Actor/Actress Female 🇯🇵 Japon

Chikage Awashima

Keiko Nakagawa · 淡島千景 · Тикагэ Авасима

Naissance

24 February 1924 (87 ans)

Décès

2012-02-16

Lieu de naissance

Tokyo, Japan

Métier

Actor/Actress

Rôles principaux

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love Tôfuku Kin Early Summer Aya Tamura The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice Aya Amamiya Early Spring Masako Sugiyama

Biographie

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.

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