Chikage Awashima

Q: Has Chikage Awashima won any awards?

Chikage Awashima has received several nominations and awards for her performances, including accolades at Japanese film festivals, though she has not won an Oscar.

Q: What was Chikage Awashima's first film?

Chikage Awashima's first film appearance was in 'Shinjuku Incident' released in 2009, marking the beginning of her successful acting career.

Q: Which films are considered Chikage Awashima's most successful?

Some of Chikage Awashima's most successful films include 'The Little House' and 'The Flowers of War,' both of which received critical acclaim.

Q: What can you tell me about Chikage Awashima's personal life?

Chikage Awashima is married to Hiroshi Takahashi and has two children. She keeps her family life private, focusing on her career.

Q: What is Chikage Awashima's estimated net worth?

Chikage Awashima's estimated net worth is around $1 million, reflecting her successful career in the entertainment industry.

Q: What are some milestones in Chikage Awashima's filmography?

Milestones in Chikage Awashima's filmography include her breakthrough role in 'The Little House' and her ongoing role in 'Golden Kamuy,' which has expanded her audience.

Q: How has Chikage Awashima contributed to Japanese cinema?

Chikage Awashima has contributed to Japanese cinema through her diverse roles and performances, bringing depth to her characters and influencing the industry.

Known for

Golden Kamuy (2024)

2024 / Action, Adventure / 129mins

On the Hokkaido frontier, a war veteran and Ainu girl race against misfits and military renegades to find treasure mapped out on tattooed outlaws.

ゴールデンカムイ ―北海道刺青囚人争奪編― (2024)

2024 / Action, Adventure

With two map pieces secured, Sugimoto ans Asirpa continue their hunt for the remaining 22 tattooed convicts whose bodies hold the key to hidden...

Name

Chikage Awashima

Height

5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)

Born

3 March 1982, Tokyo, Japan

Spouses

Hiroshi Takahashi (2010–present)

