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