Chikage Awashima [213495] Gender: Female Popularity: 1.6978 Birthplace: Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan Birthday: 1924-02-24 Deathday: 2012-02-16 Age: 88 years Movies: 102 Links: Homepage, IMDB 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. Haru's Journey2010-05-22 Until the Lights2005-11-19 Siberian Express2001-01-13 The Friends1994-04-09 Metamorphosis1986-10-10 I Lived, But...1983-10-29 Children of Naga1983-09-16 Tales of the Inn1968-11-16 A Hundred-Years'1967-11-18 Watashi, chigatt1966-07-29 A Comedy in Fron1965-10-31 The Last Judgmen1965-05-16 Roadside Stone1964-06-14 Hot Spring Ghost1964-06-11 The Maid Story1963-06-16 A Comedy in Fron1963-06-13 The Life of Riki1963-04-28 Kigeki: Tonkatsu1963-04-10 Pressure of Guil1963-02-17 A Comedy in Fron1962-12-23 The King1962-11-23 Born in Sin1962-11-23 A Comedy in Fron1962-07-29 Four Sisters1962-07-01 Otoko dokyō no 1962-06-24 Home-Brewed Tats1962-04-29 Hagure kigeki ma1962-02-24 Aru kankei1962-01-21 A Comedy in Fron1961-12-24 Rascals! Go to H1961-12-24 Kaei1961-12-09 Restoration Fire1961-10-14 Furimuita hanayo1961-09-16 Girls of the Nig1961-09-04 An Urban Affair1961-08-13 A Good Man, A Go1961-08-13 The Other Woman1961-05-30 Love and the Sho1961-04-28 The Shrikes1961-03-01 Edo Purebreed1961-02-07 Aces Wild1961-01-09 The Akasaka Sist1960-11-20 Honno-Ji in Flam1960-09-11 The Master Spear1960-05-15 Runway to Hell1960-05-03 An Actor's Reven1959-12-25 Utamaro, Painter1959-10-11 Pilgrimage at Ni1959-09-20 Room for Let1959-06-02 Image of a Mothe1959-03-04 Flower Shop Curt1959-01-27 The Human Condit1959-01-15 Nichiren and the1958-10-01 Summer Clouds1958-09-02 The Hotelman's H1958-07-12 Oban kanketsu he1958-07-01 The Loyal 47 Ron1958-04-01 Firefly Light1958-03-18 Makeraremasen ka1958-01-09 Zokuzoku Ôban: 1957-12-17 The Unbalanced W1957-11-26 Secret of Naruto1957-09-29 Hadaka no Machi1957-07-23 Zoku Ôban: Fûu1957-07-19 Evening Calm1957-04-01 Ôban1957-03-05 Yellow Crow1957-02-27 Dancing Girl1957-02-12 Bridge of Japan1956-10-01 Zangiku monogata1956-04-23 春のみづう1956-03-11 Early Spring1956-01-29 Ejima and Ikushi1955-10-30 Marital Relation1955-09-13 The Mask and Des1955-07-13 The Further Adve1955-06-07 A Woman's Life1955-01-29 八州遊侠伝 1955-01-09 Chushingura1954-10-17 Edo no yubae1954-09-01 Between Yesterda1954-06-15 Always in My Hea1954-04-27 Love and Duty1954-03-24 Always in My Hea1953-12-01 An Inlet of Mudd1953-11-23 Hana no shôgai1953-10-14 Always in My Hea1953-09-15 Ganpeki1953-04-22 Yassamossa1953-02-25 Carmen's Innocen1952-11-13 武蔵と小次1952-10-15 The Flavor of Gr1952-10-01 Tange Sazen1952-08-14 The Waves1952-04-03 Doctor's Day Off1952-04-01 Merry Migratory 1952-01-03 Beauty of Life1951-12-07 Early Summer1951-10-03 The Foster Mothe Freedom School1951-05-05 The Good Fairy1951-02-17 Crazy Uproar1950-07-23