Chikage Awashima
Age: N/A | From: Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Keiko Nakagawa , 淡島千景 , Тикагэ Авасима
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
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Movie Involvements: 37
TV Involvements: 3
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
(1959) Tôfuku Kin
Early Summer
(1951) Aya Tamura
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
(1952) Aya Amamiya
Early Spring
(1956) Masako Sugiyama
Haru yo koi
(1994) 水川コウ
Summer Clouds
(1958) Yae
Girls of the Night
(1961) Nogami
Haru's Journey
(2010) Shigeko IchikawaActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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| 2010 | Shigeko Ichikawa | |
| 2006 | 花岡ウメ | |
| 2005 | N/A | |
| 2001 | Utako Ieiri | |
| 1994 | 水川コウ | |
| Yayoi Koko | ||
| 1986 | N/A | |
| 1985 | N/A | |
| 1983 | Self | |
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| 1982 | N/A | |
| 1979 | N/A | |
| 1973 | N/A | |
| 1968 | N/A | |
| 1966 | Katsura's mother | |
| 1965 | Banno Keiko | |
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| 1964 | Oren | |
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| 1963 | N/A | |
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| Kakie Goi | ||
| Murayama Taka | ||
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| 1962 | N/A | |
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| Kikuno Katagiri | ||
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| Umeko the Madam | ||
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| 1961 | Keiko | |
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| Ofusa | ||
| Madame Renko | ||
| Nogami | ||
| Tamayo Komatsubara | ||
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| Ayako Kouno | ||
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| 1960 | Natsuo Narumi | |
| Kitsuki | ||
| Sakon Murayama | ||
| Ogin | ||
| 1959 | N/A | |
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| Yukiko | ||
| Sonoko Takada | ||
| Taka Kawashima | ||
| Tôfuku Kin | ||
| 1958 | Yoshino | |
| Yae | ||
| Otatsu | ||
| Omaki | ||
| Riku Ôishi | ||
| Tose | ||
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| 1957 | Omaki | |
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| Omaki | ||
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| Omaki | ||
| Machiko Yoshida | ||
| Hanae Hanamura | ||
| 1956 | Otaka Inaba | |
| Otoku | ||
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| Masako Sugiyama | ||
| 1955 | 絵島 | |
| Choko | ||
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| Nobuko Miki | ||
| お藤 | ||
| 1954 | N/A | |
| 芸者おりき | ||
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| 1953 | N/A | |
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| 村山たか女 | ||
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| 1952 | Chidori | |
| 照世 | ||
| 八雲太夫 | ||
| Aya Amamiya | ||
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| 1951 | N/A | |
| Aya Tamura | ||
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| Itsuko | ||
| 1950 | N/A | |
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