Yōko Minamida
Known for: Acting
Born: March 1, 1933
Died: October 21, 2009
Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan
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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Filmography
133 movies · 8 TV shows, newest first
5.0
Song of Goodbye
2007
6.9
The Motive
2004
8.0
Gokusen
2002
6.0
Lost Paradise
1997
NR
Salaryman Senka
1995NR
Ai yo, Nemuranaide
1993NR
砂山の唄殺人事件
1990
7.1
Yellow Fangs
1990
NR
Tears of a Swan
1989
8.0
This Story of Love
1987
NR
Star Ranch
1987
6.1
Zero
1984
NR
Yôi don
1982
3.3
At Noon
1978
8.0
Take Me Away!
1978
7.3
House
1977
9.0
The Wild Daisy
1977
7.0
Japanese Humanity and Justice
1977
NR
Ame no meguri ai
1977
7.0
Akai Shougeki
1976
NR
Time of First Love
1975
7.3
Karafuto 1945 Summer
1974
6.8
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
1972
NR
Niji
1970
10.0
A Young Man's Stronghold
1970
NR
Chivalrous Pride
1969
NR
Tale of the Last Japanese Yakuza
1969
10.0
The Domain: Where The Blade Enters
1967
7.5
Portrait of Chieko
1967
8.0
The Domain: White Blade
1967
NR
Debt of Honor
1966
7.3
Glorious Fights
1966
7.3
NET Playhouse
1966
7.0
Showdown of Men
1966
8.0
The Kingdom of Jirocho 4
1965
7.5
The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry
1965
NR
Underworld Code
1965
NR
Irogotoshi harudanji
1965
7.5
The Tattooed Lord
1965
9.0
The Soundless Cry
1965
4.8
The Domain: The Naniwa Story
1965
9.0
Prison Gambler
1964
6.5
The Domain
1964
9.0
Gambler
1964
5.0
An Outlaw
1964
7.5
Jakoman and Tetsu
1964
NR
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
1964
NR
Okashina yatsu
1963
NR
The Gambling Monk
1963
10.0
Kyu-chan, Draw Your Sword
1963
NR
Kiriko's Tango
1963
8.0
Love Comes with Youth
1963
NR
I Have the Sun in My Back
1963
9.0
A Modern Samurai Village
1963
7.0
Beyond the Green Hills
1963
7.5
The Guys Who Put Money on Me
1962
NR
Glass-Hearted Johnny
1962
NR
The Rambler Returns Home
1962
NR
Last Round
1962
NR
Sun and Stars
1962
NR
Black Dice
1962
NR
Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi
1962
6.0
Zurari oretacha yōjinbō
1961
NR
Wind and waves of the South
1961
10.0
Gun of Nosappu
1961
NR
The Crimson Plains
1961
6.5
The Man with a Shotgun
1961
NR
Quick Draw Joe
1961
NR
Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living
1961
7.0
Tokyo Knights
1961
7.1
Pigs and Battleships
1961
NR
He Killed Dad
1961
9.0
Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow
1960
10.0
The Rambler Rides Again
1960
9.0
Bet on a Seaside Romance
1960
NR
Lone Wolf
1960
7.0
Jungle Block
1960
5.0
Return of the Vagabond
1960
7.0
Yakuza Song
1960
NR
The Law's Bloody Wounds
1960
NR
When a Man Risks His Life
1959
NR
A Turning to Hell
1959
NR
Elegy to Youth
1959
NR
Farewell to Southern Tosa
1959
NR
Yuganda tsuki
1959
NR
Umi wa kurutte iru
1959
NR
Wounded Beast
1959
NR
We Live Today
1959
NR
Masked Woman
1959
NR
Get Over Her
1959
NR
Osaka no kaze
1958
6.2
Voice Without a Shadow
1958
NR
Taiyō o buchi otose
1958
NR
Unga
1958
NR
死の壁の脱出
1958
6.7
Stolen Desire
1958
NR
The Awakening
1957
NR
Mountain Pass
1957
7.3
But the Flesh is Weak
1957
NR
The Barefoot Girl
1957
7.0
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1957
6.4
The Champion
1957
NR
Streetlights
1957
NR
Aishū no sono
1957
NR
Dancing Sisters
1957
6.5
Hungry Soul, Part II
1956
6.2
Hungry Soul
1956NR
Tonari no yome
1956
6.9
Our Town
1956
6.6
Season of the Sun
1956NR
The Happy Dancers
19569.0
The Motherless
1955
10.0
The Doctor
1955
NR
A Daughter's Life Guide
1955
6.7
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
1955
10.0
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955
NR
Miss Teacher
1955
7.8
Chikamatsu Monogatari
1954
NR
Kimi machifune
1954
NR
Mashiroki Fuji no mine
1954
NR
Haha tokidori
1954
NR
Teenage Secrets
1954
NR
Konna bidanshi mita kotonai
1954
NR
Itsuki no komori uta
1954NR
Four Mothers
1954
NR
Rakka no mon
1954
NR
Konna beppin mita koto nai
1954
NR
Jūdai no yūwaku
1953
NR
Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Kiniro no ōkami
1953NR
Red Camellia
1953NR
Kinseimei shōbu monogatari: Kettō
1953
NR
Zoku zoku Jûdai no seiten
1953
NR
New Enoshima Elegy
1953
NR
Zoku jūdai no seiten
1953
NR
Haha nami
1953NR
Gendai shojo
1953
NR
Shinkon noroke bushi
1953
7.0
Jūdai no seiten
1953
NR
Haha no hitomi
1953
8.0
Her Secret
1952
NR
Musume hatsukoi yatton-bushi
1952