Cast
Chikage Awashima
Acting
Cast
Chikage Awashima
Known for
Acting
Born
1924-02-24
From
Tokyo, Japan
Died
2012-02-16
Also known as Keiko Nakagawa, 淡島千景 , Тикагэ Авасима
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.
Metamorphosis
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
as Tôfuku Kin
Four Sisters
as Kikuno Katagiri
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
as Aya Amamiya
Summer Clouds
as Yae
Early Summer
as Aya Tamura
The Friends
as Yayoi Koko
An Inlet of Muddy Water
Early Spring
as Masako Sugiyama
The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night
as Natsuo Narumi
Ejima and Ikushima
as 絵島
The Loyal 47 Ronin
as Riku Ôishi
Haru's Journey
as Shigeko Ichikawa
Always in My Heart
Bridge of Japan
as Otaka Inaba
Until the Lights Come Back
Room for Let
as Yukiko
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
as Yoshino
The Good Fairy
as Itsuko
Oban kanketsu hen
as Omaki
The Other Woman
as Ayako Kouno
Girls of the Night
as Nogami
Crazy Uproar
Dancing Girl
as Hanae Hanamura
Roadside Stone
as Oren
Pressure of Guilt
Kaei
An Actor's Revenge
Zangiku monogatari
as Otoku
Hadaka no Machi
Secret of Naruto
Firefly Light
as Tose
I Lived, But...
as Self
Hana no shôgai
as 村山たか女
Marital Relations
as Choko
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
The Master Spearman
as Sakon Murayama
Carmen's Innocent Love
as Chidori
The Unbalanced Wheel
The King
Doctor's Day Off
Restoration Fire
as Ofusa
A Good Man, A Good Day
Freedom School
Always in My Heart Part 3
A Woman's Life
as Nobuko Miki
Honno-Ji in Flames
as Kitsuki
Furimuita hanayome
as Madame Renko
Yellow Crow
as Machiko Yoshida
The Mask and Destiny
Ôban
as Omaki
The Hotelman's Holiday
as Otatsu
Tatsu
as Umeko the Madam
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
as Omaki
An Urban Affair
as Tamayo Komatsubara
Runway to Hell
as Ogin
Tange Sazen
Always in My Heart Part 2
Love and Duty
Evening Calm
Hagure kigeki mandara
The Shrikes
The Maid Story
Going West: to the West
as Ryu Sakuma:
Beauty of Life
Pilgrimage at Night
Yassamossa
Tales of the Inner Chamber
Watashi, chigatteiru kashira
as Katsura's mother
Image of a Mother
as Sonoko Takada
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
武蔵と小次郎
as 八雲太夫
武蔵と小次郎
as 照世
Siberian Express 2
as Utako Ieiri
Flower Shop Curtain
as Taka Kawashima
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
The Last Judgment
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
Edo Purebreed
Born in Sin
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線
as お藤
Devices Stronger Than Women
as Yasuko Sugishita (Daisaku’s wife)
The Waves
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
as Omaki
Ganpeki
Aces Wild
The Brass General
as Maki
Chushingura
The Further Adventures of Genta
The Life of Rikisha-Man
The Foster Mother
Aru kankei
Love and the Shop Curtain
Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai
as Kakie Goi
Hometown
Rascals! Go to Hell
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
as Keiko
A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
as Banno Keiko
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot
A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station
Ma no kisetsu: Haru no mizuumi
Children of Nagasaki
Merry Migratory Birds
Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made
Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa
Karada no naka o kaze ga fuku
Edo no yubae
as 芸者おりき
Hot Spring Ghost
Bringing Up Husbands
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
Rakuten fujin
as Midori Sakaguchi
Every Day That New Life
The Diplomat's Mansion
as Senko Oumi, Madam