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. She appeared in films of numerous prominent directors like Yasujirō Ozu, Mikio Naruse, Keisuke Kinoshita, Tadashi Imai and Heinosuke Gosho. She received twice the Blue Ribbon Award and twice the Mainichi Film Award for her performances.
Awashima retired from the stage in 2009. On 16 February 2012, eight days before her 88th birthday, she died from pancreatic cancer.
Selected filmography Film Year Title Role Director Notes 1950 Ten'ya wan'ya Minoru Shibuya Screen debut1951The Good FairyItsuko KitauraKeisuke Kinoshita Early Summer Aya Tamura Yasujirō Ozu 1952 Nami Nonomiya Noboru Nakamura The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice Aya Amamiya Yasujirō OzuCarmen's Pure LoveChidoriKeisuke 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 JapanOtaka InabaKon Ichikawa1957 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 1950: Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actress for Ten'ya wan'ya and Okusama ni goyojin 1955: Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actress for Marital Relations 1958: Mainichi Film Award for Best Actress for Summer Clouds and Hotarubi 1988: Medal with Purple Ribbon 1995: Order of the Precious Crown, 4th Class, Wisteria 1997: Mainichi Film Awards Kinuyo Tanaka Award
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