Yōko Minamida
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 1, 1933
- Died
- October 21, 2009 (aged 76)
- Birthplace
- Tokyo, Japan
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
Filmography
Song of Goodbye
Movie · as Kyoko Tanabe
The Motive
Movie · as Kinue Ishida
Gokusen
TV · as Matsubara · 10 eps
Lost Paradise
TV · as Eto Kuniko · 12 eps
Salaryman Senka
Movie
Ai yo, Nemuranaide
Movie
Yellow Fangs
Movie · as Kiyo
砂山の唄殺人事件
TV · 1 ep
Tears of a Swan
TV · as Atsuko Kawata · 25 eps
This Story of Love
Movie
Star Ranch
Movie
Zero
Movie · as Ine Hamada
Yôi don
TV · as 栄市の母・せい · 153 eps
At Noon
Movie
Take Me Away!
Movie · as Tomi Oguchi
The Wild Daisy
Movie · as Fuki - Masao's Mother
Ame no meguri ai
Movie
House
Movie · as Auntie Karei Hausu
Japanese Humanity and Justice
Movie
Akai Shougeki
TV · 29 eps
Time of First Love
Movie
Karafuto 1945 Summer
Movie
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
Movie · as Maid
A Young Man's Stronghold
Movie
Niji
TV · as 三谷かな子 · 310 eps
Tale of the Last Japanese Yakuza
Movie
Chivalrous Pride
Movie
Portrait of Chieko
Movie · as Kazuko Tsubaki
The Domain: Where The Blade Enters
Movie
The Domain: White Blade
Movie
Glorious Fights
Movie · as Akemi
Showdown of Men
Movie
Debt of Honor
Movie · as Oiku
NET Playhouse
TV · as Nobuko Muroi · 1 ep
Underworld Code
Movie
The Soundless Cry
Movie · as Tokie Matsuura
The Kingdom of Jirocho 4
Movie
The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry
Movie
The Domain: The Naniwa Story
Movie
The Tattooed Lord
Movie
Irogotoshi harudanji
Movie · as Otama
An Outlaw
Movie
Jakoman and Tetsu
Movie · as Masa
The Domain
Movie
Prison Gambler
Movie · as Kimura Uta
Gambler
Movie · as Kimura Uta
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
Movie · as Misato
A Modern Samurai Village
Movie · as Yasu Tajima
Okashina yatsu
Movie · as Fujiko, Shuntô
Love Comes with Youth
Movie
I Have the Sun in My Back
Movie · as Sachiko
Beyond the Green Hills
Movie · as Umetaro
Kyu-chan, Draw Your Sword
Movie
The Gambling Monk
Movie
Kiriko's Tango
Movie
A City Where Men Live
Movie
Black Dice
Movie
Sun and Stars
Movie
Last Round
Movie
The Guys Who Put Money on Me
Movie · as Sanae Kitazawa
Glass-Hearted Johnny
Movie · as Yumi
The Rambler Returns Home
Movie
Pigs and Battleships
Movie · as Katsuyo
He Killed Dad
Movie
The Crimson Plains
Movie · as Sakie Yazaki
Wind and waves of the South
Movie · as Yasuko, Kazuo's foster mother
Tokyo Knights
Movie · as Koji's Mother
The Man with a Shotgun
Movie · as Harue
Quick Draw Joe
Movie · as Jane, the dancer
Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living
Movie · as Yuri Harada
Gun of Nosappu
Movie
Zurari oretacha yōjinbō
Movie
Bet on a Seaside Romance
Movie
Return of the Vagabond
Movie
The Rambler Rides Again
Movie
Yakuza Song
Movie
Jungle Block
Movie · as Kayoko Komuro
The Law's Bloody Wounds
Movie · as 榎本吟子
Lone Wolf
Movie · as Naomi
Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow
Movie · as Sumi
Yuganda tsuki
Movie · as Namiko Eda
A Turning to Hell
Movie · as Takako
Farewell to Southern Tosa
Movie
Wounded Beast
Movie
Umi wa kurutte iru
Movie
When a Man Risks His Life
Movie · as Yuko Kanzawa
Elegy to Youth
Movie
Masked Woman
Movie
We Live Today
Movie
Get Over Her
Movie · as Yukie
Voice Without a Shadow
Movie · as Asako Kotani
Stolen Desire
Movie · as Chidori Yamamura
Osaka no kaze
Movie
Taiyō o buchi otose
Movie
Unga
Movie · as Ryôko Fujiyama
死の壁の脱出
Movie · as Sayan, Sakin
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
Movie · as Koharu
Streetlights
Movie · as 早川千鶴子
The Barefoot Girl
Movie
The Champion
Movie · as Natsuko Miyagawa
But the Flesh is Weak
Movie
Dancing Sisters
Movie
Mountain Pass
Movie
The Awakening
Movie
Aishū no sono
Movie
Season of the Sun
Movie · as Eiko Takeda
The Happy Dancers
Movie · as Michiko Morishita
Our Town
Movie · as Otsuru / Kimie
Tonari no yome
Movie
Hungry Soul
Movie · as Reiko Shiba
Hungry Soul, Part II
Movie · as Reiko Shiba
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Movie · as Hung-tao
The Doctor
Movie
The Motherless
Movie · as Tomiko
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
Movie
A Daughter's Life Guide
Movie · as 田部三津子
Miss Teacher
Movie
Inhibited Love
Movie
Chikamatsu Monogatari
Movie · as Otama
Rakka no mon
Movie
Haha tokidori
Movie
Konna beppin mita koto nai
Movie
Four Mothers
Movie
Itsuki no komori uta
Movie
Konna bidanshi mita kotonai
Movie
Teenage Secrets
Movie
Mashiroki Fuji no mine
Movie
Kimi machifune
Movie
Atarashiki ten
Movie
Haru no uzumaki
Movie
Zoku jūdai no seiten
Movie · as Akiko Yasutomi
Jūdai no seiten
Movie
Jūdai no yūwaku
Movie
Zoku zoku Jûdai no seiten
Movie
Haha no hitomi
Movie
Shinkon noroke bushi
Movie
Gendai shojo
Movie
Haha nami
Movie
New Enoshima Elegy
Movie
Kinseimei shōbu monogatari: Kettō
Movie
Red Camellia
Movie
Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Kiniro no ōkami
Movie
Her Secret
Movie
Musume hatsukoi yatton-bushi
Movie