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Chikage Awashima
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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.
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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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BODY OF WORK
Chikage Awashima's Filmography
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Haru's Journey
as Shigeko Ichikawa
Until the Lights Come Back
Siberian Express 2
as Utako Ieiri
Hometown
Going West: to the West
as Ryu Sakuma:
The Friends
as Yayoi Koko
Metamorphosis
I Lived, But...
as Self
Children of Nagasaki
Tales of the Inner Chamber
Volcano of Station Front Plaza
A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station
Exploration in Front of the Station
Mahjong Madness
How to Win a Race
Big Wind at the Spa
Watashi, chigatteiru kashira
as Katsura's mother
Masseur War Story
A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
as Banno Keiko
Finances in Front of the Train Station
You Can If You Try
The Last Judgment
Hospital in Front of the Train Station
Heavenly Gods in Front of the Train Station
Mumu Dance
Roadside Stone
as Oren
Hot Spring Ghost
Comedy: Cheerful Widow
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
New Marital Relations
The Maid Story
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot
The Life of Rikisha-Man
Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai
as Kakie Goi
Pressure of Guilt
Devices Stronger Than Women
as 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
as Kikuno Katagiri
Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa
Tatsu
as Umeko the Madam
Hagure kigeki mandara
Aru kankei
Rascals! Go to Hell
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
as Keiko
Shadow of a Flower
The Diplomat's Mansion
as Senko Oumi, Madam
Restoration Fire
as Ofusa
Mama o uchi ga moeteru no
No Poster
Furimuita hanayome
as Madame Renko
Girls of the Night
as Nogami
A Good Man, A Good Day
An Urban Affair
as Tamayo Komatsubara
The Other Woman
as Ayako Kouno
Love and the Shop Curtain
The Shrikes
Edo Purebreed
Aces Wild
The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night
as Natsuo Narumi
The Brass General
as Maki
Honno-Ji in Flames
as Kitsuki
The Master Spearman
as Sakon Murayama
Runway to Hell
as Ogin
The Curio Master
The Five Jolly Thieves
An Actor's Revenge
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
Pilgrimage at Night
as Oei
Room for Let
as Yukiko
Bringing Up Husbands
Image of a Mother
as Sonoko Takada
Flower Shop Curtain
as Taka Kawashima
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
as Tôfuku Kin
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
as Yoshino
Summer Clouds
as Yae
The Hotelman's Holiday
as Otatsu
Oban kanketsu hen
as Omaki
The Loyal 47 Ronin
as Riku Ôishi
Firefly Light
as Tose
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
as Omaki
The Unbalanced Wheel
Secret of Naruto
Hadaka no Machi
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
as Omaki
Karada no naka o kaze ga fuku
A Woman's Skin
No Poster
Evening Calm
Ôban
as Omaki
Yellow Crow
as Machiko Yoshida
Dancing Girl
as Hanae Hanamura
New Tale of Genji: Shizuka and Yoshitsune
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
Bridge of Japan
as Otaka Inaba
No Poster
Studio wa ōsawagi
No Poster
Rakuten fujin
as Midori Sakaguchi
Zangiku monogatari
as Otoku
Ma no kisetsu: Haru no mizuumi
Early Spring
as Masako Sugiyama
Careful Wife and Careless Wife: A Peaceful Couple
Ejima and Ikushima
as 絵島
Every Day That New Life
Marital Relations
as Choko
No Poster
The Mask and Destiny
The Further Adventures of Genta
Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made
A Woman's Life
as Nobuko Miki
八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線
as お藤
Chushingura
Edo no yubae
as 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
as 村山たか女
Always in My Heart
Ganpeki
Yassamossa
Carmen's Innocent Love
as Chidori
武蔵と小次郎
as 照世
武蔵と小次郎
as 八雲太夫
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
as Aya Amamiya
Tange Sazen
The Waves
Doctor's Day Off
Merry Migratory Birds
Beauty of Life
Early Summer
as Aya Tamura
Freedom School
The Good Fairy
as Itsuko
No Poster
The Actress and the Detective
Crazy Uproar
