Chikage Awashima
Known for: Acting
Born: February 24, 1924
Died: February 16, 2012
Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan
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.
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Filmography
130 movies · 8 TV shows, newest first
6.6
Haru's Journey
2010
10.0
Imo Tako Nankin
2006
6.4
Until the Lights Come Back
2005
NR
Siberian Express 2
2001
NR
Hometown
1999
NR
Going West: to the West
1997
NR
Haru yo koi
1994
7.1
The Friends
1994
5.1
Metamorphosis
1986
NR
長七郎江戸日記スペシャル 母は敵か？！正雪の陰謀
1985
6.8
I Lived, But...
1983
6.6
Children of Nagasaki
1983
NR
Matsudaira Ukon Jikencho
1982
NR
Red Storm
1979
NR
Omoi Bashi
1973
5.0
Tales of the Inner Chamber
1968
NR
Volcano of Station Front Plaza
1968
8.0
A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station
1967
NR
Exploration in Front of the Station
1967
NR
Mahjong Madness
1967
NR
How to Win a Race
1966
NR
Big Wind at the Spa
1966
NR
Watashi, chigatteiru kashira
1966
7.0
A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
1965
NR
Finances in Front of the Train Station
1965
NR
You Can If You Try
1965
8.3
The Last Judgment
1965
NR
Hospital in Front of the Train Station
1965
NR
Heavenly Gods in Front of the train Station
1964
NR
Mumu Dance
1964
6.5
Roadside Stone
1964
10.0
Hot Spring Ghost
1964
NR
Comedy: Cheerful Widow
1964
8.0
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1964
7.5
Akō Rōshi
1964
NR
New Marital Relations
1963
10.0
The Maid Story
1963
7.0
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot
1963
8.0
The Life of Rikisha-Man
1963
9.0
Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai
1963
7.0
Life of a Flower
1963
7.5
Pressure of Guilt
1963
NR
Devices Stronger Than Women
1963
8.0
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
1962
8.0
The King
1962
9.0
Born in Sin
1962
10.0
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
1962
6.0
Four Sisters
1962
NR
Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa
1962
7.0
Tatsu
1962
7.0
Hagure kigeki mandara
1962
NR
Aru kankei
1962
8.0
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
1961
NR
Rascals! Go to Hell
1961
7.0
Shadow of a Flower
1961
8.0
The Diplomat's Mansion
1961
7.0
Restoration Fire
1961
NR
Mama o uchi ga moeteru no
1961NR
Furimuita hanayome
1961
6.5
Girls of the Night
1961
7.0
An Urban Affair
1961
NR
A Good Man, A Good Day
1961
6.3
The Other Woman
1961
NR
Love and the Shop Curtain
1961
NR
The Shrikes
1961
9.0
Edo Purebreed
1961
8.0
Aces Wild
1961
7.0
The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night
1960
NR
The Brass General
1960
6.3
Honno-Ji in Flames
1960
6.0
The Master Spearman
1960
7.0
Runway to Hell
1960
NR
The Curio Master
1960
6.0
An Actor's Revenge
1959
9.0
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
1959
NR
Pilgrimage at Night
1959
7.0
Room for Let
1959
NR
Bringing Up Husbands
1959
8.5
Image of a Mother
1959
10.0
Flower Shop Curtain
1959
8.1
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
7.0
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
1958
7.7
Summer Clouds
1958
9.0
The Hotelman's Holiday
1958
NR
Oban kanketsu hen
1958
6.3
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958
9.0
Firefly Light
1958
9.0
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
1958
8.0
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
1957
7.0
The Unbalanced Wheel
1957
7.0
Secret of Naruto
1957
NR
Hadaka no Machi
1957
9.0
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
1957
NR
Karada no naka o kaze ga fuku
1957
NR
A Woman's Skin
19579.0
Evening Calm
1957
9.0
Ôban
1957
6.7
Yellow Crow
1957
8.0
Dancing Girl
1957
NR
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
1956
7.8
Bridge of Japan
1956NR
Rakuten fujin
1956
7.0
Zangiku monogatari
1956
NR
Ma no kisetsu: Haru no mizuumi
1956
7.5
Early Spring
1956
NR
Ejima and Ikushima
1955
NR
Every Day That New Life
1955
5.6
Marital Relations
19557.0
The Mask and Destiny
1955
NR
The Further Adventures of Genta
1955
NR
Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made
1955
NR
A Woman's Life
1955
NR
八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線
1955
NR
Chushingura
1954
NR
Edo no yubae
1954
NR
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
1954
7.0
Always in My Heart Part 3
1954
NR
Love and Duty
1954
6.5
Always in My Heart Part 2
1953
6.3
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
NR
Hana no shôgai
1953
6.8
Always in My Heart
1953
NR
Ganpeki
1953
8.0
Yassamossa
1953
5.2
Carmen's Innocent Love
1952
NR
武蔵と小次郎
1952
7.5
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
1952
10.0
Tange Sazen
1952
5.5
The Waves
1952
6.8
Doctor's Day Off
1952
NR
Merry Migratory Birds
1952
10.0
Beauty of Life
1951
7.9
Early Summer
1951
7.0
Freedom School
1951
5.8
The Good Fairy
1951NR
The Actress and the Detective
1950
9.0
Crazy Uproar
1950
NR
The Foster Mother
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