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Kyu-chan, Draw Your Sword
1963
Yōko Minamida
Acting
Born:March 1, 1933
Died:October 21, 2009(aged 76)
Birthplace:Tokyo, Japan
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CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (102 movies)
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Prison Gambler
1964
as Kimura Uta
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10.0
Gambler
1964
as Kimura Uta
8.5
8.5
Karafuto 1945 Summer
1974
8.0
8.0
Love Comes with Youth
1963
8.0
8.0
The Tattooed Lord
1965
8.0
8.0
The Soundless Cry
1965
as Tokie Matsuura
7.7
7.7
Chikamatsu Monogatari
1954
as Otama
7.3
7.3
House
1977
as Hausu Karei
7.1
7.1
Pigs and Battleships
1961
as Katsuyo
7.0
7.0
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
1957
as Koharu
7.0
7.0
Jungle Block
1960
as Kayoko Komuro
7.0
7.0
Take Me Away!
1978
as Tomi Oguchi
7.0
7.0
Glorious Fights
1966
as Akemi
6.8
6.8
Tokyo Knights
1961
as Koji's Mother
6.8
6.8
Our Town
1956
as Otsuru / Kimie
6.7
6.7
Yellow Fangs
1990
as Kiyo
6.7
6.7
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
1955
as Hung-tao
6.6
6.6
Stolen Desire
1958
as Chidori Yamamura
6.4
6.4
Hungry Soul, Part II
1956
as Reiko Shiba
6.4
6.4
The Domain
1964
6.4
6.4
Voice Without a Shadow
1958
as Asako Kotani
6.4
6.4
The Man with a Shotgun
1961
as Harue
6.0
6.0
The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry
1965
6.0
6.0
Season of the Sun
1956
as Eiko Takeda
6.0
6.0
The Champion
1957
as Natsuko Miyagawa
6.0
6.0
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
1972
as Maid
6.0
6.0
Hungry Soul
1956
as Reiko Shiba
6.0
6.0
But the Flesh is Weak
1957
6.0
6.0
Jakoman and Tetsu
1964
as Masa
5.0
5.0
Return of the Vagabond
1960
5.0
5.0
The Guys Who Put Money on Me
1962
as Sanae Kitazawa
4.2
4.2
Zero
1984
as Ine Hamada
4.2
4.2
An Outlaw
1964
3.3
3.3
At Noon
1978
3.2
3.2
The Domain: The Naniwa Story
1965
Osaka no kaze
1958
When a Man Risks His Life
1959
Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living
1961
as Yuri Harada
Lone Wolf
1960
as Naomi
Nosappu no jū
1961
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
1964
as Misato
A Modern Samurai Village
1963
as Yasu Tajima
Tale of the Last Japanese Yakuza
1969
Streetlights
1957
as 早川千鶴子
Chivalrous Pride
1969
Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi
1962
Black Dice
1962
Ankoku gai jingi
1965
Umi no jōji ni kakero
1960
Sun and Stars
1962
Last Round
1962
The Crimson Plains
1961
as Sakie Yazaki
Yuganda tsuki
1959
as Namiko Eda
The Doctor
1955
I Have the Sun in My Back
1963
as Sachiko
The Barefoot Girl
1957
The Poem of the Blue Star
1960
Zurari oretacha yōjinbō
1961
Aishū no sono
1957
Elegy to Youth
1959
Kamen no Onna
1959
The Awakening
1957
Mountain Pass
1957
We Live Today
1959
Okashina yatsu
1963
as Fujiko, Shuntô
Kiriko's Tango
1963
The Kingdom of Jirocho 4
1965
A Young Man's Stronghold
1970
The Wild Daisy
1977
as Fuki - Masao's Mother
Glass-Hearted Johnny
1962
as Yumi
Portrait of Chieko
1967
as Kazuko Tsubaki
Ame no meguri ai
1977
Quick Draw Joe
1961
as Jane, the dancer
The Rambler Rides Again
1960
Time of First Love
1975
Wind and waves of the South
1961
as Yasuko, Kazuo's foster mother
Tonari no yome
1956
The Happy Dancers
1956
as Michiko Morishita
The Motherless
1955
as Tomiko
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955
This Story of Love
1987
Salaryman Senka
1995
A Turning to Hell
1959
as Takako
The Domain: White Blade
1967
The Domain: Where The Blade Enters
1967
Showdown of Men
1966
He Killed Dad
1961
Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow
1960
as Sumi
Farewell to Southern Tosa
1959
Dancing Sisters
1957
Song of Goodbye
2007
as Kyoko Tanabe
The Rambler Returns Home
1962
The Gambling Monk
1963
Zoku jūdai no seiten
1953
as Akiko Yasutomi
Zoku zoku Jûdai no seiten
1953
Jūdai no seiten
1953
Jūdai no yūwaku
1953
The Law's Bloody Wounds
1960
as 榎本吟子
Wounded Beast
1959
Umi wa kurutte iru
1959
Taiyō o buchi otose
1958
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