Chikage Awashima
Acting
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Acting 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 Yasu...
Known For
Filmography
Haru's Journey
2010
as Shigeko Ichikawa
Imo Tako Nankin
2006
as 花岡ウメ
Until the Lights Come Back
2005
Siberian Express 2
2001
as Utako Ieiri
Hometown
1999
Going West: to the West
1997
as Ryu Sakuma:
The Friends
1994
as Yayoi Koko
Haru yo koi
1994
as 水川コウ
Metamorphosis
1986
長七郎江戸日記スペシャル 母は敵か？！正雪の陰謀
1985
I Lived, But...
1983
as Self
Children of Nagasaki
1983
Matsudaira Ukon Jikencho
1982
Red Storm
1979
Omoi Bashi
1973
Tales of the Inner Chamber
1968
A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station
1967
Watashi, chigatteiru kashira
1966
as Katsura's mother
A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
1965
as Banno Keiko
The Last Judgment
1965
Roadside Stone
1964
as Oren
Hot Spring Ghost
1964
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1964
Akō Rōshi
1964
The Life of Rikisha-Man
1963
The Maid Story
1963
Pressure of Guilt
1963
Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai
1963
as Kakie Goi
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot
1963
Devices Stronger Than Women
1963
as Yasuko Sugishita (Daisaku’s wife)
Life of a Flower
1963
as Murayama Taka
The King
1962
Aru kankei
1962
Hagure kigeki mandara
1962
Home-Brewed Tatsu
1962
as Umeko the Madam
Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa
1962
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
1962
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
1962
Four Sisters
1962
as Kikuno Katagiri
Born in Sin
1962
An Urban Affair
1961
as Tamayo Komatsubara
Kaei
1961
The Other Woman
1961
as Ayako Kouno
Girls of the Night
1961
as Nogami
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
1961
as Keiko
Aces Wild
1961
Love and the Shop Curtain
1961
Furimuita hanayome
1961
as Madame Renko
Rascals! Go to Hell
1961
Edo Purebreed
1961
The Shrikes
1961
Restoration Fire
1961
as Ofusa
A Good Man, A Good Day
1961
The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night
1960
as Natsuo Narumi
Runway to Hell
1960
as Ogin
The Master Spearman
1960
as Sakon Murayama
Honno-Ji in Flames
1960
as Kitsuki
The Brass General
1960
as Maki
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
as Tôfuku Kin
Flower Shop Curtain
1959
as Taka Kawashima
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
1959
An Actor's Revenge
1959
Room for Let
1959
as Yukiko
Pilgrimage at Night
1959
Image of a Mother
1959
as Sonoko Takada
Bringing Up Husbands
1959
Oban kanketsu hen
1958
as Omaki
Summer Clouds
1958
as Yae
Firefly Light
1958
as Tose
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958
as Riku Ôishi
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
1958
as Yoshino
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
1958
The Hotelman's Holiday
1958
as Otatsu
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
1957
as Omaki
Ôban
1957
as Omaki
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
1957
as Omaki
Evening Calm
1957
Yellow Crow
1957
as Machiko Yoshida
Hadaka no Machi
1957
Secret of Naruto
1957
The Unbalanced Wheel
1957
Dancing Girl
1957
as Hanae Hanamura
Early Spring
1956
as Masako Sugiyama
春のみづうみ
1956
Bridge of Japan
1956
as Otaka Inaba
Zangiku monogatari
1956
as Otoku
Rakuten fujin
1956
as Midori Sakaguchi
The Mask and Destiny
1955
八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線
1955
as お藤
Ejima and Ikushima
1955
as 絵島
Marital Relations
1955
as Choko
The Further Adventures of Genta
1955
A Woman's Life
1955
as Nobuko Miki
Edo no yubae
1954
as 芸者おりき
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
1954
Always in My Heart Part 3
1954
Love and Duty
1954
Chushingura
1954
Hana no shôgai
1953
as 村山たか女
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
Always in My Heart Part 2
1953
Always in My Heart
1953
Yassamossa
1953
Ganpeki
1953
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
1952
as Aya Amamiya
武蔵と小次郎
1952
as 照世
武蔵と小次郎
1952
as 八雲太夫
Carmen's Innocent Love
1952
as Chidori
Doctor's Day Off
1952
The Waves
1952
Tange Sazen
1952
Merry Migratory Birds
1952
The Good Fairy
1951
as Itsuko
Freedom School
1951
Early Summer
1951
as Aya Tamura
Beauty of Life
1951
Crazy Uproar
1950