Yōko Minamida
Acting
1933-03-01 · Tokyo, Japan
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.
Filmography
Song of Goodbye
2007 · Movie
The Motive
2004 · Movie
Gokusen
2002 · Series
Lost Paradise
1997 · Series
Salaryman Senka
1995 · Movie
Ai yo, Nemuranaide
1993 · Movie
砂山の唄殺人事件
1990 · Series
Yellow Fangs
1990 · Movie
Tears of a Swan
1989 · Series
This Story of Love
1987 · Movie
Star Ranch
1987 · Movie
Zero
1984 · Movie
Yôi don
1982 · Series
At Noon
1978 · Movie
Take Me Away!
1978 · Movie
House
1977 · Movie
The Wild Daisy
1977 · Movie
Japanese Humanity and Justice
1977 · Movie
Ame no meguri ai
1977 · Movie
Akai Shougeki
1976 · Series
Time of First Love
1975 · Movie
Karafuto 1945 Summer
1974 · Movie
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
1972 · Movie
Niji
1970 · Series
A Young Man's Stronghold
1970 · Movie
Chivalrous Pride
1969 · Movie
Tale of the Last Japanese Yakuza
1969 · Movie
The Domain: Where The Blade Enters
1967 · Movie
Portrait of Chieko
1967 · Movie
The Domain: White Blade
1967 · Movie
Debt of Honor
1966 · Movie
Glorious Fights
1966 · Movie
NET Playhouse
1966 · Series
Showdown of Men
1966 · Movie
The Kingdom of Jirocho 4
1965 · Movie
The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry
1965 · Movie
Underworld Code
1965 · Movie
Irogotoshi harudanji
1965 · Movie
The Tattooed Lord
1965 · Movie
The Domain: The Naniwa Story
1965 · Movie
The Soundless Cry
1965 · Movie
Prison Gambler
1964 · Movie
The Domain
1964 · Movie
Gambler
1964 · Movie
An Outlaw
1964 · Movie
Jakoman and Tetsu
1964 · Movie
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
1964 · Movie
Okashina yatsu
1963 · Movie
The Gambling Monk
1963 · Movie
Kyu-chan, Draw Your Sword
1963 · Movie
Kiriko's Tango
1963 · Movie
Love Comes with Youth
1963 · Movie
I Have the Sun in My Back
1963 · Movie
A Modern Samurai Village
1963 · Movie
Beyond the Green Hills
1963 · Movie
The Guys Who Put Money on Me
1962 · Movie
Glass-Hearted Johnny
1962 · Movie
The Rambler Returns Home
1962 · Movie
Last Round
1962 · Movie
Sun and Stars
1962 · Movie
Black Dice
1962 · Movie
Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi
1962 · Movie
Zurari oretacha yōjinbō
1961 · Movie
Wind and waves of the South
1961 · Movie
Gun of Nosappu
1961 · Movie
The Crimson Plains
1961 · Movie
The Man with a Shotgun
1961 · Movie
Quick Draw Joe
1961 · Movie
Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living
1961 · Movie
Tokyo Knights
1961 · Movie
Pigs and Battleships
1961 · Movie
He Killed Dad
1961 · Movie
Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow
1960 · Movie
The Rambler Rides Again
1960 · Movie
Bet on a Seaside Romance
1960 · Movie
Lone Wolf
1960 · Movie
Jungle Block
1960 · Movie
Return of the Vagabond
1960 · Movie
Yakuza Song
1960 · Movie
The Law's Bloody Wounds
1960 · Movie
When a Man Risks His Life
1959 · Movie
A Turning to Hell
1959 · Movie
Elegy to Youth
1959 · Movie
Farewell to Southern Tosa
1959 · Movie
Yuganda tsuki
1959 · Movie
Umi wa kurutte iru
1959 · Movie
Wounded Beast
1959 · Movie
We Live Today
1959 · Movie
Masked Woman
1959 · Movie
Get Over Her
1959 · Movie
Osaka no kaze
1958 · Movie
Voice Without a Shadow
1958 · Movie
Taiyō o buchi otose
1958 · Movie
Unga
1958 · Movie
死の壁の脱出
1958 · Movie
Stolen Desire
1958 · Movie
The Awakening
1957 · Movie
Mountain Pass
1957 · Movie
But the Flesh is Weak
1957 · Movie
The Barefoot Girl
1957 · Movie
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1957 · Movie
The Champion
1957 · Movie
Streetlights
1957 · Movie
Aishū no sono
1957 · Movie
Dancing Sisters
1957 · Movie
Hungry Soul, Part II
1956 · Movie
Hungry Soul
1956 · Movie
Tonari no yome
1956 · Movie
Our Town
1956 · Movie
Season of the Sun
1956 · Movie
The Happy Dancers
1956 · Movie
The Motherless
1955 · Movie
The Doctor
1955 · Movie
A Daughter's Life Guide
1955 · Movie
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
1955 · Movie
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955 · Movie
Miss Teacher
1955 · Movie
Chikamatsu Monogatari
1954 · Movie
Kimi machifune
1954 · Movie
Mashiroki Fuji no mine
1954 · Movie
Haha tokidori
1954 · Movie
Teenage Secrets
1954 · Movie
Konna bidanshi mita kotonai
1954 · Movie
Itsuki no komori uta
1954 · Movie
Four Mothers
1954 · Movie
Rakka no mon
1954 · Movie
Konna beppin mita koto nai
1954 · Movie
Jūdai no yūwaku
1953 · Movie
Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Kiniro no ōkami
1953 · Movie
Red Camellia
1953 · Movie
Kinseimei shōbu monogatari: Kettō
1953 · Movie
Zoku zoku Jûdai no seiten
1953 · Movie
New Enoshima Elegy
1953 · Movie
Zoku jūdai no seiten
1953 · Movie
Haha nami
1953 · Movie
Gendai shojo
1953 · Movie
Shinkon noroke bushi
1953 · Movie
Jūdai no seiten
1953 · Movie
Haha no hitomi
1953 · Movie
Her Secret
1952 · Movie
Musume hatsukoi yatton-bushi
1952 · Movie