Actor
Chikage Awashima
February 24, 1924 · Tokyo, 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.
Often works with
Nobuo Nakamura
5 titles together
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love, Early Spring, Secret of Naruto
Seiji Miyaguchi
4 titles together
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love, Early Summer, An Inlet of Muddy Water
Chishū Ryū
4 titles together
Early Summer, The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice, Early Spring
Haruko Sugimura
4 titles together
Early Summer, Early Spring, Summer Clouds
Hisao Toake
4 titles together
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice, The Other Woman, An Inlet of Muddy Water
Tatsuya Nakadai
3 titles together
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love, Haru's Journey, The Other Woman
Full filmography · 124
The Foster Mother
cast
Upcoming
Haru's Journey
as Shigeko Ichikawa
2010
Until the Lights Come Back
cast
2005
Siberian Express 2
as Utako Ieiri
2001
Hometown
cast
1999
Going West: to the West
as Ryu Sakuma:
1997
The Friends
as Yayoi Koko
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Metamorphosis
cast
1986
Children of Nagasaki
cast
1983
Tales of the Inner Chamber
cast
1968
Volcano of Station Front Plaza
cast
1968
A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station
cast
1967