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Chikage Awashima

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

February 23, 1924 (101 years old)

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Chikage Awashima

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.

Known For
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An Urban Affair

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Early Spring

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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

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The King

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The Life of Rikisha-Man

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Aru kankei

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Hagure kigeki mandara

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The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night

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Doburoku no Tatsu

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Kaei

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The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

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Watashi, chigatteiru kashira

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Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen

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Oban kanketsu hen

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Ôban

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The Mask and Destiny

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Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen

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Haru's Journey

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I Lived, But...

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The Friends

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Summer Clouds

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Flower Shop Curtain

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Children of Nagasaki

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The Good Fairy

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Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa

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The Other Woman

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Girls of the Night

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Evening Calm

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Kigeki ekimae onsen

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武蔵と小次郎

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武蔵と小次郎

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Hana no shôgai

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Edo no yubae

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Kigeki ekimae bentô

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八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線

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Ejima and Ikushima

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Aces Wild

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Carmen's Innocent Love

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Marital Relations

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Yellow Crow

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An Inlet of Muddy Water

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Utamaro, Painter of the Woman

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喜劇 駅前飯店

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Doctor's Day Off

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The Further Adventures of Genta

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Love and the Shop Curtain

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春のみづうみ

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Bridge of Japan

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Freedom School

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Hadaka no Machi

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Between Yesterday and Tomorrow

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Roadside Stone

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Always in My Heart

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Always in My Heart Part 2

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Always in My Heart Part 3

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Firefly Light

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Secret of Naruto

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Furimuita hanayome

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An Actor's Revenge

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Runway to Hell

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The Master Spearman

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The Loyal 47 Ronin

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The Foster Mother

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Rascals! Go to Hell

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Edo Purebreed

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The Unbalanced Wheel

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Four Sisters

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Siberian Express 2

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Room for Let

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The Waves

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Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion

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Makeraremasen katsumadewa

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Born in Sin

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Honno-Ji in Flames

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The Maid Story

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Early Summer

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Dancing Girl

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The Shrikes

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Tange Sazen

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The Hotelman's Holiday

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Pressure of Guilt

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Love and Duty

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A Comedy: The University Around the Corner

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Yassamossa

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Pilgrimage at Night

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A Woman's Life

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Crazy Uproar

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Restoration Fire

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Image of a Mother

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Metamorphosis

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Tales of the Inner Chamber

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Chushingura

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The Last Judgment

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Zangiku monogatari

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Until the Lights Come Back

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Beauty of Life

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A Good Man, A Good Day

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Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai

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Ganpeki

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Merry Migratory Birds

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Akō Rōshi

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Life of a Flower

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Akai Arashi

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Matsudaira Ukon Jikencho

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Omoi Bashi

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Imo Tako Nankin

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Haru yo koi

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