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.

All movies available from Chikage Awashima

Poster movie The Friends

The Friends

Movie
Poster movie Four Sisters

Four Sisters

Movie

Movies unavailable from Chikage Awashima

An Urban Affair

Tamayo Komatsubara

Movie 1961

Early Spring

Masako Sugiyama

Movie 1956

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

Tôfuku Kin

Movie 1959

The King

Movie 1962

The Life of Rikisha-Man

Movie 1963

Aru kankei

Movie 1962

Hagure kigeki mandara

Movie 1962

The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night

Natsuo Narumi

Movie 1960

Doburoku no Tatsu

Umeko the Madam

Movie 1962

Kaei

Movie 1961

The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice

Aya Amamiya

Movie 1952

Watashi, chigatteiru kashira

Katsura's mother

Movie 1966

Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen

Omaki

Movie 1957

Oban kanketsu hen

Omaki

Movie 1958

Ôban

Omaki

Movie 1957

The Mask and Destiny

Movie 1955

Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen

Omaki

Movie 1957

Haru's Journey

Shigeko Ichikawa

Movie 2010

I Lived, But...

Self

Movie 1983

Summer Clouds

Yae

Movie 1958

Flower Shop Curtain

Taka Kawashima

Movie 1959

Children of Nagasaki

Movie 1983

The Good Fairy

Itsuko

Movie 1951

Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa

Movie 1962

The Other Woman

Ayako Kouno

Movie 1961

Girls of the Night

Nogami

Movie 1961

Evening Calm

Movie 1957

Kigeki ekimae onsen

Movie 1962

武蔵と小次郎

照世

Movie 1952

武蔵と小次郎

八雲太夫

Movie 1952

Hana no shôgai

村山たか女

Movie 1953

Edo no yubae

芸者おりき

Movie 1954

Kigeki ekimae bentô

Keiko

Movie 1961

八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線

お藤

Movie 1955

Ejima and Ikushima

絵島

Movie 1955

Aces Wild

Movie 1961

Carmen's Innocent Love

Chidori

Movie 1952

Marital Relations

Choko

Movie 1955

Yellow Crow

Machiko Yoshida

Movie 1957

An Inlet of Muddy Water

Movie 1953

Utamaro, Painter of the Woman

Movie 1959

喜劇 駅前飯店

Movie 1962

Doctor's Day Off

Movie 1952

The Further Adventures of Genta

Movie 1955

Love and the Shop Curtain

Movie 1961

春のみづうみ

Movie 1956

Bridge of Japan

Otaka Inaba

Movie 1956

Freedom School

Movie 1951

Hadaka no Machi

Movie 1957

Between Yesterday and Tomorrow

Movie 1954

Roadside Stone

Oren

Movie 1964

Always in My Heart

Movie 1953

Always in My Heart Part 2

Movie 1953

Always in My Heart Part 3

Movie 1954

Firefly Light

Tose

Movie 1958

Secret of Naruto

Movie 1957

Furimuita hanayome

Madame Renko

Movie 1961

An Actor's Revenge

Movie 1959

Runway to Hell

Ogin

Movie 1960

The Master Spearman

Sakon Murayama

Movie 1960

The Loyal 47 Ronin

Riku Ôishi

Movie 1958

The Foster Mother

Movie

Rascals! Go to Hell

Movie 1961

Edo Purebreed

Movie 1961

The Unbalanced Wheel

Movie 1957

Siberian Express 2

Utako Ieiri

Movie 2001

Room for Let

Yukiko

Movie 1959

The Waves

Movie 1952

Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion

Yoshino

Movie 1958

Makeraremasen katsumadewa

Movie 1958

Born in Sin

Movie 1962

Honno-Ji in Flames

Kitsuki

Movie 1960

The Maid Story

Movie 1963

Early Summer

Aya Tamura

Movie 1951

Dancing Girl

Hanae Hanamura

Movie 1957

The Shrikes

Movie 1961

Tange Sazen

Movie 1952

The Hotelman's Holiday

Otatsu

Movie 1958

Pressure of Guilt

Movie 1963

Love and Duty

Movie 1954

A Comedy: The University Around the Corner

Banno Keiko

Movie 1965

Yassamossa

Movie 1953

Pilgrimage at Night

Movie 1959

A Woman's Life

Nobuko Miki

Movie 1955

Crazy Uproar

Movie 1950

Restoration Fire

Ofusa

Movie 1961

Image of a Mother

Sonoko Takada

Movie 1959

Metamorphosis

Movie 1986

Tales of the Inner Chamber

Movie 1968

Chushingura

Movie 1954

The Last Judgment

Movie 1965

Zangiku monogatari

Otoku

Movie 1956

Until the Lights Come Back

Movie 2005

Beauty of Life

Movie 1951

A Good Man, A Good Day

Tokiko

Movie 1961

Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai

Kakie Goi

Movie 1963

Ganpeki

Movie 1953

Tv series unavailable from Chikage Awashima

Akō Rōshi

Tv 1964

Life of a Flower

Murayama Taka

Tv 1963

Akai Arashi

Tv 1979

Matsudaira Ukon Jikencho

Tv 1982

Omoi Bashi

Tv 1973

Imo Tako Nankin

花岡ウメ

Tv 2006

Haru yo koi

水川コウ

Tv 1994

長七郎江戸日記スペシャル　母は敵か？！正雪の陰謀

Tv 1985