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.

Filmography

• 2010Haru's Journey — Shigeko Ichikawa
• Imo Tako Nankin — 花岡ウメ
• 2005Until the Lights Come Back
• 2001Siberian Express 2 — Utako Ieiri
• 1999Hometown
• 1997Going West: to the West — Ryu Sakuma:
• Haru yo koi — 水川コウ
• 1994The Friends — Yayoi Koko
• 1986Metamorphosis
• 長七郎江戸日記スペシャル　母は敵か？！正雪の陰謀
• 1983Children of Nagasaki
• Matsudaira Ukon Jikencho
• Red Storm
• Omoi Bashi
• 1968Tales of the Inner Chamber
• 1968Volcano of Station Front Plaza
• 1967A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station
• 1967Exploration in Front of the Station
• 1967Mahjong Madness
• 1966Big Wind at the Spa
• 1966How to Win a Race
• 1966Watashi, chigatteiru kashira — Katsura's mother
• 1965A Comedy in Front of the Station: University — Banno Keiko
• 1965Finances in Front of the Train Station
• 1965Hospital in Front of the Train Station
• 1965Masseur War Story
• 1965The Last Judgment
• 1965You Can If You Try
• Akō Rōshi
• 1964Comedy: Cheerful Widow
• 1964Heavenly Gods in Front of the Train Station
• 1964Hot Spring Ghost
• 1964Mr. Giant's Victory Flag
• 1964Mumu Dance
• 1964Roadside Stone — Oren
• 1963A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot
• 1963Devices Stronger Than Women — Yasuko Sugishita (Daisaku’s wife)
• 1963Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai — Kakie Goi
• Life of a Flower — Murayama Taka
• 1963New Marital Relations
• 1963Pressure of Guilt
• 1963The Life of Rikisha-Man
• 1963The Maid Story
• 1962A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant
• 1962A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
• 1962Aru kankei
• 1962Born in Sin
• 1962Four Sisters — Kikuno Katagiri
• 1962Hagure kigeki mandara
• 1962Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa
• 1962Tatsu — Umeko the Madam
• 1962The King
• 1961A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox — Keiko
• 1961A Good Man, A Good Day
• 1961Aces Wild
• 1961An Urban Affair — Tamayo Komatsubara
• 1961Edo Purebreed
• 1961Furimuita hanayome — Madame Renko
• 1961Girls of the Night — Nogami
• 1961Love and the Shop Curtain
• 1961Mama o uchi ga moeteru no
• 1961Rascals! Go to Hell
• 1961Restoration Fire — Ofusa
• 1961Shadow of a Flower
• 1961The Diplomat's Mansion — Senko Oumi, Madam
• 1961The Other Woman — Ayako Kouno
• 1961The Shrikes
• 1960Honno-Ji in Flames — Kitsuki
• 1960Runway to Hell — Ogin
• 1960The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night — Natsuo Narumi
• 1960The Brass General — Maki
• 1960The Curio Master
• 1960The Five Jolly Thieves
• 1960The Master Spearman — Sakon Murayama
• 1959An Actor's Revenge
• 1959Bringing Up Husbands
• 1959Flower Shop Curtain — Taka Kawashima
• 1959Image of a Mother — Sonoko Takada
• 1959Pilgrimage at Night — Oei
• 1959Room for Let — Yukiko
• 1959The Human Condition I: No Greater Love — Tôfuku Kin
• 1959Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
• 1958Firefly Light — Tose
• 1958Makeraremasen katsumadewa
• 1958Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion — Yoshino
• 1958Oban kanketsu hen — Omaki
• 1958Summer Clouds — Yae
• 1958The Hotelman's Holiday — Otatsu
• 1958The Loyal 47 Ronin — Riku Ôishi
• 1957A Woman's Skin
• 1957Dancing Girl — Hanae Hanamura
• 1957Evening Calm
• 1957Hadaka no Machi
• 1957Karada no naka o kaze ga fuku
• 1957Secret of Naruto
• 1957The Unbalanced Wheel
• 1957Yellow Crow — Machiko Yoshida
• 1957Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen — Omaki
• 1957Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen — Omaki
• 1957Ôban — Omaki
• 1956Bridge of Japan — Otaka Inaba
• 1956Careful Wife and Careless Wife: A Peaceful Couple
• 1956Early Spring — Masako Sugiyama
• 1956Ma no kisetsu: Haru no mizuumi
• 1956New Tale of Genji: Shizuka and Yoshitsune
• 1956Rakuten fujin — Midori Sakaguchi
• 1956Studio wa ōsawagi
• 1956The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
• 1956Zangiku monogatari — Otoku
• 1955A Woman's Life — Nobuko Miki
• 1955Ejima and Ikushima — 絵島
• 1955Every Day That New Life
• 1955Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made
• 1955Marital Relations — Choko
• 1955The Further Adventures of Genta
• 1955The Mask and Destiny
• 1955八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線 — お藤
• 1954Always in My Heart Part 3
• 1954Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
• 1954Chushingura
• 1954Edo no yubae — 芸者おりき
• 1954Love and Duty
• 1953Always in My Heart
• 1953Always in My Heart Part 2
• 1953An Inlet of Muddy Water
• 1953Ganpeki
• 1953Hana no shôgai — 村山たか女
• 1953Yassamossa
• 1952Carmen's Innocent Love — Chidori
• 1952Doctor's Day Off
• 1952Merry Migratory Birds
• 1952Tange Sazen
• 1952The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice — Aya Amamiya
• 1952The Waves
• 1952武蔵と小次郎 — 八雲太夫, 照世
• 1951Beauty of Life
• 1951Early Summer — Aya Tamura
• 1951Freedom School
• 1951The Good Fairy — Itsuko
• 1950Crazy Uproar
• 1950The Actress and the Detective
• The Foster Mother

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 1983I Lived, But... — Self