962 · as Kikuno Katagiri
• Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa1962
• Tatsu1962 · as Umeko the Madam
• Hagure kigeki mandara1962
• Aru kankei1962
• A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox1961 · as Keiko
• Rascals! Go to Hell1961
• Shadow of a Flower1961
• The Diplomat's Mansion1961 · as Senko Oumi, Madam
• Restoration Fire1961 · as Ofusa
• Furimuita hanayome1961 · as Madame Renko
• Girls of the Night1961 · as Nogami
• An Urban Affair1961 · as Tamayo Komatsubara
• A Good Man, A Good Day1961
• The Other Woman1961 · as Ayako Kouno
• Love and the Shop Curtain1961
• The Shrikes1961
• Edo Purebreed1961
• Aces Wild1961
• The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night1960 · as Natsuo Narumi
• The Brass General1960 · as Maki
• Honno-Ji in Flames1960 · as Kitsuki
• The Master Spearman1960 · as Sakon Murayama
• Runway to Hell1960 · as Ogin
• An Actor's Revenge1959
• Utamaro, Painter of the Woman1959
• Pilgrimage at Night1959
• Room for Let1959 · as Yukiko
• Bringing Up Husbands1959
• Image of a Mother1959 · as Sonoko Takada
• Flower Shop Curtain1959 · as Taka Kawashima
• The Human Condition I: No Greater Love1959 · as Tôfuku Kin
• Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion1958 · as Yoshino
• Summer Clouds1958 · as Yae
• The Hotelman's Holiday1958 · as Otatsu
• Oban kanketsu hen1958 · as Omaki
• The Loyal 47 Ronin1958 · as Riku Ôishi
• Firefly Light1958 · as Tose
• Makeraremasen katsumadewa1958
• Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen1957 · as Omaki
• The Unbalanced Wheel1957
• Secret of Naruto1957
• Hadaka no Machi1957
• Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen1957 · as Omaki
• Karada no naka o kaze ga fuku1957
• A Woman's Skin1957
• Evening Calm1957
• Ôban1957 · as Omaki
• Yellow Crow1957 · as Machiko Yoshida
• Dancing Girl1957 · as Hanae Hanamura
• The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji1956
• Bridge of Japan1956 · as Otaka Inaba
• Rakuten fujin1956 · as Midori Sakaguchi
• Zangiku monogatari1956 · as Otoku
• Ma no kisetsu: Haru no mizuumi1956
• Early Spring1956 · as Masako Sugiyama
• Ejima and Ikushima1955 · as 絵島
• Every Day That New Life1955
• Marital Relations1955 · as Choko
• The Mask and Destiny1955
• The Further Adventures of Genta1955
• Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made1955
• A Woman's Life1955 · as Nobuko Miki
• 八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線1955 · as お藤
• Chushingura1954
• Edo no yubae1954 · as 芸者おりき
• Between Yesterday and Tomorrow1954
• Always in My Heart Part 31954
• Love and Duty1954
• Always in My Heart Part 21953
• An Inlet of Muddy Water1953
• Hana no shôgai1953 · as 村山たか女
• Always in My Heart1953
• Ganpeki1953
• Yassamossa1953
• Carmen's Innocent Love1952 · as Chidori
• 武蔵と小次郎1952 · as 照世
• 武蔵と小次郎1952 · as 八雲太夫
• The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice1952 · as Aya Amamiya
• Tange Sazen1952
• The Waves1952
• Doctor's Day Off1952
• Merry Migratory Birds1952
• Beauty of Life1951
• Early Summer1951 · as Aya Tamura
• Freedom School1951
• The Good Fairy1951 · as Itsuko
• Crazy Uproar1950
• The Foster Mother—

All TV Shows (8)

• Imo Tako Nankin2006 · as 花岡ウメ
• Haru yo koi1994 · as 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 Flower1963 · as Murayama Taka