Acting
Yōko Minamida
JA cinema · 136 credits
Born
1 March 1933
Died
21 October 2009 (aged 76)
Birthplace
Tokyo, Japan
Also known as Yoko Kitada · Yoko Minamida · Youko Minamida · Ёко Минамида · یوکو مینامیدا
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
as Kyoko Tanabe
The Motive
as Kinue Ishida
Yellow Fangs
as Kiyo
Zero
as Ine Hamada
At Noon
Actor
Take Me Away!
as Tomi Oguchi
The Wild Daisy
as Fuki - Masao's Mother
House
as Auntie Karei Hausu
Portrait of Chieko
as Kazuko Tsubaki
Glorious Fights
as Akemi
The Soundless Cry
as Tokie Matsuura
Prison Gambler
as Kimura Uta
Gambler
as Kimura Uta
A Modern Samurai Village
as Yasu Tajima
Okashina yatsu
as Fujiko, Shuntô
Beyond the Green Hills
as Umetaro
The Guys Who Put Money on Me
as Sanae Kitazawa
Pigs and Battleships
as Katsuyo
The Crimson Plains
as Sakie Yazaki
Wind and waves of the South
as Yasuko, Kazuo's foster mother
Tokyo Knights
as Koji's Mother
Quick Draw Joe
as Jane, the dancer
Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living
as Yuri Harada
Jungle Block
as Kayoko Komuro
Lone Wolf
as Naomi
Yuganda tsuki
as Namiko Eda
A Turning to Hell
as Takako
When a Man Risks His Life
as Yuko Kanzawa
Get Over Her
as Yukie
Voice Without a Shadow
as Asako Kotani
Stolen Desire
as Chidori Yamamura
Unga
as Ryôko Fujiyama
死の壁の脱出
as Sayan, as Sakin
Streetlights
as 早川千鶴子
The Champion
as Natsuko Miyagawa
Season of the Sun
as Eiko Takeda
東京バカ踊り
1956
The Happy Dancers
as Michiko Morishita
Our Town
as Otsuru / Kimie
Hungry Soul
as Reiko Shiba
Hungry Soul, Part II
as Reiko Shiba
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
as Hung-tao
母なき子
1955
The Motherless
as Tomiko
Zoku jūdai no seiten
as Akiko Yasutomi
