Cast
Yōko Minamida
Acting
Cast
Yōko Minamida
Known for
Acting
Born
1933-03-01
From
Tokyo, Japan
Died
2009-10-21
Also known as Yoko Kitada, Yoko Minamida, Youko Minamida
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.
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
as Hung-tao
House
as Hausu Karei
Chikamatsu Monogatari
as Otama
Pigs and Battleships
as Katsuyo
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
as Maid
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
as Koharu
Portrait of Chieko
as Kazuko Tsubaki
Song of Goodbye
as Kyoko Tanabe
The Motherless
as Tomiko
The Motive
as Kinue Ishida
Get Over Her
as Yukie
The Man with a Shotgun
as Harue
Take Me Away!
as Tomi Oguchi
Voice Without a Shadow
as Asako Kotani
The Domain: The Naniwa Story
Season of the Sun
as Eiko Takeda
Stolen Desire
as Chidori Yamamura
The Rambler Rides Again
Yuganda tsuki
as Namiko Eda
The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry
Love Comes with Youth
When a Man Risks His Life
Elegy to Youth
Beyond the Green Hills
as Umetaro
The Kingdom of Jirocho 4
The Gambling Monk
Jakoman and Tetsu
as Masa
The Soundless Cry
as Tokie Matsuura
Yellow Fangs
as Kiyo
Japanese Humanity and Justice
The Tattooed Lord
Quick Draw Joe
as Jane, the dancer
Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi
Zero
as Ine Hamada
The Barefoot Girl
The Champion
as Natsuko Miyagawa
Jungle Block
as Kayoko Komuro
The Domain
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
as Misato
An Outlaw
Karafuto 1945 Summer
A Young Man's Stronghold
The Domain: White Blade
Glass-Hearted Johnny
as Yumi
At Noon
Showdown of Men
Gambler
as Kimura Uta
Ankoku gai jingi
The Guys Who Put Money on Me
as Sanae Kitazawa
Sun and Stars
Farewell to Southern Tosa
Last Round
This Story of Love
Wind and waves of the South
as Yasuko, Kazuo's foster mother
The Domain: Where The Blade Enters
Prison Gambler
as Kimura Uta
Glorious Fights
as Akemi
Tokyo Knights
as Koji's Mother
Mountain Pass
Bet on a Seaside Romance
I Have the Sun in My Back
as Sachiko
A Modern Samurai Village
as Yasu Tajima
Time of First Love
The Wild Daisy
as Fuki - Masao's Mother
Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow
as Sumi
Chivalrous Pride
But the Flesh is Weak
Ame no meguri ai
He Killed Dad
Our Town
as Otsuru / Kimie
Dancing Sisters
Hungry Soul, Part II
as Reiko Shiba
Aishū no sono
Hungry Soul
as Reiko Shiba
Okashina yatsu
as Fujiko, Shuntô
Zoku zoku Jûdai no seiten
Zoku jūdai no seiten
as Akiko Yasutomi
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
Kiriko's Tango
The Poem of the Blue Star
The Rambler Returns Home
Wounded Beast
We Live Today
Kyu-chan, Draw Your Sword
Return of the Vagabond
Tale of the Last Japanese Yakuza
The Awakening
Streetlights
as 早川千鶴子
A Turning to Hell
as Takako
Taiyō o buchi otose
Gun of Nosappu
The Law's Bloody Wounds
as 榎本吟子
Masked Woman
Salaryman Senka
The Doctor
Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living
as Yuri Harada
Umi wa kurutte iru
The Crimson Plains
as Sakie Yazaki
The Happy Dancers
as Michiko Morishita
Black Dice
Zurari oretacha yōjinbō
Jūdai no yūwaku
Rakka no mon
Lone Wolf
as Naomi
Tonari no yome
Ai yo, Nemuranaide
Jūdai no seiten
Osaka no kaze
Himitsu
Irogotoshi harudanji
as Otama
A Daughter's Life Guide
as 田部三津子
Unga
as Ryôko Fujiyama
