Personal Info
Birthday
February 24, 1924
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Japan
Known For
Acting
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 twice for her performances. Awashima retired from stage in 2009. She died on 16 February 2012, aged 87, from cancer.
Acting Filmography (119)
6.5
Haru's Journey
Movie2010
10.0
Imo Tako Nankin
TV Series2006
6.4
Until the Lights Come Back
Movie2005
No Backdrop
0.0
Siberian Express 2
Movie2001
No Backdrop
0.0
Hometown
Movie1999
No Backdrop
0.0
Going West: to the West
Movie1997
0.0
Haru yo koi
TV Series1994
7.1
The Friends
Movie1994
5.1
Metamorphosis
Movie1986
No Backdrop
0.0
長七郎江戸日記スペシャル 母は敵か？！正雪の陰謀
TV Series1985
6.8
I Lived, But...
Movie1983
6.6
Children of Nagasaki
Movie1983
0.0
Matsudaira Ukon Jikencho
TV Series1982
0.0
Red Storm
TV Series1979
0.0
Omoi Bashi
TV Series1973
5.0
Tales of the Inner Chamber
Movie1968
No Backdrop
8.0
A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station
Movie1967
0.0
Watashi, chigatteiru kashira
Movie1966
7.0
A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
Movie1965
8.3
The Last Judgment
Movie1965
No Backdrop
6.5
Roadside Stone
Movie1964
10.0
Hot Spring Ghost
Movie1964
No Backdrop
8.0
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
Movie1964
7.5
Akō Rōshi
TV Series1964
No Backdrop
10.0
The Maid Story
Movie1963
No Backdrop
7.0
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot
Movie1963
No Backdrop
8.0
The Life of Rikisha-Man
Movie1963
9.0
Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai
Movie1963
7.0
Life of a Flower
TV Series1963
No Backdrop
7.5
Pressure of Guilt
Movie1963
No Backdrop
0.0
Devices Stronger Than Women
Movie1963
No Backdrop
8.0
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
Movie1962
8.0
The King
Movie1962
No Backdrop
9.0
Born in Sin
Movie1962
No Backdrop
10.0
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
Movie1962
No Backdrop
6.0
Four Sisters
Movie1962
No Backdrop
0.0
Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa
Movie1962
7.0
Tatsu
Movie1962
No Backdrop
7.0
Hagure kigeki mandara
Movie1962
No Backdrop
0.0
Aru kankei
Movie1962
No Backdrop
8.0
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
Movie1961
No Backdrop
0.0
Rascals! Go to Hell
Movie1961
No Backdrop
7.0
Shadow of a Flower
Movie1961
No Backdrop
8.0
The Diplomat's Mansion
Movie1961
7.0
Restoration Fire
Movie1961
6.5
Girls of the Night
Movie1961
No Backdrop
7.0
An Urban Affair
Movie1961
0.0
A Good Man, A Good Day
Movie1961
6.3
The Other Woman
Movie1961
0.0
Love and the Shop Curtain
Movie1961
No Backdrop
0.0
The Shrikes
Movie1961
9.0
Edo Purebreed
Movie1961
8.0
Aces Wild
Movie1961
No Backdrop
7.0
The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night
Movie1960
No Backdrop
0.0
The Brass General
Movie1960
6.3
Honno-Ji in Flames
Movie1960
6.0
The Master Spearman
Movie1960
No Backdrop
7.0
Runway to Hell
Movie1960
No Backdrop
6.0
An Actor's Revenge
Movie1959
9.0
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
Movie1959
No Backdrop
0.0
Pilgrimage at Night
Movie1959
No Backdrop
7.0
Room for Let
Movie1959
No Backdrop
0.0
Bringing Up Husbands
Movie1959
8.5
Image of a Mother
Movie1959
10.0
Flower Shop Curtain
Movie1959
8.1
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Movie1959
No Backdrop
7.0
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
Movie1958
7.6
Summer Clouds
Movie1958
9.0
The Hotelman's Holiday
Movie1958
No Backdrop
0.0
Oban kanketsu hen
Movie1958
6.2
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Movie1958
9.0
Firefly Light
Movie1958
No Backdrop
9.0
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
Movie1958
No Backdrop
8.0
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
Movie1957
No Backdrop
7.0
The Unbalanced Wheel
Movie1957
No Backdrop
7.0
Secret of Naruto
Movie1957
No Backdrop
0.0
Hadaka no Machi
Movie1957
No Backdrop
9.0
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
Movie1957
No Backdrop
0.0
Karada no naka o kaze ga fuku
Movie1957
No Backdrop
0.0
A Woman's Skin
Movie1957
No Backdrop
9.0
Ôban
Movie1957
6.7
Yellow Crow
Movie1957
8.0
Dancing Girl
Movie1957
No Backdrop
0.0
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
Movie1956
No Backdrop
7.8
Bridge of Japan
Movie1956
7.0
Zangiku monogatari
Movie1956
No Backdrop
0.0
Ma no kisetsu: Haru no mizuumi
Movie1956
7.5
Early Spring
Movie1956
No Backdrop
0.0
Ejima and Ikushima
Movie1955
0.0
Every Day That New Life
Movie1955
5.6
Marital Relations
Movie1955
No Backdrop
0.0
The Further Adventures of Genta
Movie1955
No Backdrop
0.0
Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made
Movie1955
No Backdrop
0.0
A Woman's Life
Movie1955
No Backdrop
0.0
八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線
Movie1955
No Backdrop
0.0
Chushingura
Movie1954
No Backdrop
0.0
Edo no yubae
Movie1954
No Backdrop
0.0
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
Movie1954
7.0
Always in My Heart Part 3
Movie1954
No Backdrop
0.0
Love and Duty
Movie1954
6.5
Always in My Heart Part 2
Movie1953
No Backdrop
6.3
An Inlet of Muddy Water
Movie1953
No Backdrop
0.0
Hana no shôgai
Movie1953
6.8
Always in My Heart
Movie1953
No Backdrop
0.0
Ganpeki
Movie1953
No Backdrop
8.0
Yassamossa
Movie1953
5.2
Carmen's Innocent Love
Movie1952
No Backdrop
0.0
武蔵と小次郎
Movie1952
7.5
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
Movie1952
10.0
Tange Sazen
Movie1952
No Backdrop
5.5
The Waves
Movie1952
No Backdrop
6.8
Doctor's Day Off
Movie1952
No Backdrop
0.0
Merry Migratory Birds
Movie1952
No Backdrop
10.0
Beauty of Life
Movie1951
7.9
Early Summer
Movie1951
No Backdrop
7.0
Freedom School
Movie1951
5.8
The Good Fairy
Movie1951
No Backdrop
9.0
Crazy Uproar
Movie1950
0.0
The Foster Mother
MovieN/A