
Cast
Acting
Cast
Known for
Acting
Born
1933-03-01
From
Tokyo, Japan
Died
2009-10-21
Also known as Yoko Kitada, Yoko Minamida, Youko Minamida
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.

as Masa

as Kyoko Tanabe

as Oiku


as Jane, the dancer

as Hausu Karei

as Sayan

as Sakin

as Katsuyo

as Otama

as Hung-tao


as Otama

as Ryôko Fujiyama

as Kinue Ishida

as Reiko Shiba






as Yasu Tajima

as Koharu

as Natsuko Miyagawa

as 田部三津子

as Kimura Uta

as Akemi


as Ine Hamada


as Koji's Mother


as Kiyo

as Kayoko Komuro

as Tomi Oguchi


as Fuki - Masao's Mother

as Eiko Takeda

as Harue

as Tomiko

as Asako Kotani


as Chidori Yamamura




as Reiko Shiba

as Kazuko Tsubaki

as Yukie



as Misato





as Otsuru / Kimie



as 早川千鶴子

as Namiko Eda


as Sachiko







as Umetaro



as Maid

as Sakie Yazaki







as Yasuko, Kazuo's foster mother



as Yumi

as Fujiko, Shuntô

as Tokie Matsuura



as Yuri Harada

as Akiko Yasutomi






as Sanae Kitazawa



as Naomi

as Sumi

as 榎本吟子

as Kimura Uta

as Michiko Morishita














as Takako
