Chikage Awashima
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.
Early Summer
as Aya TamuraA 28-year-old single woman is pressured to marry.
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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
as Tôfuku KinAfter handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post...
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Early Spring
as Masako SugiyamaA young salary man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship...
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The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
as Aya AmamiyaThe arranged marriage between a capricious woman from Tokyo high society and a quiet and rustic...
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Tales of the Inner Chamber
as uncreditedLove-hate drama of three beautiful sisters in Ooku in Edo Castle.
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Always in My Heart Part 3
as uncreditedMachiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Machiko is not allowed to see Haruki. They finally meet...
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Ôban
as OmakiA young country boy leaves his village for Tokyo, where he begins to work as a stock trader....
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Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
as YoshinoDuring the 1200's, legendary Buddhist monk Nichiren returns from his studies to lead Japan out...
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Always in My Heart Part 2
as uncreditedMachiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Two meet again in Hokkaido only to be separated again.
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Bridge of Japan
as Otaka InabaIchikawa's 1956 adaptation of Nihonbashi was the first to take the work of Kyoka Izumi— until...
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Always in My Heart
as uncreditedMachiko Ujiie and Haruki Atomiya first meet and fall in love on Ginza’s Sukiyabashi Bridge...
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The Loyal 47 Ronin
as Riku ÔishiJapan, 1701. A group of samurai become rônin after their lord is forced to commit seppuku for...
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The Friends
as Yayoi KokoA delightful and moving coming-of-age story. One summer, three young boys take an increasing...
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Secret of Naruto
as uncreditedFrom the pen of Yoshikawa Eiji comes this exciting story. The Naruto Strait separates Tokushima...
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The Other Woman
as Ayako KounoIn "The Other Woman" the children of a distinguished professor find that the woman they have...
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喜劇 駅前飯店
as uncreditedThe fifth "Ekimae" film set in Yokohama's Chinatown.
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Room for Let
as YukikoWhen Yumiko Tsuyama, a potter by profession, comes inquiring about a room for rent in an old...
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Girls of the Night
as NogamiIn the late 1950's prostitution was banned in Japan and if a woman was found exercising this...
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A Good Man, A Good Day
as uncreditedThe university professor Ozeki Hitoshi (Ryu Chishu) is regarded as an eccentric by people in his...
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Children of Nagasaki
as uncreditedAugust 9, 1945. An atomic bomb drops on Urakami, Nagasaki at 11:02am. The story of Dr. Nagai...
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An Inlet of Muddy Water
as uncreditedA Japanese woman writes down three stories she has witnessed or heard of in her diary, each...
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The Maid Story
as uncreditedNine maids serve the household of a writer and his wife. The couple treat their maids like...
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Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
as OmakiUshinosuke returns to his hometown to become a farmer. Part three (of four) of the film...
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Summer Clouds
as YaeA war widow with a young boy manages a farm with her bossy mother-in-law. When a reporter comes...
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Roadside Stone
as OrenThe Wayside Pebble is an effective drama about the hardships of a childhood spent with a...
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Metamorphosis
as uncreditedA sensuous movie based on a literary work. Hitomi Kuroki stars as the film’s heroine.
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Haru's Journey
as Shigeko IchikawaStuck in a fishing village in Hokkaido, Tadao's grand-daughter Haru is desperate to visit Tokyo,...
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I Lived, But...
as SelfAn extremely lovely tribute to Ozu, on the 20th anniversary of his death. It uses a combination...
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Rascals! Go to Hell
as uncreditedA boss of underworld helps the police crush an evil gang.
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Four Sisters
as Kikuno KatagiriA story about the lives of four sisters and their manipulative mother who must come to terms...
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An Urban Affair
as Tamayo KomatsubaraFollow-up to "Ekimae Ryokan." Set around the Yurigaoka and Nishi-Ikuta stations on the...
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Kigeki ekimae bentô
as KeikoThird film in the "Ekimae" series set in Hamamatsu. A widow named Keiko and her brother Jiro run...
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Tange Sazen
as uncreditedDrama about a famous one-eyed, one-armed samurai swordsman of the middle of the Tokugawa period...
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The Good Fairy
as ItsukoThe wife of an elite government official left her husband, and a young journalist is sent to...
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Born in Sin
as uncreditedA dark family secret sends a 21-year-old French student (Hoshi) on a journey of self-discovery.
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The Master Spearman
as Sakon MurayamaThis subversive period film features a hotheaded young samurai, Kurodo, who threatens to commit...
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Ejima and Ikushima
as 絵島This period film is inspired by one of the most notorious scandals to have taken place in...
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Dancing Girl
as Hanae HanamuraIn Asakusa, Tokyo, a couple of a violinist Yamano and a revue dancer Hanae lives in poverty. One...
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Freedom School
as uncreditedMinamimura, who had always wanted to be free, suddenly quits his job. His hardworking wife is...
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Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
as uncreditedKitagawa Utamaro is a famous ukiyo-e artist known for his paintings of beautiful women. The...
