🎭 Actor
Chikage Awashima
🎂 Born 24 February 1924 (age 87)✝ 16 February 2012📍 Tokyo, Japan
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Popularity Score
111
Acting Credits
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
Full Filmography(111 films)
YearTitleRating
1986Metamorphosis★ 5.11959The Human Condition I: No Greater Love★ 8.11994The Friends★ 7.11951Early Summer★ 7.91956Early Spring★ 7.51952The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice★ 7.51961The Other Woman★ 6.31962The King★ 8.01953An Inlet of Muddy Water★ 6.31952Doctor's Day Off★ 6.81958Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion★ 7.01958The Loyal 47 Ronin★ 6.21961Restoration Fire★ 7.01960The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night★ 7.01958Summer Clouds★ 7.61956Bridge of Japan★ 7.81958Firefly Light★ 9.01961Girls of the Night★ 6.51953Hana no shôgai—1953Always in My Heart★ 6.81957Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen★ 9.01957Ôban★ 9.01961Aces Wild★ 8.01962A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant★ 8.01962Four Sisters★ 6.02005Until the Lights Come Back★ 6.41955Marital Relations★ 5.61953Always in My Heart Part 2★ 6.51951Beauty of Life★ 10.01963Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai★ 9.01964Mr. Giant's Victory Flag★ 8.01962Born in Sin★ 9.01997Going West: to the West—1959An Actor's Revenge★ 6.01952武蔵と小次郎—1952武蔵と小次郎—1983I Lived, But...★ 6.81950Crazy Uproar★ 9.01952Carmen's Innocent Love★ 5.21961A Good Man, A Good Day—2010Haru's Journey★ 6.51962Tatsu★ 7.01961Shadow of a Flower★ 7.01957Secret of Naruto★ 7.01957Yellow Crow★ 6.71959Flower Shop Curtain★ 10.01961A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox★ 8.01962A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen★ 10.01951Freedom School★ 7.01952The Waves★ 5.51961Edo Purebreed★ 9.01957Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen★ 8.01963Pressure of Guilt★ 7.51955A Woman's Life—1961Love and the Shop Curtain—1953Ganpeki—1983Children of Nagasaki★ 6.61961An Urban Affair★ 7.01963The Maid Story★ 10.01960Runway to Hell★ 7.02001Siberian Express 2—1956Zangiku monogatari★ 7.01958The Hotelman's Holiday★ 9.01959Utamaro, Painter of the Woman★ 9.01951The Good Fairy★ 5.81959Room for Let★ 7.01968Tales of the Inner Chamber★ 5.01962Hagure kigeki mandara★ 7.01954Always in My Heart Part 3★ 7.01955Ejima and Ikushima—1959Image of a Mother★ 8.51964Roadside Stone★ 6.51953Yassamossa★ 8.01960Honno-Ji in Flames★ 6.31959Pilgrimage at Night—1957Dancing Girl★ 8.01952Tange Sazen★ 10.01955八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線—1955The Further Adventures of Genta—1954Edo no yubae—1961Rascals! Go to Hell—1960The Master Spearman★ 6.01999Hometown—1958Makeraremasen katsumadewa★ 9.01965The Last Judgment★ 8.31954Chushingura—1957Hadaka no Machi—1958Oban kanketsu hen—1963The Life of Rikisha-Man★ 8.01954Between Yesterday and Tomorrow—1961The Shrikes—1957The Unbalanced Wheel★ 7.01956The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji—1966Watashi, chigatteiru kashira—1965A Comedy in Front of the Station: University★ 7.01962Aru kankei—1955Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made—1960The Brass General—1956Ma no kisetsu: Haru no mizuumi—1967A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station★ 8.01962Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa—1963Devices Stronger Than Women—1957A Woman's Skin—1963A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot★ 7.01954Love and Duty—1961The Diplomat's Mansion★ 8.01955Every Day That New Life—1964Hot Spring Ghost★ 10.01959Bringing Up Husbands—1952Merry Migratory Birds—1957Karada no naka o kaze ga fuku—