Chikage Awashima

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1924-02-24 (88 years old)

Deathday

2012-02-16

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

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 twic...

Acting

1961

An Urban Affair

as Tamayo Komatsubara

1956

Early Spring

as Masako Sugiyama

1962

Home-Brewed Tatsu

as Umeko the Madam

1961

1966

Watashi, chigatteiru kashira

as Katsura's mother

1958

1957

Ôban

as Omaki

2010

Haru's Journey

as Shigeko Ichikawa

1983

1994

The Friends

as Yayoi Koko

1958

1959

Flower Shop Curtain

as Taka Kawashima

1951

1961

The Other Woman

as Ayako Kouno

1961

1952

1952

武蔵と小次郎

as 八雲太夫

1953

Hana no shôgai

as 村山たか女

1954

Edo no yubae

as 芸者おりき

1955

1955

1957

Yellow Crow

as Machiko Yoshida

1956

Bridge of Japan

as Otaka Inaba

1964

1958

1961

Furimuita hanayome

as Madame Renko

1960

1960

The Master Spearman

as Sakon Murayama

1958

The Loyal 47 Ronin

as Riku Ôishi

1962

Four Sisters

as Kikuno Katagiri

2001

Siberian Express 2

as Utako Ieiri

1959

Room for Let

as Yukiko

1960

1951

Early Summer

as Aya Tamura

1957

Dancing Girl

as Hanae Hanamura

1955

A Woman's Life

as Nobuko Miki

1961

1959

Image of a Mother

as Sonoko Takada

1956

1963

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