Chikage Awashima | |
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![]() Chikage Awashima, ca. 1952. | |
Born | Keiko Nakagawa (1924-02-24)24 February 1924 |
Died | 16 February 2012(2012-02-16) (aged 87) Tokyo, Japan |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1939–2011 |
Chikage Awashima (淡島 千景,Awashima Chikage, bornKeiko Nakagawa, 24 February 1924 – 16 February 2012) was a Japanese film and stage actress.
A graduate from Takarazuka Music and Dance School and member of theTakarazuka Revue, Chikage Awashima entered theShochiku film studios and made her film debut in 1950.[1][2] She appeared in films of numerous prominent directors likeYasujirō Ozu,Mikio Naruse,Keisuke Kinoshita,Tadashi Imai andHeinosuke Gosho.[2] She received twice theBlue Ribbon Award and twice theMainichi Film Award for her performances.[3]
Awashima retired from the stage in 2009.[4] On 16 February 2012, eight days before her 88th birthday, she died from cancer.[5]
Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
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1950 | Ten'ya wan'ya | Minoru Shibuya | Screen debut | |
1951 | The Good Fairy | Itsuko Kitaura | Keisuke Kinoshita | |
Early Summer | Aya Tamura | Yasujirō Ozu | ||
1952 | Nami | Nonomiya | Noboru Nakamura | |
The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice | Aya Amamiya | Yasujirō Ozu | ||
Carmen's Pure Love | Chidori | Keisuke Kinoshita | ||
1953 | An Inlet of Muddy Water | O-Riki | Tadashi Imai | |
1955 | Marital Relations | Chōko | Shirō Toyoda | |
1956 | Early Spring | Masako Sugiyama | Yasujirō Ozu | |
Zangiku monogatari | Otoku | Koji Shima | ||
Bridge of Japan | Otaka Inaba | Kon Ichikawa | ||
1957 | Yellow Crow | Machiko Yoshida | Heinosuke Gosho | |
1958 | The Loyal 47 Ronin | Riku Ōishi | Kunio Watanabe | |
Summer Clouds | Yae | Mikio Naruse | ||
Nichiren: A Man of Many Miracles | Shirabyōshi | Kunio Watanabe | ||
1959 | The Human Condition | Kin | Masaki Kobayashi | |
1961 | As a Wife, As a Woman | Ayako Kōno | Mikio Naruse | |
Girls of the Night | Nogami | Kinuyo Tanaka | ||
Mozu | Sugako Okada | Minoru Shibuya | ||
1968 | Ō-oku emaki | Shino | Kōsaku Yamashita | |
Kigeki ekimae kazan | Keiko Morita | Tatsuo Yamada | ||
1976 | Kigeki hyakuten manten | Aki Isogai | Shūe Matsubayashi | |
1983 | Children of Nagasaki | Tsumo | Keisuke Kinoshita | |
1994 | Natsu no niwa | Yayoi Kokō | Shinji Sōmai | |
2005 | Daiteiden no yoru ni | Sayoko | Takashi Minamoto | |
2010 | Haru's Journey | Shigeko Ichiyama | Masahiro Kobayashi |
Year | Title | Role | Network | Notes |
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1963 | Hana no Shōgai | Murayama Taka | NHK | Taiga drama |
1964 | Akō Rōshi | Osen | NHK | Taiga drama |
2006 | Imo tako nankin | Ume Hanaoka | NHK | Asadora |
2011 | Wataru Seken wa Oni Bakari | Maki Hasebe | TBS | Final role |
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