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Chikage Awashima

Acting Born Feb 24, 1924 Tokyo, Japan 24 credits

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.

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Known for

Film

Metamorphosis

1986

Full filmography

  • Imo Tako Nankin (2006) as 花岡ウメ
  • Haru yo koi (1994) as 水川コウ
  • Akō Rōshi (1964)
  • Life of a Flower (1963) as Murayama Taka
  • Matsudaira Ukon Jikencho (1982)
  • Metamorphosis (1986)
  • The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959) as Tôfuku Kin
  • Omoi Bashi (1973)
  • Early Summer (1951) as Aya Tamura
  • Red Storm (1979)
  • Early Spring (1956) as Masako Sugiyama
  • The Friends (1994) as Yayoi Koko
  • The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice (1952) as Aya Amamiya
  • Until the Lights Come Back (2005)
  • Always in My Heart (1953)
  • Girls of the Night (1961) as Nogami
  • The Other Woman (1961) as Ayako Kouno
  • An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953)
  • Four Sisters (1962) as Kikuno Katagiri
  • Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion (1958) as Yoshino
  • Restoration Fire (1961) as Ofusa
  • Tatsu (1962) as Umeko the Madam
  • The Loyal 47 Ronin (1958) as Riku Ôishi
  • Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen (1957) as Omaki