Chikage Awashima
Known for ActingBorn 1924-02-24 — died 2012-02-16Tokyo, Japan
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.
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Awashima retired from stage in 2009. She died on 16 February 2012, aged 87, from cancer.
Known for
Metamorphosis
1986
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959 · as Tôfuku Kin
Early Summer
1951 · as Aya Tamura
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
1952 · as Aya Amamiya
The Friends
1994 · as Yayoi Koko
Early Spring
1956 · as Masako Sugiyama
Roadside Stone
1964 · as Oren
Summer Clouds
1958 · as Yae
The Unbalanced Wheel
1957
The Last Judgment
1965
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
Girls of the Night
1961 · as Nogami
Hadaka no Machi
1957
Until the Lights Come Back
2005
Runway to Hell
1960 · as Ogin
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
1958 · as Yoshino
Room for Let
1959 · as Yukiko
Haru's Journey
2010 · as Shigeko Ichikawa