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.
★7.0
MOVIE1957
The Unbalanced Wheel
MOVIE1961
The Shrikes
MOVIE1957
Hadaka no Machi
MOVIE1954
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
★7.0
MOVIE1959
Room for Let
as Yukiko
★7.0
MOVIE1960
Runway to Hell
as Ogin
★6.5
MOVIE1964
Roadside Stone
as Oren
★8.1
MOVIE1959
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
as Tôfuku Kin
★9.0
MOVIE1950
Crazy Uproar
★7.9
MOVIE1951
Early Summer
as Aya Tamura
★8.0
MOVIE1957
Dancing Girl
as Hanae Hanamura
★5.1
MOVIE1986
Metamorphosis
★8.0
MOVIE1961
The Diplomat's Mansion
as Senko Oumi, Madam
★7.1
MOVIE1994
The Friends
as Yayoi Koko
MOVIE1955
Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made
★7.5
MOVIE1952
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
as Aya Amamiya
MOVIE1957
Karada no naka o kaze ga fuku
★5.8
MOVIE1951
The Good Fairy
as Itsuko
MOVIE1957
A Woman's Skin
★7.6
MOVIE1958
Summer Clouds
as Yae
★7.5
MOVIE1956
Early Spring
as Masako Sugiyama
MOVIE1954
Love and Duty
MOVIE1956
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
★6.5
MOVIE2010
Haru's Journey
as Shigeko Ichikawa
★6.6
MOVIE1983
Children of Nagasaki
★8.3
MOVIE1965
The Last Judgment
★9.0
MOVIE1957
Evening Calm
MOVIE1955
Ejima and Ikushima
as 絵島
MOVIE1955
Every Day That New Life
MOVIE1956
Rakuten fujin
as Midori Sakaguchi
★7.0
MOVIE1961
Restoration Fire
as Ofusa
★6.4
MOVIE2005
Until the Lights Come Back
★6.8
MOVIE1983
I Lived, But...
as Self
★6.5
MOVIE1961
Girls of the Night
as Nogami
★6.3
MOVIE1953
An Inlet of Muddy Water
★6.2
MOVIE1958
The Loyal 47 Ronin
as Riku Ôishi
★7.0
MOVIE1954
Always in My Heart Part 3
★6.0
MOVIE1960
The Master Spearman
as Sakon Murayama
★5.2
MOVIE1952
Carmen's Innocent Love
as Chidori
MOVIE1997
Going West: to the West
as Ryu Sakuma:
★6.3
MOVIE1961
The Other Woman
as Ayako Kouno
★7.0
MOVIE1960
The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night
as Natsuo Narumi
★6.7
MOVIE1957
Yellow Crow
as Machiko Yoshida
★5.6
MOVIE1955
Marital Relations
as Choko
MOVIE1961
A Good Man, A Good Day
★9.0
MOVIE1958
Firefly Light
as Tose
★8.0
MOVIE1962
The King
MOVIE1959
Pilgrimage at Night
★6.0
MOVIE1962
Four Sisters
as Kikuno Katagiri
MOVIE1960
The Brass General
as Maki
★7.0
MOVIE1956
Zangiku monogatari
as Otoku
★8.0
MOVIE1957
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
as Omaki
★7.5
MOVIE1963
Pressure of Guilt
★7.0
MOVIE1961
An Urban Affair
as Tamayo Komatsubara
★7.0
MOVIE1955
The Mask and Destiny
MOVIE1961
Rascals! Go to Hell
★8.0
MOVIE1962
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
★5.5
MOVIE1952
The Waves
MOVIE1961
Love and the Shop Curtain
★9.0
MOVIE1957
Ôban
as Omaki
★6.0
MOVIE1959
An Actor's Revenge
★7.0
MOVIE1958
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
as Yoshino
★7.0
MOVIE1961
Shadow of a Flower
★8.0
MOVIE1964
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
MOVIE1999
Hometown
★6.5
MOVIE1953
Always in My Heart Part 2
★6.8
MOVIE1953
Always in My Heart
★9.0
MOVIE1959
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
★7.8
MOVIE1956
Bridge of Japan
as Otaka Inaba
★7.0
MOVIE1962
Tatsu
as Umeko the Madam
★10.0
MOVIE1963
The Maid Story
MOVIE1955
八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線
as お藤
★9.0
MOVIE1957
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
as Omaki
MOVIETBA
The Foster Mother
★7.0
MOVIE1957
Secret of Naruto
★9.0
MOVIE1958
The Hotelman's Holiday
as Otatsu
★10.0
MOVIE1964
Hot Spring Ghost
★5.0
MOVIE1968
Tales of the Inner Chamber
★6.3
MOVIE1960
Honno-Ji in Flames
as Kitsuki
MOVIE1955
The Further Adventures of Genta
★8.5
MOVIE1959
Image of a Mother
as Sonoko Takada
★8.0
MOVIE1967
A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station
MOVIE1955
A Woman's Life
as Nobuko Miki
★8.0
MOVIE1953
Yassamossa
★6.8
MOVIE1952
Doctor's Day Off
★8.0
MOVIE1961
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
as Keiko
★10.0
MOVIE1951
Beauty of Life
MOVIE1953
Hana no shôgai
as 村山たか女
MOVIE1954
Edo no yubae
as 芸者おりき
MOVIE1966
Watashi, chigatteiru kashira
as Katsura's mother
MOVIE2001
Siberian Express 2
as Utako Ieiri
★8.0
MOVIE1961
Aces Wild
★7.0
MOVIE1951
Freedom School
MOVIE1963
Devices Stronger Than Women
as Yasuko Sugishita (Daisaku’s wife)
★9.0
MOVIE1961
Edo Purebreed
★10.0
MOVIE1962
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
MOVIE1954
Chushingura
MOVIE1953
Ganpeki
★10.0
MOVIE1959
Flower Shop Curtain
as Taka Kawashima
★9.0
MOVIE1958
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
MOVIE1962
Aru kankei
MOVIE1959
Bringing Up Husbands
★8.0
MOVIE1963
The Life of Rikisha-Man
MOVIE1961
Furimuita hanayome
as Madame Renko
MOVIE1962
Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa
★7.0
MOVIE1965
A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
as Banno Keiko
MOVIE1952
Merry Migratory Birds
★7.0
MOVIE1963
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot
★9.0
MOVIE1963
Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai
as Kakie Goi
★10.0
MOVIE1952
Tange Sazen
★9.0
MOVIE1962
Born in Sin
MOVIE1956
Ma no kisetsu: Haru no mizuumi
★7.0
MOVIE1962
Hagure kigeki mandara
MOVIE1952
武蔵と小次郎
as 八雲太夫
MOVIE1952
武蔵と小次郎
as 照世
MOVIE1958
Oban kanketsu hen
as Omaki
MOVIE1950