Chikage Awashima
Born: Feb 24, 1924
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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.
Movie that she play too
An Urban Affair
0% Match1961
Early Spring
75% Match1956
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
81% Match1959
The King
0% Match1962
The Life of Rikisha-Man
0% Match1963
Aru kankei
0% Match1962
Hagure kigeki mandara
0% Match1962
The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night
0% Match1960
Home-Brewed Tatsu
0% Match1962
Kaei
0% Match1961
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
76% Match1952
Watashi, chigatteiru kashira
0% Match1966
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
0% Match1957
Oban kanketsu hen
0% Match1958
Ôban
0% Match1957
The Mask and Destiny
0% Match1955
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
0% Match1957
Haru's Journey
65% Match2010
I Lived, But...
65% Match1983
The Friends
74% Match1994
Summer Clouds
75% Match1958
Flower Shop Curtain
0% Match1959
Children of Nagasaki
61% Match1983
The Good Fairy
51% Match1951
Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa
0% Match1962
The Other Woman
63% Match1961
Girls of the Night
64% Match1961
Evening Calm
0% Match1957
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
0% Match1962
武蔵と小次郎
0% Match1952
武蔵と小次郎
0% Match1952
Hana no shôgai
0% Match1953
Edo no yubae
0% Match1954
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
0% Match1961
八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線
0% Match1955
Ejima and Ikushima
0% Match1955
Aces Wild
0% Match1961
Carmen's Innocent Love
51% Match1952
Marital Relations
52% Match1955
An Inlet of Muddy Water
61% Match1953
Yellow Crow
62% Match1957
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
0% Match1959
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
0% Match1962
Doctor's Day Off
60% Match1952
The Further Adventures of Genta
0% Match1955
Love and the Shop Curtain
0% Match1961
春のみづうみ
0% Match1956
Bridge of Japan
73% Match1956
Freedom School
0% Match1951
Hadaka no Machi
0% Match1957
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
0% Match1954
Roadside Stone
65% Match1964
Always in My Heart
68% Match1953
Always in My Heart Part 2
65% Match1953
Always in My Heart Part 3
70% Match1954
Firefly Light
0% Match1958
Secret of Naruto
69% Match1957
Furimuita hanayome
0% Match1961
An Actor's Revenge
60% Match1959
Runway to Hell
65% Match1960
The Master Spearman
52% Match1960
The Loyal 47 Ronin
60% Match1958
The Foster Mother
0% MatchInvalid date
Rascals! Go to Hell
0% Match1961
Edo Purebreed
0% Match1961
The Unbalanced Wheel
0% Match1957
Four Sisters
60% Match1962
Siberian Express 2
0% Match2001
Room for Let
60% Match1959
The Waves
50% Match1952
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
0% Match1958
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
0% Match1958
Born in Sin
0% Match1962
Honno-Ji in Flames
50% Match1960
The Maid Story
0% Match1963
Early Summer
78% Match1951
Dancing Girl
60% Match1957
The Shrikes
0% Match1961
Tange Sazen
0% Match1952
The Hotelman's Holiday
0% Match1958
Pressure of Guilt
70% Match1963
Love and Duty
0% Match1954
A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
0% Match1965
Yassamossa
0% Match1953
Pilgrimage at Night
0% Match1959
A Woman's Life
0% Match1955
Crazy Uproar
0% Match1950
Restoration Fire
70% Match1961
Image of a Mother
85% Match1959
Metamorphosis
45% Match1986
Tales of the Inner Chamber
37% Match1968
Chushingura
0% Match1954
The Last Judgment
0% Match1965
Zangiku monogatari
70% Match1956
Until the Lights Come Back
60% Match2005
Beauty of Life
0% Match1951
A Good Man, A Good Day
0% Match1961
Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai
0% Match1963
Ganpeki
0% Match1953
Merry Migratory Birds
0% Match1952
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot
0% Match1963
A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station
0% Match1967
Hot Spring Ghost
0% Match1964
Going West: to the West
0% Match1997
Hometown
0% Match1999
The Brass General
0% Match1960
Devices Stronger Than Women
0% Match1963
Bringing Up Husbands
0% Match1959
Rakuten fujin
0% Match1956
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
0% Match1964