Yōko Minamida
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.
Pigs and Battleships
(Katsuyo)
A Modern Samurai Village
(Yasu Tajima)
Tale of the Last Japanese Yakuza
Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi
Chikamatsu Monogatari
(Otama)
Zoku jūdai no seiten
(Akiko Yasutomi)
Black Dice
Okashina yatsu
(Fujiko, Shuntô)
Salaryman Senka
A Young Man's Stronghold
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
(Hung-tao)
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
(Koharu)
Ankoku gai jingi
Umi no jōji ni kakero
Sun and Stars
He Killed Dad
Streetlights
(早川千鶴子)
Last Round
The Soundless Cry
(Tokie Matsuura)
Yellow Fangs
(Kiyo)
The Wild Daisy
(Fuki - Masao's Mother)
Season of the Sun
(Eiko Takeda)
The Crimson Plains
(Sakie Yazaki)
Yuganda tsuki
(Namiko Eda)
The Doctor
The Kingdom of Jirocho 4
Jūdai no seiten
Return of the Vagabond
The Guys Who Put Money on Me
(Sanae Kitazawa)
The Rambler Rides Again
Voice Without a Shadow
(Asako Kotani)
Love Comes with Youth
Chivalrous Pride
Wind and waves of the South
(Yasuko, Kazuo's foster mother)
I Have the Sun in My Back
(Sachiko)
The Happy Dancers
(Michiko Morishita)
Our Town
(Otsuru / Kimie)
An Outlaw
The Motherless
(Tomiko)
Tonari no yome
Time of First Love
Beyond the Green Hills
(Umetaro)
Glorious Fights
(Akemi)
The Barefoot Girl
The Poem of the Blue Star
This Story of Love
Glass-Hearted Johnny
(Yumi)
Jakoman and Tetsu
(Masa)
Tokyo Knights
(Koji's Mother)
The Domain
Ame no meguri ai
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
(Maid)
Portrait of Chieko
(Kazuko Tsubaki)
House
(Hausu Karei)
The Champion
(Natsuko Miyagawa)
The Man with a Shotgun
(Harue)
Kyu-chan, Draw Your Sword
A Turning to Hell
(Takako)
Stolen Desire
(Chidori Yamamura)
At Noon
Quick Draw Joe
(Jane, the dancer)
But the Flesh is Weak
Hungry Soul
(Reiko Shiba)
The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry
Farewell to Southern Tosa
Jungle Block
(Kayoko Komuro)
Dancing Sisters
Karafuto 1945 Summer
Song of Goodbye
(Kyoko Tanabe)
Hungry Soul, Part II
(Reiko Shiba)
The Gambling Monk
The Rambler Returns Home
Showdown of Men
Zero
(Ine Hamada)
The Domain: The Naniwa Story
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
Prison Gambler
(Kimura Uta)
Gambler
(Kimura Uta)
The Law's Bloody Wounds
(榎本吟子)
Jūdai no yūwaku
The Tattooed Lord
Wounded Beast
Umi wa kurutte iru
Osaka no kaze
When a Man Risks His Life
Taiyō o buchi otose
Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living
(Yuri Harada)
Lone Wolf
(Naomi)
Zoku zoku Jûdai no seiten
Nosappu no jū
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
(Misato)
The Motive
(Kinue Ishida)
Take Me Away!
(Tomi Oguchi)
The Domain: Where The Blade Enters
The Domain: White Blade
Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow
(Sumi)
Elegy to Youth
Mountain Pass
The Awakening
Kamen no Onna
We Live Today
Japanese Humanity and Justice
Kiriko's Tango
Zurari oretacha yōjinbō
Aishū no sono
Tears of a Swan
(Atsuko Kawata)
Yôi don
(栄市の母・せい)
Niji
(三谷かな子)
Lost Paradise
(Eto Kuniko)
Akai Shougeki
砂山の唄殺人事件
Gokusen
(Matsubara)