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
Early Summer
(1951)
Aya Tamura
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
(1959)
Tôfuku Kin
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
(1952)
Aya Amamiya
Full Filmography
Acting
Crazy Uproar
(1950)
Beauty of Life
(1951)
Early Summer
(1951)
Aya Tamura
The Good Fairy
(1951)
Itsuko
Freedom School
(1951)
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
(1952)
Aya Amamiya
武蔵と小次郎
(1952)
八雲太夫
Doctor's Day Off
(1952)
Carmen's Innocent Love
(1952)
Chidori
The Waves
(1952)
Tange Sazen
(1952)
Hana no shôgai
(1953)
村山たか女
Yassamossa
(1953)
Рёко Симура
Always in My Heart
(1953)
An Inlet of Muddy Water
(1953)
Always in My Heart Part 2
(1953)
Love and Duty
(1954)
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
(1954)
Edo no yubae
(1954)
芸者おりき
Chushingura
(1954)
Always in My Heart Part 3
(1954)
A Woman's Life
(1955)
Nobuko Miki
The Further Adventures of Genta
(1955)
八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線
(1955)
お藤
Ejima and Ikushima
(1955)
絵島
Marital Relations
(1955)
Choko
The Mask and Destiny
(1955)
Bridge of Japan
(1956)
Otaka Inaba
Zangiku monogatari
(1956)
Otoku
Early Spring
(1956)
Masako Sugiyama
春のみづうみ
(1956)
Secret of Naruto
(1957)
The Unbalanced Wheel
(1957)
Evening Calm
(1957)
Yellow Crow
(1957)
Machiko Yoshida
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
(1957)
Omaki
Hadaka no Machi
(1957)
Dancing Girl
(1957)
Hanae Hanamura
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
(1957)
Omaki
Ôban
(1957)
Omaki
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
(1958)
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
(1958)
Yoshino
Firefly Light
(1958)
Tose
The Loyal 47 Ronin
(1958)
Riku Ôishi
Oban kanketsu hen
(1958)
Omaki
The Hotelman's Holiday
(1958)
Otatsu
Summer Clouds
(1958)
Yae
Room for Let
(1959)
Yukiko
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
(1959)
Flower Shop Curtain
(1959)
Taka Kawashima
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
(1959)
Tôfuku Kin
An Actor's Revenge
(1959)
Pilgrimage at Night
(1959)
Image of a Mother
(1959)
Sonoko Takada
Honno-Ji in Flames
(1960)
Kitsuki
The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night
(1960)
Natsuo Narumi
The Master Spearman
(1960)
Sakon Murayama
Runway to Hell
(1960)
Ogin
Rascals! Go to Hell
(1961)
Edo Purebreed
(1961)
Kaei
(1961)
Restoration Fire
(1961)
Ofusa
Aces Wild
(1961)
A Good Man, A Good Day
(1961)
Kigeki ekimae bentô
(1961)
Keiko
The Shrikes
(1961)
Furimuita hanayome
(1961)
Madame Renko
The Other Woman
(1961)
Ayako Kouno
Girls of the Night
(1961)
Nogami
Love and the Shop Curtain
(1961)
An Urban Affair
(1961)
Tamayo Komatsubara
The King
(1962)
Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa
(1962)
Four Sisters
(1962)
Kikuno Katagiri
Born in Sin
(1962)
喜劇 駅前飯店
(1962)
Kigeki ekimae onsen
(1962)
Aru kankei
(1962)
Hagure kigeki mandara
(1962)
Doburoku no Tatsu
(1962)
Umeko the Madam
Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai
(1963)
Kakie Goi
The Life of Rikisha-Man
(1963)
Pressure of Guilt
(1963)
The Maid Story
(1963)
Roadside Stone
(1964)
Oren
The Last Judgment
(1965)
A Comedy: The University Around the Corner
(1965)
Banno Keiko
Watashi, chigatteiru kashira
(1966)
Katsura's mother
Tales of the Inner Chamber
(1968)
I Lived, But...
(1983)
Self
Children of Nagasaki
(1983)
Metamorphosis
(1986)
The Friends
(1994)
Yayoi Koko
Siberian Express 2
(2001)
Utako Ieiri
Until the Lights Come Back
(2005)
Haru's Journey
(2010)
Shigeko Ichikawa