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.
★7.3
MOVIE1964
Jakoman and Tetsu
as Masa
★5.0
MOVIE2007
Song of Goodbye
as Kyoko Tanabe
MOVIE1966
Debt of Honor
as Oiku
★10.0
MOVIE1960
The Rambler Rides Again
MOVIE1961
Quick Draw Joe
as Jane, the dancer
★7.3
MOVIE1977
House
as Hausu Karei
MOVIE1958
死の壁の脱出
as Sayan
MOVIE1958
死の壁の脱出
as Sakin
★7.1
MOVIE1961
Pigs and Battleships
as Katsuyo
★7.8
MOVIE1954
Chikamatsu Monogatari
as Otama
★6.7
MOVIE1955
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
as Hung-tao
MOVIE1954
Haha tokidori
MOVIE1965
Irogotoshi harudanji
as Otama
MOVIE1958
Unga
as Ryôko Fujiyama
★6.9
MOVIE2004
The Motive
as Kinue Ishida
★6.2
MOVIE1956
Hungry Soul
as Reiko Shiba
MOVIE1955
Miss Teacher
★8.0
MOVIE1952
Himitsu
★3.2
MOVIE1978
At Noon
MOVIE1987
Star Ranch
MOVIE1954
Rakka no mon
★9.0
MOVIE1963
A Modern Samurai Village
as Yasu Tajima
★7.0
MOVIE1957
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
as Koharu
★6.4
MOVIE1957
The Champion
as Natsuko Miyagawa
MOVIE1955
A Daughter's Life Guide
as 田部三津子
★9.0
MOVIE1964
Gambler
as Kimura Uta
★7.3
MOVIE1966
Glorious Fights
as Akemi
MOVIE1993
Ai yo, Nemuranaide
★5.8
MOVIE1984
Zero
as Ine Hamada
★5.0
MOVIE1964
An Outlaw
★7.0
MOVIE1961
Tokyo Knights
as Koji's Mother
MOVIE1963
The Gambling Monk
★7.1
MOVIE1990
Yellow Fangs
as Kiyo
★7.0
MOVIE1960
Jungle Block
as Kayoko Komuro
★8.0
MOVIE1978
Take Me Away!
as Tomi Oguchi
MOVIE1961
He Killed Dad
★9.0
MOVIE1977
The Wild Daisy
as Fuki - Masao's Mother
★6.6
MOVIE1956
Season of the Sun
as Eiko Takeda
★6.5
MOVIE1961
The Man with a Shotgun
as Harue
★9.0
MOVIE1955
The Motherless
as Tomiko
★6.2
MOVIE1958
Voice Without a Shadow
as Asako Kotani
★10.0
MOVIE1967
The Domain: Where The Blade Enters
★6.7
MOVIE1958
Stolen Desire
as Chidori Yamamura
MOVIE1957
Dancing Sisters
★8.5
MOVIE1974
Karafuto 1945 Summer
★4.8
MOVIE1965
The Domain: The Naniwa Story
★6.5
MOVIE1956
Hungry Soul, Part II
as Reiko Shiba
★7.5
MOVIE1967
Portrait of Chieko
as Kazuko Tsubaki
MOVIE1959
Get Over Her
as Yukie
★5.0
MOVIE1960
Return of the Vagabond
★6.5
MOVIE1964
The Domain
MOVIE1964
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
as Misato
★6.0
MOVIE1961
Zurari oretacha yōjinbō
★8.0
MOVIE1963
Love Comes with Youth
MOVIE1995
Salaryman Senka
MOVIE1957
The Barefoot Girl
★6.9
MOVIE1956
Our Town
as Otsuru / Kimie
★7.3
MOVIE1957
But the Flesh is Weak
MOVIE1959
Farewell to Southern Tosa
MOVIE1957
Streetlights
as 早川千鶴子
MOVIE1959
Yuganda tsuki
as Namiko Eda
★7.5
MOVIE1965
The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry
MOVIE1963
I Have the Sun in My Back
as Sachiko
★10.0
MOVIE1955
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
★7.0
MOVIE1977
Japanese Humanity and Justice
★7.0
MOVIE1960
Yakuza Song
★7.5
MOVIE1965
The Tattooed Lord
★8.0
MOVIE1965
The Kingdom of Jirocho 4
MOVIE1962
Black Dice
★7.0
MOVIE1963
Beyond the Green Hills
as Umetaro
★8.0
MOVIE1987
This Story of Love
MOVIE1962
Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi
★6.8
MOVIE1972
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
as Maid
MOVIE1961
The Crimson Plains
as Sakie Yazaki
★7.0
MOVIE1966
Showdown of Men
MOVIE1959
Elegy to Youth
MOVIE1965
Underworld Code
MOVIE1975
Time of First Love
MOVIE1957
The Awakening
MOVIE1959
Masked Woman
MOVIE1961
Wind and waves of the South
as Yasuko, Kazuo's foster mother
MOVIE1957
Mountain Pass
MOVIE1963
Kiriko's Tango
MOVIE1962
Glass-Hearted Johnny
as Yumi
MOVIE1963
Okashina yatsu
as Fujiko, Shuntô
★9.0
MOVIE1965
The Soundless Cry
as Tokie Matsuura
MOVIE1953
Zoku zoku Jûdai no seiten
MOVIE1962
Sun and Stars
MOVIE1961
Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living
as Yuri Harada
MOVIE1953
Zoku jūdai no seiten
as Akiko Yasutomi
MOVIE1962
The Rambler Returns Home
MOVIE1959
Wounded Beast
MOVIE1957
Aishū no sono
MOVIE1953
Jūdai no yūwaku
★8.0
MOVIE1967
The Domain: White Blade
★7.5
MOVIE1962
The Guys Who Put Money on Me
as Sanae Kitazawa
MOVIE1959
When a Man Risks His Life
MOVIE1977
Ame no meguri ai
MOVIE1960
Lone Wolf
as Naomi
★9.0
MOVIE1960
Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow
as Sumi
MOVIE1960
The Law's Bloody Wounds
as 榎本吟子
★9.0
MOVIE1964
Prison Gambler
as Kimura Uta
MOVIE1956
The Happy Dancers
as Michiko Morishita
MOVIE1962
Last Round
MOVIE1969
Chivalrous Pride
★10.0
MOVIE1970
A Young Man's Stronghold
MOVIE1956
Tonari no yome
MOVIE1959
Umi wa kurutte iru
★10.0
MOVIE1955
The Doctor
MOVIE1969
Tale of the Last Japanese Yakuza
MOVIE1959
We Live Today
★10.0
MOVIE1961
Gun of Nosappu
★9.0
MOVIE1960
Bet on a Seaside Romance
MOVIE1958
Osaka no kaze
★10.0
MOVIE1963
Kyu-chan, Draw Your Sword
★7.0
MOVIE1953
Jūdai no seiten
MOVIE1959
A Turning to Hell
as Takako
MOVIE1958