Chikage Awashima
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Chikage Awashima

Feb 24, 1924 - Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, 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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Movie1961An Urban AffairTamayo Komatsubara
Movie1956Early SpringMasako Sugiyama
Movie1959The Human Condition I: No Greater LoveTôfuku Kin
Movie1962The King
Movie1963The Life of Rikisha-Man
Movie1962Aru kankei
Movie1962Hagure kigeki mandara
Movie1960The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of NightNatsuo Narumi
Movie1962Home-Brewed TatsuUmeko the Madam
Movie1961Kaei
Movie1952The Flavor of Green Tea Over RiceAya Amamiya
Movie1966Watashi, chigatteiru kashiraKatsura's mother
Movie1957Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô henOmaki
Movie1958Oban kanketsu henOmaki
Movie1957ÔbanOmaki
Movie1955The Mask and Destiny
Movie1957Zoku Ôban: Fûun henOmaki
Movie2010Haru's JourneyShigeko Ichikawa
Movie1983I Lived, But...Self
Movie1994The FriendsYayoi Koko
Movie1958Summer CloudsYae
Movie1959Flower Shop CurtainTaka Kawashima
Movie1983Children of Nagasaki
Movie1951The Good FairyItsuko
Movie1962Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa
Movie1961The Other WomanAyako Kouno
Movie1961Girls of the NightNogami
Movie1957Evening Calm
Movie1962A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
Movie1952武蔵と小次郎照世
Movie1952武蔵と小次郎八雲太夫
Movie1953Hana no shôgai村山たか女
Movie1954Edo no yubae芸者おりき
Movie1961A Comedy in Front of the Station: LunchboxKeiko
Movie1955八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線お藤
Movie1955Ejima and Ikushima絵島
Movie1961Aces Wild
Movie1955Marital RelationsChoko
Movie1957Yellow CrowMachiko Yoshida
Movie1952Carmen's Innocent LoveChidori
Movie1953An Inlet of Muddy Water
Movie1959Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
Movie1962A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
Movie1952Doctor's Day Off
Movie1955The Further Adventures of Genta
Movie1961Love and the Shop Curtain
Movie1956春のみづうみ
Movie1956Bridge of JapanOtaka Inaba
Movie1951Freedom School
Movie1957Hadaka no Machi
Movie1954Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
Movie1964Roadside StoneOren
Movie1954Always in My Heart Part 3
Movie1953Always in My Heart Part 2
Movie1953Always in My Heart
Movie1958Firefly LightTose
Movie1957Secret of Naruto
Movie1961Furimuita hanayomeMadame Renko
Movie1959An Actor's Revenge
Movie1960Runway to HellOgin
Movie1960The Master SpearmanSakon Murayama
Movie1958The Loyal 47 RoninRiku Ôishi
MovieN/AThe Foster Mother
Movie1961Rascals! Go to Hell
Movie1961Edo Purebreed
Movie1957The Unbalanced Wheel
Movie1962Four SistersKikuno Katagiri
Movie2001Siberian Express 2Utako Ieiri
Movie1959Room for LetYukiko
Movie1952The Waves
Movie1958Nichiren and the Great Mongol InvasionYoshino
Movie1958Makeraremasen katsumadewa
Movie1962Born in Sin
Movie1960Honno-Ji in FlamesKitsuki
Movie1963The Maid Story
Movie1951Early SummerAya Tamura
Movie1957Dancing GirlHanae Hanamura
Movie1961The Shrikes
Movie1952Tange Sazen
Movie1958The Hotelman's HolidayOtatsu
Movie1963Pressure of Guilt
Movie1954Love and Duty
Movie1965A Comedy in Front of the Station: UniversityBanno Keiko
Movie1953Yassamossa
Movie1959Pilgrimage at Night
Movie1955A Woman's LifeNobuko Miki
Movie1950Crazy Uproar
Movie1961Restoration FireOfusa
Movie1959Image of a MotherSonoko Takada
Movie1986Metamorphosis
Movie1968Tales of the Inner Chamber
Movie1954Chushingura
Movie1965The Last Judgment
Movie1956Zangiku monogatariOtoku
Movie2005Until the Lights Come Back
Movie1951Beauty of Life
Movie1961A Good Man, A Good Day
Movie1963Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidaiKakie Goi
Movie1953Ganpeki
Movie1952Merry Migratory Birds
Movie1963A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot
Movie1967A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station
Movie1964Hot Spring Ghost
TV Show1964Akō Rōshi52
TV Show1963Life of a FlowerMurayama Taka39
TV Show1979Akai Arashi1
TV Show1982Matsudaira Ukon Jikencho51
TV Show1973Omoi Bashi26
TV Show2006Imo Tako Nankin花岡ウメ151
TV Show1994Haru yo koi水川コウ307
TV Show1985長七郎江戸日記スペシャル　母は敵か？！正雪の陰謀1

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