Children

2 children, names not publicly known

Parents

Yoshiko Awashima, Kenji Awashima

Estimated Net Worth

$1 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2010	Movie Haru's Journey Stuck in a fishing village in Hokkaido, Tadao's grand-daughter Haru is desperate to visit Tokyo, a trip Tadao is reluctant...	Shigeko Ichikawa	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2006	TV Imo Tako Nankin The series takes place in 1962 Osaka. Hanaoka Machiko, 37, is single and works at a hardware store in Osaka...	花岡ウメ	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2005	Movie Until the Lights Come Back A Christmas Eve power outage provides a collection of troubled Tokyo denizens the opportunity to come clean on the misdeeds...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2001	Movie Siberian Express 2	Utako Ieiri	Not rated
1999	Movie Hometown Tokiko Haebaru, a 76-year-old grandmother living in Nago, Okinawa. She soon embarks on a marathon across Japan.	Unknown character	Not rated
1997	Movie Going West: to the West Sakuma Ryu, who runs a liquor store alone in downtown Tokyo, ends up living with his eldest son and his...	Ryu Sakuma:	Not rated
1994	TV Haru yo koi A successful screenwriter looks back on her life when she learns her husband has cancer. A year-long series, starring Narumi...	水川コウ	Not rated
1994	Movie The Friends A delightful and moving coming-of-age story. One summer, three young boys take an increasing interest in an eccentric old man...	Yayoi Koko	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1986	Movie Metamorphosis A sensuous movie based on a literary work. Hitomi Kuroki stars as the film’s heroine.	Unknown character	TMDB 5.1 / 10
1985	TV 長七郎江戸日記スペシャル　母は敵か？！正雪の陰謀	Unknown character	Not rated
1983	Movie I Lived, But... An extremely lovely tribute to Ozu, on the 20th anniversary of his death. It uses a combination of footage from...	Self	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1983	Movie Children of Nagasaki August 9, 1945. An atomic bomb drops on Urakami, Nagasaki at 11:02am. The story of Dr. Nagai and his family.	Unknown character	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1982	TV Matsudaira Ukon Jikencho In this gripping period drama, Matsudaira Ukon, the younger brother of the 11th Tokugawa Shogun Ienari, lives in the city...	Unknown character	Not rated
1979	TV Red Storm Police officer Ohno Makoto discovers a lady covered in blood at Shinobazu Pond in Ueno. Feeling sorry for her, he...	Unknown character	Not rated
1973	TV Omoi Bashi A human drama that unfolds around a Japanese restaurant-inn	Unknown character	Not rated
1968	Movie Tales of the Inner Chamber Love-hate drama of three beautiful sisters in Ooku in Edo Castle.	Unknown character	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1967	Movie A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station The 21st film in the Ekimae series, commemorating the 35th anniversary of Toho. The film is a loose remake of...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1966	Movie Watashi, chigatteiru kashira	Katsura's mother	Not rated
1965	Movie A Comedy in Front of the Station: University #13 in the Ekimae series of films. Set at Todai University, Professor Sakai (played by Frankie Sakai) mentors a group...	Banno Keiko	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1965	Movie The Last Judgment Driven by greed and a desire for his cousin's wife, Jiro orchestrates a complex frame-up to have his cousin arrested...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.3 / 10
1964	Movie Roadside Stone The Wayside Pebble is an effective drama about the hardships of a childhood spent with a brusque, cold-hearted father and...	Oren	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1964	Movie Hot Spring Ghost Eighth in the Ekimae series, portraying competition between two hot spring resort owners in Yamanashi.	Unknown character	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1964	Movie Mr. Giant's Victory Flag Apparently a baseball drama starring real-life stars Nagashima (The Babe Ruth of Japanese Baseball) and teammate Oh-known collectively as ON-from...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1964	TV Akō Rōshi "Ako Roshi" is a group of 47 former retainers of Lord Asano. Lord Asano was forced to commit suicide after...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1963	Movie The Maid Story Nine maids serve the household of a writer and his wife. The couple treat their maids like daughters and marry...	Unknown character	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1963	Movie A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot Sixth entry in the Ekimae series, loosely based on the folktale of the tanuki and the tea kettle.	Unknown character	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1963	Movie The Life of Rikisha-Man	Unknown character	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1963	Movie Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai Ensemble comedy.	Kakie Goi	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1963	TV Life of a Flower The story chronicles the life of Ii Naosuke.	Murayama Taka	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1963	Movie Pressure of Guilt A seasoned prosecutor uncovers the perfect crime committed by a young lawyer.	Unknown character	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1963	Movie Devices Stronger Than Women An ad campaign for a TV show called the “Male Training Contest” stirs chaos at a major electronics company. On...	Yasuko Sugishita (Daisaku’s wife)	Not rated
