
Chikage Awashima
Known for: Acting
Born: February 24, 1924
Died: February 16, 2012
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

Early Spring
1956

Summer Clouds
1958

Flower Shop Curtain
1959
Evening Calm
1957

Ejima and Ikushima
1955

Yellow Crow
1957

Love and the Shop Curtain
1961

Ma no kisetsu: Haru no mizuumi
1956

Bridge of Japan
1956

Roadside Stone
1964

Firefly Light
1958

Secret of Naruto
1957

The Unbalanced Wheel
1957

Dancing Girl
1957

Love and Duty
1954

Yassamossa
1953

A Woman's Life
1955

Crazy Uproar
1950

Image of a Mother
1959

Going West: to the West
1997

Hometown
1999
Rakuten fujin
1956

Karada no naka o kaze ga fuku
1957

The King
1962

Aru kankei
1962

The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night
1960

Oban kanketsu hen
1958

Ôban
1957
The Mask and Destiny
1955

The Good Fairy
1951

Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa
1962

The Other Woman
1961

Marital Relations
1955

Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
1959

Hadaka no Machi
1957

An Actor's Revenge
1959

The Master Spearman
1960

The Foster Mother

Rascals! Go to Hell
1961

Edo Purebreed
1961

Room for Let
1959

The Waves
1952

The Shrikes
1961

Tange Sazen
1952

Restoration Fire
1961

Tales of the Inner Chamber
1968

Zangiku monogatari
1956

Beauty of Life
1951

A Good Man, A Good Day
1961

Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai
1963

Ganpeki
1953

A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station
1967

The Brass General
1960

Bringing Up Husbands
1959

Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made
1955

The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
1956

A Woman's Skin
1957

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959

The Life of Rikisha-Man
1963

Tatsu
1962

Children of Nagasaki
1983

武蔵と小次郎
1952

Edo no yubae
1954

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
1961

八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線
1955

Aces Wild
1961

Carmen's Innocent Love
1952

An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953

Doctor's Day Off
1952

The Further Adventures of Genta
1955

Freedom School
1951

Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
1954

Always in My Heart
1953

Always in My Heart Part 2
1953

Always in My Heart Part 3
1954

Siberian Express 2
2001

Makeraremasen katsumadewa
1958

Born in Sin
1962

Early Summer
1951

Pressure of Guilt
1963

Merry Migratory Birds
1952

The Diplomat's Mansion
1961

Hagure kigeki mandara
1962

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
1952

Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
1957

I Lived, But...
1983

Girls of the Night
1961

The Hotelman's Holiday
1958

Pilgrimage at Night
1959

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot
1963

Hot Spring Ghost
1964

A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
1965

Watashi, chigatteiru kashira
1966

Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
1957

Chushingura
1954

The Last Judgment
1965

Haru's Journey
2010

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
1962

Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
1958

Honno-Ji in Flames
1960

An Urban Affair
1961

Devices Stronger Than Women
1963

Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1964

Every Day That New Life
1955

Shadow of a Flower
1961

The Friends
1994
Furimuita hanayome
1961

The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958

Metamorphosis
1986

Until the Lights Come Back
2005

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
1962

Runway to Hell
1960

The Maid Story
1963

Four Sisters
1962

Hana no shôgai
1953

Akō Rōshi
1964

Life of a Flower
1963

Red Storm
1979

Matsudaira Ukon Jikencho
1982

Omoi Bashi
1973

Imo Tako Nankin
2006

Haru yo koi
1994

長七郎江戸日記スペシャル 母は敵か?!正雪の陰謀
1985