Chikage Awashima

Chikage Awashima
File:Tamao Nakamura in Zangiku Monogatari 1956.jpg
Born	(1924-02-24)24 February 1924 Tokyo, Japan
Died	Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1939–2012

Chikage Awashima (淡島 千景, Awashima Chikage, born Keiko Nakagawa; 24 February 1924 – 16 February 2012) was a Japanese actress who first appeared in films in the 1950s.

She died on 16 February 2012, aged 87, from cancer.

Partial filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
1950	Tenya wanya		Minoru Shibuya	Screen debut
1951	Early Summer	Aya Tamura	Yasujirō Ozu
1952	Nami	Nonomiya	Noboru Nakamura
1952	The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice	Aya Amamiya	Yasujirō Ozu
1953	An Inlet of Muddy Water	O-Riki	Tadashi Imai
1953	Hana no Shōgai	Murayama Taka	Tatsuo Ōsone
1955	Meoto zenzai	Chōko	Shirō Toyoda
1956	Early Spring	Masako Sugiyama	Yasujirō Ozu
1956	Zangiku monogatari	Otoku	Koji Shima
1958	The Loyal 47 Ronin	Riku Ōishi	Kunio Watanabe
1958	Iwashigumo	Yae	Mikio Naruse
1959	The Human Condition	Kin	Masaki Kobayashi
1961	Poignant Story	Ayako Kōno	Mikio Naruse
1961	Girls of the Night	Nogami	Kinuyo Tanaka
1961	Mozu	Sugako Okada	Minoru Shibuya
1968	Ô-oku emaki	Shino	Kōsaku Yamashita
1968	Kigeki ekimae kazan	Keiko Morita	Tatsuo Yamada
1976	Kigeki hyakuten manten	Aki Isogai	Shūe Matsubayashi
1983	Kono ko wo nokoshite	Tsumo	Keisuke Kinoshita
1994	Natsu no niwa	Yayoi Kokō	Shinji Sōmai
2005	Daiteiden no yoru ni	Sayoko	Takashi Minamoto
2010	Haru tono tabi	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

• Medal with Purple Ribbon (1988)
• Order of the Precious Crown, 4th Class, Wisteria (1995)

External links

• Chikage Awashima at the Internet Movie Database