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Love and the Shop Curtain
as uncreditedOtami and daughter Yuri run the Matsuoka, a 150-year-old Japanese-style inn in Tokyo which they...
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The Unbalanced Wheel
as uncreditedA study of uneasy relationships among the inhabitants of a tiny rural community.
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Yellow Crow
as Machiko YoshidaIn this Golden Globe winner for Best Foreign-Language Film, director Heinosuke Gosho -- a master...
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Until the Lights Come Back
as uncreditedA Christmas Eve power outage provides a collection of troubled Tokyo denizens the opportunity to...
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Carmen's Innocent Love
as ChidoriStrip dancer Carmen falls in love with Hajime, who is engaged to the daughter of a right-wing...
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Doctor's Day Off
as uncreditedHaving completed the first year at his new medical practice, a doctor plans to relax on his day...
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Image of a Mother
as Sonoko TakadaThe final film in Shimizu’s thirty-plus year career, Image of a Mother remains true to Shimizu’s...
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Edo Purebreed
as uncreditedAction and adventure abound in this story of friendship between two rival firefighters,...
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武蔵と小次郎
as 八雲太夫As the reputation of Sasaki Kojiro, who traveled through various provinces with his long sword...
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武蔵と小次郎
as 照世As the reputation of Sasaki Kojiro, who traveled through various provinces with his long sword...
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as OmakiUshinosuke returns to Tokyo with new ambitions. Fourth and final part of the film adaptation of...
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Pilgrimage at Night
as uncreditedAdapted by Yasumi Toshio and directed by Toyoda Shiro, this is a literary work based on a...
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The Hotelman's Holiday
as OtatsuA longtime hotel employee (Morishige) struggles to bring his old-fashioned ryokan in line with...
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Firefly Light
as ToseSet in the 1860s, the final years of the Tokugawa Shogunate, The Fireflies focuses on Tose...
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Flower Shop Curtain
as Taka KawashimaThe movie depicts the strength and resilience of a woman who spent her entire life as a merchant...
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The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night
as Natsuo NarumiSet in the postwar turmoil, Akasaka no shimai paints a vivit portrait of the life of three...
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Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
as OmakiUshinosuke returns broke to his hometown, where everyone believes he's rich and successful. ...
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Hana no shôgai
as 村山たか女In 1842, in the Umemoku Mansion within Hikone Castle, Naosuke Ii, despite the tumultuous times,...
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An Actor's Revenge
as uncreditedNakamura Yukinojo gains popularity in Edo's kabuki scene as a handsome onnagata (a male actor...
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Marital Relations
as ChokoThe story of a couple, a spoiled son and a down-to-earth girl, in Osaka in the early Showa era....
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Aces Wild
as uncreditedKeisuke Morita, a man with dark glasses standing on the Shibaura pier, a descendant of an...
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A Comedy: The University Around the Corner
as Banno Keiko#13 in the Ekimae series of films. Set at Todai University, Professor Sakai (played by Frankie...
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The King
as uncreditedThe film takes place at the junction of the two eras of Meiji and Taisho. Sakata Sankichi, an...
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Love and Duty
as uncreditedEach one of us lives differently. So, there are many tragedies and comedies in our lives. She...
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The Waves
as uncreditedNami (波 Nami) is a Japanese film directed by Noboru Nakamura. It was entered into the 1952...
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Restoration Fire
as OfusaMegastar Kataoka Chiezo is Vice-commander Hijikata Toshizo of the Shinsengumi in this realistic...
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Makeraremasen katsumadewa
as uncreditedComedy based on the writings of Ango Sakaguchi.
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八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線
as お藤Hatamoto Ooka Gentaro was deeply committed to a future with a beautiful girl named Omachi, a...
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Honno-Ji in Flames
as KitsukiThe plot is based on the novel "Akechi Samanosuke no Koi," the final work in a trilogy by...
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Edo no yubae
as 芸者おりきIn the fourth year of Keio (1868), defeated retainers sought to restore the Tokugawa shogunate...
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Runway to Hell
as OginWhen Kaneko Ichinosuke aims to avenge his father who was wrongly accused of embezzlement, the...
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Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
as uncreditedA young man hands in his notice at work and breaks up with his girlfriend in order to pursue his...
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Haru yo koi
as 水川コウA successful screenwriter looks back on her life when she learns her husband has cancer. A...
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Akō Rōshi
as uncredited"Ako Roshi" is a group of 47 former retainers of Lord Asano. Lord Asano was forced to commit...
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Life of a Flower
as Murayama TakaThe story chronicles the life of Ii Naosuke.
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Imo Tako Nankin
as 花岡ウメThe series takes place in 1962 Osaka. Hanaoka Machiko, 37, is single and works at a hardware...
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Matsudaira Ukon Jikencho
as uncreditedIn this gripping period drama, Matsudaira Ukon, the younger brother of the 11th Tokugawa Shogun...
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Omoi Bashi
as uncreditedA human drama that unfolds around a Japanese restaurant-inn
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