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Chikage Awashima

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.

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

116

Gender

Female

Birthday

1924-02-24

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Japan

Also Known As

Keiko Nakagawa, 淡島千景 , Тикагэ Авасима

Known For

An Urban Affair Early Spring The Human Condition I: No Greater Love The King The Life of Rikisha-Man Aru kankei Hagure kigeki mandara The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night Tatsu Shadow of a Flower The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice Watashi, chigatteiru kashira Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen Oban kanketsu hen Ôban The Mask and Destiny Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen Haru's Journey I Lived, But... The Friends Summer Clouds Flower Shop Curtain Children of Nagasaki The Good Fairy Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa The Other Woman Girls of the Night Evening Calm A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen 武蔵と小次郎 Hana no shôgai Edo no yubae A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox 八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線 Ejima and Ikushima Aces Wild Carmen's Innocent Love Marital Relations Yellow Crow An Inlet of Muddy Water Utamaro, Painter of the Woman A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant Doctor's Day Off The Further Adventures of Genta Love and the Shop Curtain Ma no kisetsu: Haru no mizuumi Bridge of Japan Freedom School Hadaka no Machi Between Yesterday and Tomorrow Roadside Stone Always in My Heart Always in My Heart Part 2 Always in My Heart Part 3 Firefly Light Secret of Naruto Furimuita hanayome An Actor's Revenge Runway to Hell The Master Spearman The Loyal 47 Ronin The Foster Mother Rascals! Go to Hell Edo Purebreed The Unbalanced Wheel Four Sisters Siberian Express 2 Room for Let The Waves Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion Makeraremasen katsumadewa Born in Sin Honno-Ji in Flames The Maid Story Early Summer Dancing Girl The Shrikes Tange Sazen The Hotelman's Holiday Pressure of Guilt Love and Duty A Comedy in Front of the Station: University Yassamossa Pilgrimage at Night A Woman's Life Crazy Uproar Restoration Fire Image of a Mother Metamorphosis Tales of the Inner Chamber Chushingura The Last Judgment Zangiku monogatari Until the Lights Come Back Beauty of Life A Good Man, A Good Day Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai Ganpeki Merry Migratory Birds A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station Hot Spring Ghost Going West: to the West Hometown The Brass General Devices Stronger Than Women Bringing Up Husbands Rakuten fujin Mr. Giant's Victory Flag The Diplomat's Mansion Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made Every Day That New Life Karada no naka o kaze ga fuku The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji A Woman's Skin
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