Chikage Awashima
Born in Tokyo, Japan — Feb 24 1924• Died Feb 16 2012
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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…
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Haru yo koi
水川コウ
Akō Rōshi
Life of a Flower
Murayama Taka
Imo Tako Nankin
花岡ウメ
Matsudaira Ukon Jikencho
Omoi Bashi
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Tôfuku Kin
Dancing Girl
Hanae Hanamura
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
Aya Amamiya
Early Spring
Masako Sugiyama
Until the Lights Come Back
Four Sisters
Kikuno Katagiri
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Riku Ôishi
Summer Clouds
Yae
The Other Woman
Ayako Kouno
Early Summer
Aya Tamura
Red Storm
Doctor's Day Off
Always in My Heart Part 2
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
Omaki
An Inlet of Muddy Water
Secret of Naruto
Restoration Fire
Ofusa
A Good Man, A Good Day
Metamorphosis
Honno-Ji in Flames
Kitsuki
I Lived, But...
Self
Girls of the Night
Nogami
Haru's Journey
Shigeko Ichikawa
Ôban
Omaki
Pressure of Guilt
Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
Yoshino
Yellow Crow
Machiko Yoshida
The King
Always in My Heart
Freedom School
A Woman's Life
Nobuko Miki
The Hotelman's Holiday
Otatsu
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
Beauty of Life
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
Born in Sin
Furimuita hanayome
Madame Renko
Kaei
Oban kanketsu hen
Omaki
The Friends
Yayoi Koko
Bridge of Japan
Otaka Inaba
The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night
Natsuo Narumi
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
Omaki
Zangiku monogatari
Otoku
Carmen's Innocent Love
Chidori
Edo Purebreed
Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai
Kakie Goi
A Comedy in Front of the Station: University
Banno Keiko
An Actor's Revenge
The Good Fairy
Itsuko
Siberian Express 2
Utako Ieiri
Love and the Shop Curtain
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
Tatsu
Umeko the Madam
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox
Keiko
Always in My Heart Part 3
Room for Let
Yukiko
武蔵と小次郎
八雲太夫
Firefly Light
Tose
Ejima and Ikushima
絵島
The Brass General
Maki
八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線
お藤
Hagure kigeki mandara
Flower Shop Curtain
Taka Kawashima
春のみづうみ
Marital Relations
Choko
Rascals! Go to Hell
Hana no shôgai
村山たか女
The Life of Rikisha-Man
Chushingura
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
Aces Wild
Tange Sazen
Pilgrimage at Night
Tales of the Inner Chamber
The Foster Mother
The Further Adventures of Genta
Devices Stronger Than Women
Yasuko Sugishita (Daisaku’s wife)
Children of Nagasaki
Hadaka no Machi
Hometown
Evening Calm
The Maid Story
Roadside Stone
Oren
Yassamossa
Aru kankei
Going West: to the West
Ryu Sakuma:
Crazy Uproar
Runway to Hell
Ogin
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
The Waves
The Shrikes
Ganpeki
An Urban Affair
Tamayo Komatsubara
The Mask and Destiny
Watashi, chigatteiru kashira
Katsura's mother
Hot Spring Ghost
Image of a Mother
Sonoko Takada
Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa
The Master Spearman
Sakon Murayama
Love and Duty
A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station
Edo no yubae
芸者おりき
The Unbalanced Wheel
Rakuten fujin
Midori Sakaguchi
The Last Judgment
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot
Bringing Up Husbands
Merry Migratory Birds
長七郎江戸日記スペシャル 母は敵か？！正雪の陰謀