Chikage Awashima
Chikage Awashima, ca. 1952.
Born
Keiko Nakagawa

(1924-02-24)24 February 1924
Tokyo, Japan
Died16 February 2012(2012-02-16) (aged 87)
Tokyo, Japan
OccupationActress
Years active1939–2011

Chikage Awashima (淡島 千景, Awashima Chikage, born Keiko Nakagawa, 24 February 1924 – 16 February 2012) was a Japanese film and stage actress.

Life

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.[1][2] She appeared in films of numerous prominent directors like Yasujirō Ozu, Mikio Naruse, Keisuke Kinoshita, Tadashi Imai and Heinosuke Gosho.[2] She received twice the Blue Ribbon Award and twice the Mainichi Film Award for her performances.[3]

Awashima retired from stage in 2009.[4] She died on 16 February 2012, aged 87, from cancer.[5]

Selected filmography

Film

Year Title Role Director Notes
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

Television

Year Title Role Network Notes
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

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "淡島 千景 (Chikage Awashima)". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  2. 1 2 "淡島 千景 (Chikage Awashima)". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  3. ↑ "Chikage Awashima – Awards". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  4. ↑ "淡島 千景 (Chikage Awashima)". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  5. ↑ "女優の淡島千景さん死去 「夫婦善哉」 「駅前」 で活躍 (Actress Chikage Awashima dies, played in "Meoto Zenzai" and "Ekimae")" (in Japanese). Kyodo News. 16 February 2012. Archived from the original on 18 February 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  6. ↑ "1950 Blue Ribbon Awards" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2009-02-07. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  7. ↑ "1955 Blue Ribbon Awards" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2009-02-07. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  8. ↑ "1958 Mainichi Film Awards" (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  9. ↑ "毎日映画コンクール 田中絹代賞とは (What is the Mainichi Film Kinuyo Tanaka Award)". Tanaka Kinuyo Memorial Association (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 10 December 2008. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
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