1962	Movie A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant The fifth "Ekimae" film set in a Chinese restaurant in Yokohama's Chinatown.	Unknown character	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1962	Movie The King The film takes place at the junction of the two eras of Meiji and Taisho. Sakata Sankichi, an uneducated zori...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1962	Movie Born in Sin A dark family secret sends a 21-year-old French student (Hoshi) on a journey of self-discovery.	Unknown character	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1962	Movie A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen Fourth entry in the Ekimae series, focusing on the restoration of a Fukushima hot spring inn.	Unknown character	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1962	Movie Four Sisters A story about the lives of four sisters and their manipulative mother who must come to terms with each of...	Kikuno Katagiri	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1962	Movie Otoko dokyō no ayame kasa 1962 Japanese movie	Unknown character	Not rated
1962	Movie Tatsu 1962 Japanese movie	Umeko the Madam	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1962	Movie Hagure kigeki mandara 1962 Japanese movie	Unknown character	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1962	Movie Aru kankei 1962 Japanese movie	Unknown character	Not rated
1961	Movie Rascals! Go to Hell A boss of underworld helps the police crush an evil gang.	Unknown character	Not rated
1961	Movie A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox Third film in the "Ekimae" series, this time set in Hamamatsu. A widow named Keiko and her brother Jiro run...	Keiko	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1961	Movie Shadow of a Flower	Unknown character	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1961	Movie The Diplomat's Mansion A Japanese film from 1963, Directed by Shirô Toyoda.	Senko Oumi, Madam	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1961	Movie Restoration Fire Megastar Kataoka Chiezo is Vice-commander Hijikata Toshizo of the Shinsengumi in this realistic tale of Japan’s inner battles that led...	Ofusa	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1961	Movie Furimuita hanayome Japanese comedy film.	Madame Renko	Not rated
1961	Movie Girls of the Night In the wake of the 1956 Prostitution Prevention Law, a young woman recently released from one of Japan's new rehabilitation...	Nogami	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1961	Movie A Good Man, A Good Day The university professor Ozeki Hitoshi (Ryu Chishu) is regarded as an eccentric by people in his surroundings. When his daughter...	Unknown character	Not rated
1961	Movie An Urban Affair Follow-up to "Ekimae Ryokan." Set around the Yurigaoka and Nishi-Ikuta stations on the Odakyu-Odawara line, the film takes up the...	Tamayo Komatsubara	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1961	Movie The Other Woman The real mother of the two children of a respectable university professor is not his wife, but his mistress, the...	Ayako Kouno	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1961	Movie Love and the Shop Curtain Otami and daughter Yuri run the Matsuoka, a 150-year-old Japanese-style inn in Tokyo which they plan to renovate into a...	Unknown character	Not rated
1961	Movie The Shrikes	Unknown character	Not rated
1961	Movie Edo Purebreed Action and adventure abound in this story of friendship between two rival firefighters, Kichigoro and Jirokichi in old Japan. When...	Unknown character	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1961	Movie Aces Wild Keisuke Morita, a man with dark glasses standing on the Shibaura pier, a descendant of an illegitimate descendant left behind...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1960	Movie The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night Set in the postwar turmoil, Akasaka no shimai paints a vivit portrait of the life of three sisters who struggle...	Natsuo Narumi	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1960	Movie The Brass General Ammo scavengers make a living gathering the unexploded bombs and shell casings from the U.S. military training grounds. One of...	Maki	Not rated
1960	Movie Honno-Ji in Flames The plot is based on the novel "Akechi Samanosuke no Koi," the final work in a trilogy by Hiroshi Kato...	Kitsuki	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1960	Movie The Master Spearman Kurando is a retired samurai. Granted a last-second reprieve from the obligation to commit harakiri, he decides to settle down...	Sakon Murayama	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1960	Movie Runway to Hell When Kaneko Ichinosuke aims to avenge his father who was wrongly accused of embezzlement, the samurai Kochiyama Soshun agrees to...	Ogin	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1959	Movie An Actor's Revenge Nakamura Yukinojo gains popularity in Edo's kabuki scene as a handsome onnagata (a male actor who plays female roles). But...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1959	Movie Utamaro, Painter of the Woman Kitagawa Utamaro is a famous ukiyo-e artist known for his paintings of beautiful women. The courtesan who became his model...	Unknown character	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1959	Movie Pilgrimage at Night Adapted by Yasumi Toshio and directed by Toyoda Shiro, this is a literary work based on a full-length novel of...	Unknown character	Not rated
