Name
Yōko Minamida
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1933-03-01
Deathday
2009-10-21 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
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
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- 1961 Pigs and Battleships as Katsuyo
- 1963 A Modern Samurai Village as Yasu Tajima
- 1969 Tale of the Last Japanese Yakuza
- 1962 Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi
- 1954 Chikamatsu Monogatari as Otama
- 1953 Zoku jūdai no seiten as Akiko Yasutomi
- 1962 Black Dice
- 1963 Okashina yatsu as Fujiko, Shuntô
- 1995 Salaryman Senka
- 1970 A Young Man's Stronghold
- 1955 Princess Yang Kwei-fei as Hung-tao
- 1957 A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era as Koharu
- 1965 Underworld Code
- 1960 Bet on a Seaside Romance
- 1962 Sun and Stars
- 1961 He Killed Dad
- 1957 Streetlights as 早川千鶴子
- 1962 Last Round
- 1965 The Soundless Cry as Tokie Matsuura
- 1990 Yellow Fangs as Kiyo
- 1977 The Wild Daisy as Fuki - Masao's Mother
- 1956 Season of the Sun as Eiko Takeda
- 1961 The Crimson Plains as Sakie Yazaki
- 1959 Yuganda tsuki as Namiko Eda
- 1955 The Doctor
- 1965 The Kingdom of Jirocho 4
- 1953 Jūdai no seiten
- 1960 Return of the Vagabond
- 1962 The Guys Who Put Money on Me as Sanae Kitazawa
- 1960 The Rambler Rides Again
- 1958 Voice Without a Shadow as Asako Kotani
- 1963 Love Comes with Youth
- 1969 Chivalrous Pride
- 1961 Wind and waves of the South as Yasuko, Kazuo's foster mother
- 1963 I Have the Sun in My Back as Sachiko
- 1956 The Happy Dancers as Michiko Morishita
- 1956 Our Town as Otsuru / Kimie
- 1964 An Outlaw
- 1955 The Motherless as Tomiko
- 1956 Tonari no yome
- 1975 Time of First Love
- 1963 Beyond the Green Hills as Umetaro
- 1966 Glorious Fights as Akemi
- 1957 The Barefoot Girl
- 1960 Yakuza Song
- 1987 This Story of Love
- 1962 Glass-Hearted Johnny as Yumi
- 1964 Jakoman and Tetsu as Masa
- 1961 Tokyo Knights as Koji's Mother
- 1964 The Domain
- 1977 Ame no meguri ai
- 1972 The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang as Maid
- 1967 Portrait of Chieko as Kazuko Tsubaki
- 1977 House as Hausu Karei
- 1957 The Champion as Natsuko Miyagawa
- 1961 The Man with a Shotgun as Harue
- 1963 Kyu-chan, Draw Your Sword
- 1959 A Turning to Hell as Takako
- 1958 Stolen Desire as Chidori Yamamura
- 1978 At Noon
- 1961 Quick Draw Joe as Jane, the dancer
- 1957 But the Flesh is Weak
- 1956 Hungry Soul as Reiko Shiba
- 1965 The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry
- 1959 Farewell to Southern Tosa
- 1960 Jungle Block as Kayoko Komuro
- 1957 Dancing Sisters
- 1974 Karafuto 1945 Summer
- 2007 Song of Goodbye as Kyoko Tanabe
- 1956 Hungry Soul, Part II as Reiko Shiba
- 1963 The Gambling Monk
- 1962 The Rambler Returns Home
- 1966 Showdown of Men
- 1984 Zero as Ine Hamada
- 1965 The Domain: The Naniwa Story
- 1955 A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
- 1964 Prison Gambler as Kimura Uta
- 1964 Gambler as Kimura Uta
- 1960 The Law's Bloody Wounds as 榎本吟子
- 1953 Jūdai no yūwaku
- 1965 The Tattooed Lord
- 1959 Wounded Beast
- 1959 Umi wa kurutte iru
- 1958 Osaka no kaze
- 1959 When a Man Risks His Life
- 1958 Taiyō o buchi otose
- 1961 Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living as Yuri Harada
- 1960 Lone Wolf as Naomi
- 1953 Zoku zoku Jûdai no seiten
- 1961 Gun of Nosappu
- 1964 To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2 as Misato
- 2004 The Motive as Kinue Ishida
- 1978 Take Me Away! as Tomi Oguchi
- 1967 The Domain: Where The Blade Enters
- 1967 The Domain: White Blade
- 1960 Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow as Sumi
- 1959 Elegy to Youth
- 1957 Mountain Pass
- 1957 The Awakening
- 1959 Masked Woman
- 1959 We Live Today
- 1977 Japanese Humanity and Justice
- 1963 Kiriko's Tango
- 1961 Zurari oretacha yōjinbō
- 1957 Aishū no sono
- 1955 A Daughter's Life Guide as 田部三津子
- 1993 Ai yo, Nemuranaide
- 1952 Her Secret
- 1959 Get Over Her as Yukie
- 1954 Rakka no mon
- 1958 Unga as Ryôko Fujiyama
- 1965 Irogotoshi harudanji as Otama
- 1987 Star Ranch
- 1966 Debt of Honor as Oiku
- 1955 Miss Teacher
- 1954 Haha tokidori
- 1958 死の壁の脱出 as Sayan
- 1958 死の壁の脱出 as Sakin
- 1952 Musume hatsukoi yatton-bushi
- 1953 Haha no hitomi
- 1953 Shinkon noroke bushi
- 1953 Gendai shojo
- 1953 Haha nami
- 1953 New Enoshima Elegy
- 1953 Kinseimei shōbu monogatari: Kettō
- 1953 Red Camellia
- 1953 Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Kiniro no ōkami
- 1954 Konna beppin mita koto nai
- 1954 Four Mothers
- 1954 Itsuki no komori uta
- 1954 Konna bidanshi mita kotonai
- 1954 Teenage Secrets
- 1954 Mashiroki Fuji no mine
- 1954 Kimi machifune
- 1954 Atarashiki ten
- 1954 Haru no uzumaki
- 1989 Tears of a Swan ( 25 episodes ) as Atsuko Kawata
- 1982 Yôi don ( 153 episodes ) as 栄市の母・せい
- 1970 Niji ( 310 episodes ) as 三谷かな子
- 1997 Lost Paradise ( 12 episodes ) as Eto Kuniko
- 1976 Akai Shougeki ( 29 episodes )
- 1990 砂山の唄殺人事件 ( 1 episode )
- 2002 Gokusen ( 10 episodes ) as Matsubara
- 1966 NET Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Nobuko Muroi
