Chikage Awashima
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born Keiko Nakagawa in Tokyo
, 24 February 1924) is a Japan
ese actress who has been in films since the 1950s.
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
, 24 February 1924) is a Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese actress who has been in films since the 1950s.
Filmography
(incomplete)- Tenya wanya (1950)
- Early SummerEarly Summeris a 1951 film by Yasujiro Ozu. Like most of Ozu's post-war films, Early Summer deals with many issues ranging from communication problems between generations and the rising role of women in post-war Japan....
(1951) - NamiNami (film)is a 1951 Japanese film directed by Noboru Nakamura. It was entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Chikage Awashima* Akira Ishihama* Hanshiro Iwai* Yôko Katsuragi* Chishu Ryu* Shin Saburi* Takeshi Sakamoto* Keiko Tsushima...
(1951) - An Inlet of Muddy WaterAn Inlet of Muddy WaterAn Inlet of Muddy Water is a 1953 Japanese drama film directed by Tadashi Imai. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Ken Mitsuda - Saito Kanae * Akiko Tamura - Saito Moyo * Hiro Kumon - Saito Inosuke...
(1953) - Early SpringEarly Springis a 1956 film by Yasujiro Ozu about a married office worker who has a fling with a typist, a fellow commuter, and the fallout that ensues with his friends and wife...
(1956) - (残菊物語 Zangiku monogatariZangiku monogatari (1956 film)is a 1956 black and white Japanese film directed by Koji Shima.- Cast :* Kazuo Hasegawa * Chikage Awashima * 阿井美千子* 三田登喜子* Tamao Nakamura * Mitsuko Yoshikawa * and others- See also :...
) (1956) - The Loyal 47 RoninThe Loyal 47 Roninis a 1958 color Jidaigeki Japanese film directed by Kunio Watanabe.- Cast :* Kazuo Hasegawa as Ōishi Kuranosuke * Shintarō Katsu as Genzō Akagaki* Kōji Tsuruta as Kin'emon Okano* Raizō Ichikawa as Takuminokami Asano...
(忠臣蔵 ChūshinguraChushingurais the name for fictionalized accounts of the historical revenge by the Forty-seven Ronin of the death of their master, Asano Naganori. Including the early , the story has been told in kabuki, bunraku, stage plays, films, novels, television shows and other media...
) (1958) - Ô-oku emaki (1968)
- Kigeki ekimae kazan (1968)
- Kigeki hyakkuten manten (1976)
- Kono ko wo nokoshite (1983)
- Natsu no niwa (1994)
- Daiteiden no yoru ni (2005)
- Imo tako nankin (2006)