Chikage Awashima
Biography
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.
Filmography
Haru's Journey
Until the Lights Come Back
Siberian Express 2
Hometown
Going West: to the West
The Friends
Metamorphosis
I Lived, But...
Children of Nagasaki
Tales of the Inner Chamber
A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station
Watashi, chigatteiru kashira
A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
The Last Judgment
Roadside Stone
Hot Spring Ghost
The Maid Story
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot
The Life of Rikisha-Man
Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai
Pressure of Guilt
Devices Stronger Than Women
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
The King
Born in Sin
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
Four Sisters
Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa
Home-Brewed Tatsu
Hagure kigeki mandara
Aru kankei
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
Rascals! Go to Hell
Kaei
Restoration Fire
Furimuita hanayome
Girls of the Night
An Urban Affair
A Good Man, A Good Day
The Other Woman
Love and the Shop Curtain
The Shrikes
Edo Purebreed
Aces Wild
The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night
The Brass General
Honno-Ji in Flames
The Master Spearman
Runway to Hell
An Actor's Revenge
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
Pilgrimage at Night
Room for Let
Bringing Up Husbands
Image of a Mother
Flower Shop Curtain
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
Summer Clouds
The Hotelman's Holiday
Oban kanketsu hen
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Firefly Light
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
The Unbalanced Wheel
Secret of Naruto
Hadaka no Machi
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
Evening Calm
Ôban
Yellow Crow
Bridge of Japan
Zangiku monogatari
春のみづうみ
Early Spring
Ejima and Ikushima
Marital Relations
The Mask and Destiny
The Further Adventures of Genta
A Woman's Life
八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線
Chushingura
Edo no yubae
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
Always in My Heart Part 3
Always in My Heart Part 2
An Inlet of Muddy Water
Hana no shôgai
Always in My Heart
Carmen's Innocent Love
武蔵と小次郎
武蔵と小次郎
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
Doctor's Day Off
Freedom School
The Good Fairy
The Foster Mother
Dancing Girl
Love and Duty
Ganpeki
Yassamossa
Tange Sazen
The Waves
Merry Migratory Birds
Beauty of Life
Early Summer
