Chikage Awashima
Biography
Chikage Awashima (ζ·‘ε³Ά εζ―, Awashima Chikage, born Keiko Nakagawa, 24 February 1924 β 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 YasujirΕ 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.
Known For
Top 40 Movies
Going West: to the West
1997
Bringing Up Husbands
1959
Restoration Fire
1961
Love and the Shop Curtain
1961
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
1954
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
1962
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
Devices Stronger Than Women
1963
Crazy Uproar
1950
Early Summer
1951
Always in My Heart
1953
Girls of the Night
1961
Firefly Light
1958
Metamorphosis
1986
Children of Nagasaki
1983
A Good Man, A Good Day
1961
The King
1962
The Master Spearman
1960
The Other Woman
1961
Early Spring
1956
Home-Brewed Tatsu
1962
Kaei
1961
Zangiku monogatari
1956
The Last Judgment
1965
I Lived, But...
1983
The Further Adventures of Genta
1955
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958
Tales of the Inner Chamber
1968
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
1958
An Actor's Revenge
1959
Merry Migratory Birds
1952
Flower Shop Curtain
1959
Pressure of Guilt
1963
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1952
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1952
Haru's Journey
2010
Summer Clouds
1958
Always in My Heart Part 2
1953
Zokuzoku Γban: DotΓ΄ hen
1957
An Inlet of Muddy Water
1953