Yōko Minamida
Acting
Born: March 1, 1933 · Tokyo, Japan
Died: October 21, 2009 (aged 76)
Highest Rated
Biography
Yōko Minamida (南田 洋子, Minamida Yōko, March 1, 1933 – October 21, 2009) was a Japanese actress. Born in Tokyo, Minamida made her screen debut in 1953 for the Daiei studio and quickly rose to stardom, working with Kenji Mizoguchi on two films: “A Story from Chikamatsu” and “Princess Yang Kwei-fei.” In 1955, she moved to the Nikkatsu studio, where she starred in Takumi Furukawa’s “Season of the Sun” (1956), a smash hit that launched the so-called “Sun Tribe” boom for films about rebellious youth looking for sex and kicks on Shonan Beach — Japan’s nearest equivalent to Malibu. Minamida acted in dozens of movies for Nikkatsu, working with Shohei Imamura, Seijun Suzuki, and other directors. In 1961 she married her co-star on “Season of the Sun,” Hiroyuki Nagato. As she acted in fewer movies after the mid-1960s, Minamida made a smooth and successful transition to TV as both an actress and MC. She also continued to appear occasionally in movies, with the last being Nobuhiko Obayashi’s “Song of Goodbye” in 2006. She was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in November 2008, and a TV documentary was made about her condition and the efforts of her husband to care for her. She died in Tokyo.
Known for
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Movies (122)
House
Hausu Karei
Chikamatsu Monogatari
Otama
Song of Goodbye
Kyoko Tanabe
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Hung-tao
Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Kiniro no ōkami
1953
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
Koharu
New Enoshima Elegy
1953
Pigs and Battleships
Katsuyo
Shinkon noroke bushi
1953
Yellow Fangs
Kiyo
But the Flesh is Weak
1957
Haha no hitomi
1953
Jakoman and Tetsu
Masa
Love Comes with Youth
1963
Zero
Ine Hamada
Debt of Honor
Oiku
Konna beppin mita koto nai
1954
Haha nami
1953
The Domain
1964
Gun of Nosappu
1961
The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry
1965
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
Maid
The Rambler Rides Again
1960
Hungry Soul, Part II
Reiko Shiba
Take Me Away!
Tomi Oguchi
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
Misato
Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi
1962
The Kingdom of Jirocho 4
1965
The Motive
Kinue Ishida
Musume hatsukoi yatton-bushi
1952
The Barefoot Girl
1957
Rakka no mon
1954
Glass-Hearted Johnny
Yumi
Quick Draw Joe
Jane, the dancer
Miss Teacher
1955
The Man with a Shotgun
Harue
Dancing Sisters
1957
Karafuto 1945 Summer
1974
The Domain: The Naniwa Story
1965
Voice Without a Shadow
Asako Kotani
Salaryman Senka
1995
A Modern Samurai Village
Yasu Tajima
Black Dice
1962
I Have the Sun in My Back
Sachiko
Mountain Pass
1957
Glorious Fights
Akemi
Tokyo Knights
Koji's Mother
Jungle Block
Kayoko Komuro
Gambler
Kimura Uta
Masked Woman
1959
Hungry Soul
Reiko Shiba
The Domain: White Blade
1967
At Noon
1978
Ame no meguri ai
1977
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955
The Champion
Natsuko Miyagawa
Beyond the Green Hills
Umetaro
Zoku jūdai no seiten
Akiko Yasutomi
Underworld Code
1965
The Gambling Monk
1963
The Domain: Where The Blade Enters
1967
Farewell to Southern Tosa
1959
The Tattooed Lord
1965
Lone Wolf
Naomi
Wounded Beast
1959
Return of the Vagabond
1960
Get Over Her
Yukie
Bet on a Seaside Romance
1960
Japanese Humanity and Justice
1977
The Guys Who Put Money on Me
Sanae Kitazawa
The Wild Daisy
Fuki - Masao's Mother
Season of the Sun
Eiko Takeda
Okashina yatsu
Fujiko, Shuntô
Prison Gambler
Kimura Uta
Elegy to Youth
1959
Sun and Stars
1962
This Story of Love
1987
Our Town
Otsuru / Kimie
The Soundless Cry
Tokie Matsuura
Jūdai no yūwaku
1953
Tale of the Last Japanese Yakuza
1969
Kiriko's Tango
1963
Streetlights
早川千鶴子
Jūdai no seiten
1953
Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living
Yuri Harada
Yakuza Song
1960
He Killed Dad
1961
A Young Man's Stronghold
1970
Zurari oretacha yōjinbō
1961
Irogotoshi harudanji
Otama
Star Ranch
1987
Kyu-chan, Draw Your Sword
1963
Showdown of Men
1966
Last Round
1962
Time of First Love
1975
An Outlaw
1964
Wind and waves of the South
Yasuko, Kazuo's foster mother
Chivalrous Pride
1969
Stolen Desire
Chidori Yamamura
Haha tokidori
1954
Osaka no kaze
1958
Zoku zoku Jûdai no seiten
1953
Portrait of Chieko
Kazuko Tsubaki
The Doctor
1955
Her Secret
1952
When a Man Risks His Life
1959
A Turning to Hell
Takako
A Daughter's Life Guide
田部三津子
We Live Today
1959
Unga
Ryôko Fujiyama
Umi wa kurutte iru
1959
死の壁の脱出
Sayan
死の壁の脱出
Sakin
Aishū no sono
1957
The Law's Bloody Wounds
榎本吟子
Itsuki no komori uta
1954
The Awakening
1957
Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow
Sumi
The Rambler Returns Home
1962
The Crimson Plains
Sakie Yazaki
Taiyō o buchi otose
1958
Yuganda tsuki
Namiko Eda
