Chikage Awashima
Born February 24, 1924 (Age: 102)
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Tokyo, Japan
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.
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.
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Filmography
Hometown
1999
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Age: 75
Going West: to the West
1997
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as Ryu Sakuma:
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Age: 73
Hot Spring Ghost
1964
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Age: 40
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
1964
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Age: 39
The Maid Story
1963
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Age: 39
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot
1963
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Age: 39
The Life of Rikisha-Man
1963
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Age: 39
Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai
1963
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as Kakie Goi
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Age: 39
Pressure of Guilt
1963
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Age: 38
Devices Stronger Than Women
1963
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as Yasuko Sugishita (Daisaku’s wife)
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Age: 38
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
1962
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Age: 38
The King
1962
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Age: 38
Born in Sin
1962
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Age: 38
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
1962
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Age: 38
Four Sisters
1962
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as Kikuno Katagiri
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Age: 38
Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa
1962
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Age: 38
Home-Brewed Tatsu
1962
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as Umeko the Madam
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Age: 38
Hagure kigeki mandara
1962
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Age: 38
Aru kankei
1962
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Age: 37
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
1961
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as Keiko
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Age: 37
Rascals! Go to Hell
1961
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Age: 37
Kaei
1961
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Age: 37
Restoration Fire
1961
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as Ofusa
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Age: 37
No Image
Furimuita hanayome
1961
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as Madame Renko
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Age: 37
Girls of the Night
1961
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as Nogami
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Age: 37
A Good Man, A Good Day
1961
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Age: 37
An Urban Affair
1961
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as Tamayo Komatsubara
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Age: 37
The Other Woman
1961
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as Ayako Kouno
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Age: 37
Love and the Shop Curtain
1961
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Age: 37
The Shrikes
1961
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Age: 37
Edo Purebreed
1961
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Age: 36
Aces Wild
1961
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Age: 36
The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night
1960
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as Natsuo Narumi
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Age: 36
The Brass General
1960
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as Maki
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Age: 36
Honno-Ji in Flames
1960
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as Kitsuki
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Age: 36
The Master Spearman
1960
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as Sakon Murayama
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Age: 36
Runway to Hell
1960
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as Ogin
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Age: 36
An Actor's Revenge
1959
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Age: 35
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
1959
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Age: 35
Pilgrimage at Night
1959
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Age: 35
Room for Let
1959
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as Yukiko
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Age: 35
Bringing Up Husbands
1959
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Age: 35
Image of a Mother
1959
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as Sonoko Takada
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Age: 35
Flower Shop Curtain
1959
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as Taka Kawashima
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Age: 34
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
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as Tôfuku Kin
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Age: 34
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
1958
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as Yoshino
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Age: 34
The Hotelman's Holiday
1958
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as Otatsu
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Age: 34
Oban kanketsu hen
1958
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as Omaki
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Age: 34
Firefly Light
1958
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as Tose
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Age: 34
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
1958
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Age: 33
Bridge of Japan
1956
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as Otaka Inaba
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Age: 32
No Image
Rakuten fujin
1956
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as Midori Sakaguchi
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Age: 32
Zangiku monogatari
1956
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as Otoku
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Age: 32
春のみづうみ
1956
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Age: 32
Ejima and Ikushima
1955
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as 絵島
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Age: 31
No Image
The Mask and Destiny
1955
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Age: 31
The Further Adventures of Genta
1955
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Age: 31
A Woman's Life
1955
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as Nobuko Miki
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Age: 30
八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線
1955
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as お藤
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Age: 30
Hana no shôgai
1953
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as 村山たか女
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Age: 29
Ganpeki
1953
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Age: 29