Chikage Awashima
Actor
Born February 24, 1924 in 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.
Filmography
The Foster Mother
Haru's Journey
Shigeko Ichikawa
Imo Tako Nankin
花岡ウメ
Until the Lights Come Back
Siberian Express 2
Utako Ieiri
Hometown
Going West: to the West
Ryu Sakuma:
Haru yo koi
水川コウ
The Friends
Yayoi Koko
Metamorphosis
長七郎江戸日記スペシャル 母は敵か？！正雪の陰謀
I Lived, But...
Self
Children of Nagasaki
Matsudaira Ukon Jikencho
Red Storm
Omoi Bashi
Tales of the Inner Chamber
A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station
Watashi, chigatteiru kashira
Katsura's mother
A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
Banno Keiko
The Last Judgment
Roadside Stone
Oren
Hot Spring Ghost
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
Akō Rōshi
The Maid Story
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot
The Life of Rikisha-Man
Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai
Kakie Goi
Life of a Flower
Murayama Taka
Pressure of Guilt
Devices Stronger Than Women
Yasuko Sugishita (Daisaku’s wife)
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
The King
Born in Sin
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
Four Sisters
Kikuno Katagiri
Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa
Tatsu
Umeko the Madam
Hagure kigeki mandara
Aru kankei
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
Keiko
Rascals! Go to Hell
Shadow of a Flower
The Diplomat's Mansion
Senko Oumi, Madam
Restoration Fire
Ofusa
Girls of the Night
Nogami
An Urban Affair
Tamayo Komatsubara
A Good Man, A Good Day
The Other Woman
Ayako Kouno
Love and the Shop Curtain
The Shrikes
Edo Purebreed
Aces Wild
The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night
Natsuo Narumi
The Brass General
Maki
Honno-Ji in Flames
Kitsuki
The Master Spearman
Sakon Murayama
Runway to Hell
Ogin
An Actor's Revenge
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
Pilgrimage at Night
Room for Let
Yukiko
Bringing Up Husbands
Image of a Mother
Sonoko Takada
Flower Shop Curtain
Taka Kawashima
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Tôfuku Kin
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
Yoshino
Summer Clouds
Yae
The Hotelman's Holiday
Otatsu
Oban kanketsu hen
Omaki
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Riku Ôishi
Firefly Light
Tose
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
Omaki
The Unbalanced Wheel
Secret of Naruto
Hadaka no Machi
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
Omaki
Karada no naka o kaze ga fuku
A Woman's Skin
Ôban
Omaki
Yellow Crow
Machiko Yoshida
Dancing Girl
Hanae Hanamura
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
Bridge of Japan
Otaka Inaba
Zangiku monogatari
Otoku
Ma no kisetsu: Haru no mizuumi
Early Spring
Masako Sugiyama
Ejima and Ikushima
絵島
Every Day That New Life
Marital Relations
Choko
The Further Adventures of Genta
Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made
A Woman's Life
Nobuko Miki
八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線
お藤
Chushingura
Edo no yubae
芸者おりき
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
Always in My Heart Part 3
Love and Duty
Always in My Heart Part 2
An Inlet of Muddy Water
Hana no shôgai
村山たか女
Always in My Heart
Ganpeki
Yassamossa
Carmen's Innocent Love
Chidori
武蔵と小次郎
八雲太夫
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
Aya Amamiya
Tange Sazen
The Waves
Doctor's Day Off
Merry Migratory Birds
Beauty of Life
Early Summer
Aya Tamura
Freedom School
The Good Fairy
Itsuko
Crazy Uproar