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
Gender
Female
Birthday
1924-02-24
Place of birth
Tokyo, Japan
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Cast
An Urban Affair
1961
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Early Spring
1956
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The King
1962
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The Life of Rikisha-Man
1963
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Aru kankei
1962
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Hagure kigeki mandara
1962
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Home-Brewed Tatsu
1962
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Kaei
1961
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Watashi, chigatteiru kashira
1966
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Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
1957
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Oban kanketsu hen
1958
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Ôban
1957
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The Mask and Destiny
1955
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Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
1957
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Haru's Journey
2010
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I Lived, But...
1983
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The Friends
1994
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Summer Clouds
1958
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Flower Shop Curtain
1959
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Children of Nagasaki
1983
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The Good Fairy
1951
5.14
Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa
1962
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The Other Woman
1961
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Girls of the Night
1961
6.44
Evening Calm
1957
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武蔵と小次郎
1952
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武蔵と小次郎
1952
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Hana no shôgai
1953
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Edo no yubae
1954
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八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線
1955
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Ejima and Ikushima
1955
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Aces Wild
1961
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Carmen's Innocent Love
1952
5.12
Marital Relations
1955
5.20
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953
6.10
Yellow Crow
1957
6.20
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
1959
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Doctor's Day Off
1952
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The Further Adventures of Genta
1955
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Love and the Shop Curtain
1961
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春のみづうみ
1956
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Bridge of Japan
1956
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Freedom School
1951
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Hadaka no Machi
1957
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Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
1954
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Roadside Stone
1964
6.50
Always in My Heart
1953
6.80
Always in My Heart Part 2
1953
6.50
Always in My Heart Part 3
1954
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Firefly Light
1958
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Secret of Naruto
1957
6.90
Furimuita hanayome
1961
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An Actor's Revenge
1959
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Runway to Hell
1960
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The Master Spearman
1960
5.20
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958
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Rascals! Go to Hell
1961
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Edo Purebreed
1961
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The Unbalanced Wheel
1957
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Four Sisters
1962
6.00
Siberian Express 2
2001
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Room for Let
1959
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The Waves
1952
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Makeraremasen katsumadewa
1958
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Born in Sin
1962
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Honno-Ji in Flames
1960
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The Maid Story
1963
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Early Summer
1951
7.85
Dancing Girl
1957
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The Shrikes
1961
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Tange Sazen
1952
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The Hotelman's Holiday
1958
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Pressure of Guilt
1963
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Love and Duty
1954
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Yassamossa
1953
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Pilgrimage at Night
1959
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A Woman's Life
1955
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Crazy Uproar
1950
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Restoration Fire
1961
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Image of a Mother
1959
8.50
Metamorphosis
1986
4.50
Tales of the Inner Chamber
1968
3.75
Chushingura
1954
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The Last Judgment
1965
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Zangiku monogatari
1956
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Until the Lights Come Back
2005
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Beauty of Life
1951
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A Good Man, A Good Day
1961
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Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai
1963
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Ganpeki
1953
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Merry Migratory Birds
1952
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Hot Spring Ghost
1964
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Going West: to the West
1997
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Hometown
1999
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The Brass General
1960
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Devices Stronger Than Women
1963
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Bringing Up Husbands
1959
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Rakuten fujin
1956
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Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1964
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