Yōko 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.
Personal info
Gender
Female
Birthday
1933-03-01
Place of birth
Tokyo, Japan
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Cast
Pigs and Battleships
1961
7.10
A Modern Samurai Village
1963
0.00
Tale of the Last Japanese Yakuza
1969
0.00
Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi
1962
0.00
Chikamatsu Monogatari
1954
7.75
Zoku jūdai no seiten
1953
0.00
Black Dice
1962
0.00
Okashina yatsu
1963
0.00
Salaryman Senka
1995
0.00
A Young Man's Stronghold
1970
0.00
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
1955
6.68
Ankoku gai jingi
1965
0.00
Umi no jōji ni kakero
1960
0.00
Sun and Stars
1962
0.00
He Killed Dad
1961
0.00
Streetlights
1957
0.00
Last Round
1962
0.00
The Soundless Cry
1965
8.00
Yellow Fangs
1990
6.70
The Wild Daisy
1977
0.00
Season of the Sun
1956
6.00
The Crimson Plains
1961
0.00
Yuganda tsuki
1959
0.00
The Doctor
1955
0.00
The Kingdom of Jirocho 4
1965
0.00
Jūdai no seiten
1953
0.00
Return of the Vagabond
1960
5.00
The Guys Who Put Money on Me
1962
5.00
The Rambler Rides Again
1960
0.00
Voice Without a Shadow
1958
6.40
Love Comes with Youth
1963
8.00
Chivalrous Pride
1969
0.00
Wind and waves of the South
1961
0.00
I Have the Sun in My Back
1963
0.00
The Happy Dancers
1956
0.00
Our Town
1956
6.80
An Outlaw
1964
4.20
The Motherless
1955
0.00
Tonari no yome
1956
0.00
Time of First Love
1975
0.00
Beyond the Green Hills
1963
0.00
Glorious Fights
1966
7.00
The Barefoot Girl
1957
0.00
The Poem of the Blue Star
1960
0.00
This Story of Love
1987
0.00
Glass-Hearted Johnny
1962
0.00
Jakoman and Tetsu
1964
6.00
Tokyo Knights
1961
6.80
The Domain
1964
6.40
Ame no meguri ai
1977
0.00
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
1972
6.00
Portrait of Chieko
1967
0.00
House
1977
7.32
The Champion
1957
6.00
The Man with a Shotgun
1961
6.38
Kyu-chan, Draw Your Sword
1963
10.00
A Turning to Hell
1959
0.00
Stolen Desire
1958
6.60
At Noon
1978
3.25
Quick Draw Joe
1961
0.00
But the Flesh is Weak
1957
6.00
Hungry Soul
1956
6.00
Farewell to Southern Tosa
1959
0.00
Jungle Block
1960
7.00
Dancing Sisters
1957
0.00
Karafuto 1945 Summer
1974
8.50
Song of Goodbye
2007
5.00
Hungry Soul, Part II
1956
6.40
The Gambling Monk
1963
0.00
The Rambler Returns Home
1962
0.00
Showdown of Men
1966
0.00
Zero
1984
4.20
The Domain: The Naniwa Story
1965
3.20
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955
0.00
Prison Gambler
1964
10.00
Gambler
1964
10.00
The Law's Bloody Wounds
1960
0.00
Jūdai no yūwaku
1953
0.00
The Tattooed Lord
1965
8.00
Wounded Beast
1959
0.00
Umi wa kurutte iru
1959
0.00
Taiyō o buchi otose
1958
0.00
Osaka no kaze
1958
0.00
When a Man Risks His Life
1959
0.00
Lone Wolf
1960
0.00
Zoku zoku Jûdai no seiten
1953
0.00
Nosappu no jū
1961
0.00
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
1964
0.00
The Motive
2004
6.40
Take Me Away!
1978
7.00
The Domain: White Blade
1967
0.00
Elegy to Youth
1959
0.00
Mountain Pass
1957
0.00
The Awakening
1957
0.00
Kamen no Onna
1959
0.00
We Live Today
1959
0.00
Japanese Humanity and Justice
1977
7.00
Kiriko's Tango
1963
0.00
Zurari oretacha yōjinbō
1961
0.00
Aishū no sono
1957
0.00
娘の人生案内
1955
0.00