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.
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Movies (129)
House
Auntie Karei Hausu
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Hung-tao
Pigs and Battleships
Katsuyo
Tokyo Knights
Koji's Mother
Haha nami
1953
The Motive
Kinue Ishida
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
Koharu
Chikamatsu Monogatari
Otama
Haru no uzumaki
1954
Her Secret
1952
Haha tokidori
1954
Last Round
1962
Atarashiki ten
1954
Konna bidanshi mita kotonai
1954
The Champion
Natsuko Miyagawa
Hungry Soul
Reiko Shiba
Teenage Secrets
1954
Yellow Fangs
Kiyo
Karafuto 1945 Summer
1974
Itsuki no komori uta
1954
Rakka no mon
1954
Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Kiniro no ōkami
1953
This Story of Love
1987
Inhibited Love
1955
Mashiroki Fuji no mine
1954
Kimi machifune
1954
Salaryman Senka
1995
A Young Man's Stronghold
1970
Portrait of Chieko
Kazuko Tsubaki
The Crimson Plains
Sakie Yazaki
Zoku jūdai no seiten
Akiko Yasutomi
At Noon
1978
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
Maid
Konna beppin mita koto nai
1954
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
Misato
Voice Without a Shadow
Asako Kotani
New Enoshima Elegy
1953
The Guys Who Put Money on Me
Sanae Kitazawa
Our Town
Otsuru / Kimie
Glorious Fights
Akemi
Gambler
Kimura Uta
The Tattooed Lord
1965
死の壁の脱出
Sayan
死の壁の脱出
Sakin
Musume hatsukoi yatton-bushi
1952
Haha no hitomi
1953
Shinkon noroke bushi
1953
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955
The Domain: The Naniwa Story
1965
Jakoman and Tetsu
Masa
Masked Woman
1959
Dancing Sisters
1957
The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry
1965
Gun of Nosappu
1961
The Domain: White Blade
1967
Jūdai no yūwaku
1953
The Gambling Monk
1963
The Man with a Shotgun
Harue
Unga
Ryôko Fujiyama
Miss Teacher
1955
Zero
Ine Hamada
Tale of the Last Japanese Yakuza
1969
Jungle Block
Kayoko Komuro
Wounded Beast
1959
The Doctor
1955
Yakuza Song
1960
Beyond the Green Hills
Umetaro
A Turning to Hell
Takako
Osaka no kaze
1958
Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi
1962
Chivalrous Pride
1969
Stolen Desire
Chidori Yamamura
Song of Goodbye
Kyoko Tanabe
Black Dice
1962
Sun and Stars
1962
The Law's Bloody Wounds
榎本吟子
Hungry Soul, Part II
Reiko Shiba
The Domain: Where The Blade Enters
1967
He Killed Dad
1961
The Kingdom of Jirocho 4
1965
Zoku zoku Jûdai no seiten
1953
Streetlights
早川千鶴子
We Live Today
1959
Take Me Away!
Tomi Oguchi
Lone Wolf
Naomi
Star Ranch
1987
Zurari oretacha yōjinbō
1961
Showdown of Men
1966
Get Over Her
Yukie
The Rambler Rides Again
1960
Japanese Humanity and Justice
1977
Ame no meguri ai
1977
The Domain
1964
Taiyō o buchi otose
1958
Okashina yatsu
Fujiko, Shuntô
The Rambler Returns Home
1962
Irogotoshi harudanji
Otama
Time of First Love
1975
Season of the Sun
Eiko Takeda
But the Flesh is Weak
1957
Return of the Vagabond
1960
The Barefoot Girl
1957
When a Man Risks His Life
Yuko Kanzawa
The Soundless Cry
Tokie Matsuura
Bet on a Seaside Romance
1960
Glass-Hearted Johnny
Yumi
An Outlaw
1964
Underworld Code
1965
Wind and waves of the South
Yasuko, Kazuo's foster mother
Love Comes with Youth
1963
Yuganda tsuki
Namiko Eda
Elegy to Youth
1959
Jūdai no seiten
1953
Kyu-chan, Draw Your Sword
1963
Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living
Yuri Harada
Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow
Sumi
Aishū no sono
1957
Prison Gambler
Kimura Uta
Quick Draw Joe
Jane, the dancer
A Modern Samurai Village
Yasu Tajima
Umi wa kurutte iru
1959
A Daughter's Life Guide
田部三津子
Mountain Pass
1957
Kiriko's Tango
1963
The Wild Daisy
Fuki - Masao's Mother
Debt of Honor
Oiku
Farewell to Southern Tosa
1959
I Have the Sun in My Back
Sachiko
The Awakening
1957
