Yōko Minamida
Acting
- Born:
- 1933-03-01
- Died:
- 2009-10-21
- Place of birth:
- Tokyo, Japan
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.
Known For
Filmography
Song of Goodbye
The Motive
Gokusen
Lost Paradise
Salaryman Senka
Ai yo, Nemuranaide
砂山の唄殺人事件
Yellow Fangs
Tears of a Swan
This Story of Love
Star Ranch
Zero
Yôi don
At Noon
Take Me Away!
House
The Wild Daisy
Japanese Humanity and Justice
Ame no meguri ai
Akai Shougeki
Time of First Love
Karafuto 1945 Summer
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
Niji
A Young Man's Stronghold
Chivalrous Pride
Tale of the Last Japanese Yakuza
The Domain: Where The Blade Enters
Portrait of Chieko
The Domain: White Blade
Debt of Honor
Glorious Fights
NET Playhouse
Showdown of Men
The Kingdom of Jirocho 4
The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry
Underworld Code
Irogotoshi harudanji
The Tattooed Lord
The Soundless Cry
The Domain: The Naniwa Story
Prison Gambler
The Domain
Gambler
An Outlaw
Jakoman and Tetsu
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
Okashina yatsu
The Gambling Monk
Kyu-chan, Draw Your Sword
Kiriko's Tango
Love Comes with Youth
I Have the Sun in My Back
A Modern Samurai Village
Beyond the Green Hills
The Guys Who Put Money on Me
Glass-Hearted Johnny
The Rambler Returns Home
Last Round
Sun and Stars
Black Dice
Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi
Zurari oretacha yōjinbō
Wind and waves of the South
Gun of Nosappu
The Crimson Plains
The Man with a Shotgun
Quick Draw Joe
Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living
Tokyo Knights
Pigs and Battleships
He Killed Dad
Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow
The Rambler Rides Again
Bet on a Seaside Romance
Lone Wolf
Jungle Block
Return of the Vagabond
Yakuza Song
The Law's Bloody Wounds
When a Man Risks His Life
A Turning to Hell
Elegy to Youth
Farewell to Southern Tosa
Yuganda tsuki
Umi wa kurutte iru
Wounded Beast
We Live Today
Masked Woman
Get Over Her
Osaka no kaze
Voice Without a Shadow
Taiyō o buchi otose
Unga
死の壁の脱出
Stolen Desire
The Awakening
Mountain Pass
But the Flesh is Weak
The Barefoot Girl
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
The Champion
Streetlights
Aishū no sono
Dancing Sisters
Hungry Soul, Part II
Hungry Soul
Tonari no yome
Our Town
Season of the Sun
The Happy Dancers
The Motherless
The Doctor
A Daughter's Life Guide
Inhibited Love
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
Miss Teacher
Haru no uzumaki
Chikamatsu Monogatari
Atarashiki ten
Kimi machifune
Mashiroki Fuji no mine
Haha tokidori
Teenage Secrets
Konna bidanshi mita kotonai
Itsuki no komori uta
Four Mothers
Rakka no mon
Konna beppin mita koto nai
Jūdai no yūwaku
Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Kiniro no ōkami
Red Camellia
Kinseimei shōbu monogatari: Kettō
Zoku zoku Jûdai no seiten
New Enoshima Elegy
Zoku jūdai no seiten
Haha nami
Gendai shojo
Shinkon noroke bushi
Jūdai no seiten
Haha no hitomi
Her Secret
Musume hatsukoi yatton-bushi