Yōko Minamida
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Acting Credits
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 l...
Known For
Filmography
Song of Goodbye
2007
as Kyoko Tanabe
The Motive
2004
as Kinue Ishida
Gokusen
2002
as Matsubara
Lost Paradise
1997
as Eto Kuniko
Salaryman Senka
1995
Ai yo, Nemuranaide
1993
Yellow Fangs
1990
as Kiyo
砂山の唄殺人事件
1990
Tears of a Swan
1989
as Atsuko Kawata
This Story of Love
1987
Star Ranch
1987
Zero
1984
as Ine Hamada
Yôi don
1982
as 栄市の母・せい
At Noon
1978
Take Me Away!
1978
as Tomi Oguchi
The Wild Daisy
1977
as Fuki - Masao's Mother
Ame no meguri ai
1977
House
1977
as Hausu Karei
Japanese Humanity and Justice
1977
Akai Shougeki
1976
Time of First Love
1975
Karafuto 1945 Summer
1974
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
1972
as Maid
A Young Man's Stronghold
1970
Niji
1970
as 三谷かな子
Tale of the Last Japanese Yakuza
1969
Chivalrous Pride
1969
Portrait of Chieko
1967
as Kazuko Tsubaki
The Domain: Where The Blade Enters
1967
The Domain: White Blade
1967
Glorious Fights
1966
as Akemi
Showdown of Men
1966
Debt of Honor
1966
as Oiku
NET Playhouse
1966
as Nobuko Muroi
Underworld Code
1965
The Soundless Cry
1965
as Tokie Matsuura
The Kingdom of Jirocho 4
1965
The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry
1965
The Domain: The Naniwa Story
1965
The Tattooed Lord
1965
Irogotoshi harudanji
1965
as Otama
An Outlaw
1964
Jakoman and Tetsu
1964
as Masa
The Domain
1964
Prison Gambler
1964
as Kimura Uta
Gambler
1964
as Kimura Uta
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
1964
as Misato
A Modern Samurai Village
1963
as Yasu Tajima
Okashina yatsu
1963
as Fujiko, Shuntô
Love Comes with Youth
1963
I Have the Sun in My Back
1963
as Sachiko
Beyond the Green Hills
1963
as Umetaro
Kyu-chan, Draw Your Sword
1963
The Gambling Monk
1963
Kiriko's Tango
1963
Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi
1962
Black Dice
1962
Sun and Stars
1962
Last Round
1962
The Guys Who Put Money on Me
1962
as Sanae Kitazawa
Glass-Hearted Johnny
1962
as Yumi
The Rambler Returns Home
1962
Pigs and Battleships
1961
as Katsuyo
He Killed Dad
1961
The Crimson Plains
1961
as Sakie Yazaki
Wind and waves of the South
1961
as Yasuko, Kazuo's foster mother
Tokyo Knights
1961
as Koji's Mother
The Man with a Shotgun
1961
as Harue
Quick Draw Joe
1961
as Jane, the dancer
Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living
1961
as Yuri Harada
Gun of Nosappu
1961
Zurari oretacha yōjinbō
1961
Bet on a Seaside Romance
1960
Return of the Vagabond
1960
The Rambler Rides Again
1960
Yakuza Song
1960
Jungle Block
1960
as Kayoko Komuro
The Law's Bloody Wounds
1960
as 榎本吟子
Lone Wolf
1960
as Naomi
Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow
1960
as Sumi
Yuganda tsuki
1959
as Namiko Eda
A Turning to Hell
1959
as Takako
Farewell to Southern Tosa
1959
Wounded Beast
1959
Umi wa kurutte iru
1959
When a Man Risks His Life
1959
Elegy to Youth
1959
Masked Woman
1959
We Live Today
1959
Get Over Her
1959
as Yukie
Voice Without a Shadow
1958
as Asako Kotani
Stolen Desire
1958
as Chidori Yamamura
Taiyō o buchi otose
1958
Osaka no kaze
1958
Unga
1958
as Ryôko Fujiyama
死の壁の脱出
1958
as Sayan
死の壁の脱出
1958
as Sakin
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1957
as Koharu
Streetlights
1957
as 早川千鶴子
The Barefoot Girl
1957
The Champion
1957
as Natsuko Miyagawa
But the Flesh is Weak
1957
Dancing Sisters
1957
Mountain Pass
1957
The Awakening
1957
Aishū no sono
1957
Season of the Sun
1956
as Eiko Takeda
The Happy Dancers
1956
as Michiko Morishita
Our Town
1956
as Otsuru / Kimie
Tonari no yome
1956
Hungry Soul
1956
as Reiko Shiba
Hungry Soul, Part II
1956
as Reiko Shiba
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
1955
as Hung-tao
The Doctor
1955
The Motherless
1955
as Tomiko
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955
A Daughter's Life Guide
1955
as 田部三津子
Miss Teacher
1955
Inhibited Love
1955
Chikamatsu Monogatari
1954
as Otama
Rakka no mon
1954
Haha tokidori
1954
Konna beppin mita koto nai
1954
Four Mothers
1954
Itsuki no komori uta
1954
Konna bidanshi mita kotonai
1954
Teenage Secrets
1954
Mashiroki Fuji no mine
1954
Kimi machifune
1954
Atarashiki ten
1954
Haru no uzumaki
1954
Zoku jūdai no seiten
1953
as Akiko Yasutomi
Jūdai no seiten
1953
Jūdai no yūwaku
1953
Zoku zoku Jûdai no seiten
1953
Haha no hitomi
1953
Shinkon noroke bushi
1953
Gendai shojo
1953
Haha nami
1953
New Enoshima Elegy
1953
Kinseimei shōbu monogatari: Kettō
1953
Red Camellia
1953
Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Kiniro no ōkami
1953
Her Secret
1952
Musume hatsukoi yatton-bushi
1952