Yōko Minamida
Age: N/A | From: Tokyo, Japan
Person Details
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Aliases: Yoko Kitada , Yoko Minamida , Youko Minamida , Ёко Минамида , یوکو مینامیدا
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan
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Movie Involvements: 39
TV Involvements: 3
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Niji
(1970) 三谷かな子
Yôi don
(1982) 栄市の母・せい
Lost Paradise
(1997) Eto Kuniko
The Crucified Lovers
(1954) Otama
Princess Yang Kwei Fei
(1955) Hung-tao
Season of the Sun
(1956) Eiko Takeda
The Motive
(2004) Kinue Ishida
Zero
(1984) Ine HamadaActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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| 2007 | Kyoko Tanabe | |
| 2004 | Kinue Ishida | |
| 1997 | Eto Kuniko | |
| 1995 | N/A | |
| 1990 | N/A | |
| Kiyo | ||
| 1989 | N/A | |
| 1987 | N/A | |
| 1984 | Ine Hamada | |
| 1982 | 栄市の母・せい | |
| 1978 | N/A | |
| Tomi Oguchi | ||
| 1977 | Auntie Hausu Karei | |
| Fuki - Masao's Mother | ||
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| 1976 | N/A | |
| 1975 | N/A | |
| 1974 | N/A | |
| 1972 | Maid | |
| 1970 | 三谷かな子 | |
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| 1969 | N/A | |
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| 1967 | N/A | |
| Kazuko Tsubaki | ||
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| 1966 | Akemi | |
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| 1965 | N/A | |
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| Tokie Matsuura | ||
| 1964 | Kimura Uta | |
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| Kimura Uta | ||
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| Masa | ||
| Misato | ||
| 1963 | Fujiko, Shuntô | |
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| Sachiko | ||
| Yasu Tajima | ||
| Umetaro | ||
| 1962 | Sanae Kitazawa | |
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| 1961 | Yasuko, Kazuo's foster mother | |
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| Sakie Yazaki | ||
| Harue | ||
| Yuri Harada | ||
| Jane, the dancer | ||
| Koji's Mother | ||
| Katsuyo | ||
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| 1960 | Sumi | |
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| Naomi | ||
| Kayoko Komuro | ||
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| 榎本吟子 | ||
| 1959 | N/A | |
| Takako | ||
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| Namiko Eda | ||
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| 1958 | N/A | |
| Asako Kotani | ||
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| Chidori Yamamura | ||
| 1957 | N/A | |
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| Koharu | ||
| Natsuko Miyagawa | ||
| 早川千鶴子 | ||
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| 1956 | Reiko Shiba | |
| Reiko Shiba | ||
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| Otsuru / Kimie | ||
| Eiko Takeda | ||
| Michiko Morishita | ||
| 1955 | Tomiko | |
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| Hung-tao | ||
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| 1954 | Otama | |
| 1953 | N/A | |
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| Akiko Yasutomi | ||
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