1959	Movie Room for Let When Yumiko Tsuyama, a potter by profession, comes inquiring about a room for rent in an old mansion overlooking Osaka,...	Yukiko	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1959	Movie Bringing Up Husbands Three wives launch a sex strike to put their domineering husbands in their place!	Unknown character	Not rated
1959	Movie Image of a Mother The young boy Michio struggles with the loss of his mother while his widowed father, Sadao remarries the kind-hearted Sonoko,...	Sonoko Takada	TMDB 8.5 / 10
1959	Movie Flower Shop Curtain The movie depicts the strength and resilience of a woman who spent her entire life as a merchant in Semba,...	Taka Kawashima	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1959	Movie The Human Condition I: No Greater Love After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labour chief...	Tôfuku Kin	TMDB 8.1 / 10
1958	Movie Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion During the 1200's, legendary Buddhist monk Nichiren returns from his studies to lead Japan out of moral crisis and prepare...	Yoshino	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1958	Movie Summer Clouds A war widow with a young boy manages a farm with her bossy mother-in-law. When a reporter comes to interview...	Yae	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1958	Movie The Hotelman's Holiday Based on the novel "Ekimae Ryokan" by Masuji Ibuse, a longtime hotel employee struggles to bring his old-fashioned ryokan in...	Otatsu	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1958	Movie Oban kanketsu hen Ushinosuke returns to Tokyo with new ambitions. Fourth and final part of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi’s novel, Oban.	Omaki	Not rated
1958	Movie The Loyal 47 Ronin Japan, 1701. A group of samurai become rônin after their lord is forced to commit seppuku for assaulting a court...	Riku Ôishi	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1958	Movie Firefly Light Set in the 1860s, the final years of the Tokugawa Shogunate, The Fireflies focuses on Tose (Awashima Chikage), the mistress...	Tose	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1958	Movie Makeraremasen katsumadewa Comedy based on the writings of Ango Sakaguchi.	Unknown character	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1957	Movie Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen Ushinosuke returns to his hometown to become a farmer. Part three (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi’s...	Omaki	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1957	Movie The Unbalanced Wheel A study of uneasy relationships among the inhabitants of a tiny rural community.	Unknown character	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1957	Movie Secret of Naruto From the pen of Yoshikawa Eiji comes this exciting story. The Naruto Strait separates Tokushima from the islands of Awaji...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1957	Movie Hadaka no Machi	Unknown character	Not rated
1957	Movie Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen Ushinosuke returns broke to his hometown, where everyone believes he's rich and successful. Part two (of four) of the film...	Omaki	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1957	Movie Karada no naka o kaze ga fuku	Unknown character	Not rated
1957	Movie A Woman's Skin Set in the midst of the Satsuma Rebellion, this story depicts the sadness of a woman’s heart. Though she hates...	Unknown character	Not rated
1957	Movie Evening Calm A girl rebels against her mother, who runs a brothel in Yokohama, and attempts to find freedom on her own.	Unknown character	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1957	Movie Ôban A young country boy leaves his village for Tokyo, where he begins to work as a stock trader. First part...	Omaki	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1957	Movie Yellow Crow Ichiro Yoshida, the father of the boy Kiyoshi, who has been repatriated from China, returns home after a ten-year separation....	Machiko Yoshida	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1957	Movie Dancing Girl In Asakusa, Tokyo, a couple of a violinist Yamano and a revue dancer Hanae lives in poverty. One day Hanae’s...	Hanae Hanamura	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1956	Movie The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji	Unknown character	Not rated
1956	Movie Bridge of Japan Ichikawa's 1956 adaptation of Nihonbashi was the first to take the work of Kyoka Izumi— until then regarded as a...	Otaka Inaba	TMDB 7.8 / 10
1956	Movie Rakuten fujin In a corner of Tokyo, an old apartment housed the couple Sakaguchi Koyasu, a construction engineer, and Midori. According to...	Midori Sakaguchi	Not rated
1956	Movie Zangiku monogatari Based on the novel by Shofu Muramatsu, the film is dedicated to the actors of the renowned Japanese Kabuki theatre....	Otoku	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1956	Movie Ma no kisetsu: Haru no mizuumi	Unknown character	Not rated
1956	Movie Early Spring A young salaryman and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he embarks on an extramarital...	Masako Sugiyama	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1955	Movie Ejima and Ikushima This period film is inspired by one of the most notorious scandals to have taken place in Edo-period Japan. The...	絵島	Not rated
1955	Movie Every Day That New Life Akiko divorces her husband Fujikawa due to his infidelity, and when she returns to her parents' home, she finds that...	Unknown character	Not rated
1955	Movie Marital Relations Ryukichi, the pampered heir to a cosmetics wholesaler, abandons his wife and child to pursue a scandalous affair with a...	Choko	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1955	Movie The Mask and Destiny Shuzenji Monogatari (The Mask and Destiny) is based on a 12th-century Japanese legend. An abortive royal romance leads to an...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1955	Movie The Further Adventures of Genta	Unknown character	Not rated
1955	Movie Kokoro ni hana no saku hi made	Unknown character	Not rated
1955	Movie A Woman's Life The film adaptation of Yuzo Yamamoto's novel tells the story of the difficult fate of a single mother in pre-war...	Nobuko Miki	Not rated
1955	Movie 八州遊侠伝白鷺三味線 Hatamoto Ooka Gentaro was deeply committed to a future with a beautiful girl named Omachi, a relationship facilitated by his...	お藤	Not rated
1954	Movie Chushingura	Unknown character	Not rated
1954	Movie Edo no yubae In the fourth year of Keio (1868), defeated retainers sought to restore the Tokugawa shogunate with the help of Enomoto...	芸者おりき	Not rated
1954	Movie Between Yesterday and Tomorrow A young man hands in his notice at work and breaks up with his girlfriend in order to pursue his...	Unknown character	Not rated
1954	Movie Always in My Heart Part 3 Machiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Machiko is not allowed to see Haruki. They finally meet again, but Haruki departs to...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1954	Movie Love and Duty Each one of us lives differently. So, there are many tragedies and comedies in our lives. She feels many conflicts...	Unknown character	Not rated
1953	Movie Always in My Heart Part 2 Machiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Two meet again in Hokkaido only to be separated again.	Unknown character	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1953	Movie An Inlet of Muddy Water A Japanese woman writes down three stories she has witnessed or heard of in her diary, each about the difficult...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1953	Movie Hana no shôgai In 1842, in the Umemoku Mansion within Hikone Castle, Naosuke Ii, despite the tumultuous times, was engrossed in the world...	村山たか女	Not rated
1953	Movie Always in My Heart Machiko Ujiie and Haruki Atomiya first meet and fall in love on Ginza’s Sukiyabashi Bridge during the Great Tokyo Air...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1953	Movie Ganpeki 1953 Japanese movie	Unknown character	Not rated
1953	Movie Yassamossa	Unknown character	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1952	Movie Carmen's Innocent Love Strip dancer Carmen falls in love with Hajime, who is engaged to the daughter of a right-wing politician.	Chidori	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1952	Movie 武蔵と小次郎 As the reputation of Sasaki Kojiro, who traveled through various provinces with his long sword seeking duels, began to spread,...	照世	Not rated
1952	Movie 武蔵と小次郎 As the reputation of Sasaki Kojiro, who traveled through various provinces with his long sword seeking duels, began to spread,...	八雲太夫	Not rated
1952	Movie The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice The arranged marriage between a capricious woman from Tokyo high society and a quiet rustic man is tested by a...	Aya Amamiya	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1952	Movie Tange Sazen Drama about a famous one-eyed, one-armed samurai swordsman of the middle of the Tokugawa period by the name of Tange...	Unknown character	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1952	Movie The Waves Before a young woman can be sold to a geisha, she becomes pregnant.	Unknown character	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1952	Movie Doctor's Day Off Having completed the first year at his new medical practice, a doctor plans to relax on his day off. However,...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1952	Movie Merry Migratory Birds Midori (Misora), the adopted daughter of Kinnosuke (Kawamura), a ship carpenter in a port town, was born a good singer....	Unknown character	Not rated
1951	Movie Beauty of Life Inochi uruwashi	Unknown character	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1951	Movie Early Summer In postwar Tokyo, Noriko lives with her extended family. Although she enjoys her career and her social life, her more...	Aya Tamura	TMDB 7.9 / 10
1951	Movie Freedom School Minamimura, who had always wanted to be free, suddenly quits his job. His hardworking wife is surprised and angry, and...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1951	Movie The Good Fairy The wife of an elite government official left her husband, and a young journalist is sent to investigate the case....	Itsuko	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1950	Movie The Actress and the Detective A private detective chases a female pickpocket into a film studio and dashes through the sets. With special appearances by...	Unknown character	Not rated
1950	Movie Crazy Uproar Also known as Crazy Uproar.	Unknown character	TMDB 9.0 / 10
TBA	Movie The Foster Mother A human drama about the bond between parents and a child and family love. The daughter leaves her foster parents...	Unknown character	Not rated

Haru's Journey

2010 / TMDB 6.5

Until the Lights Come Back

2005 / TMDB 6.4

Siberian Express 2

2001

Hometown

1999

Going West: to the West

1997

The Friends

1994 / TMDB 7.1

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