Cast & creator
Yōko Minamida
Best known for Gokusen, NET Playhouse, Niji
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.
Also known as: Yoko Kitada, Yoko Minamida, Youko Minamida, Ёко Минамида, یوکو مینامیدا
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television credits
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1952–2007 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (145)
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Gokusen
Matsubara
2002
NET Playhouse
Nobuko Muroi
1966
Niji
三谷かな子
1970
Yôi don
栄市の母・せい
1982
House
Hausu Karei
1977
Akai Shougeki
1976
Tears of a Swan
Atsuko Kawata
1989
Lost Paradise
Eto Kuniko
1997
Inhibited Love
1955
Teenage Secrets
1954
Atarashiki ten
1954
Mashiroki Fuji no mine
1954Four Mothers
1954
Konna beppin mita koto nai
1954
Pigs and Battleships
Katsuyo
1961
Chikamatsu Monogatari
Otama
1954
Haru no uzumaki
1954
Haha nami
1953
Song of Goodbye
Kyoko Tanabe
2007
Kimi machifune
1954
Itsuki no komori uta
1954
Konna bidanshi mita kotonai
1954
Zenigata heiji torimono hikae: Kiniro no ōkami
1953
Shinkon noroke bushi
1953
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Hung-tao
1955
Yellow Fangs
Kiyo
1990Kinseimei shōbu monogatari: Kettō
1953Red Camellia
1953
Jakoman and Tetsu
Masa
1964
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
Koharu
1957
Musume hatsukoi yatton-bushi
1952
Haha no hitomi
1953
New Enoshima Elegy
1953Gendai shojo
1953
Hungry Soul
Reiko Shiba
1956
The Motive
Kinue Ishida
2004
Zero
Ine Hamada
1984
Rakka no mon
1954
At Noon
1978
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
Maid
1972
Glorious Fights
Akemi
1966
Beyond the Green Hills
Umetaro
1963
The Champion
Natsuko Miyagawa
1957
Voice Without a Shadow
Asako Kotani
1958
Jungle Block
Kayoko Komuro
1960
Prison Gambler
Kimura Uta
1964
Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi
1962
A Modern Samurai Village
Yasu Tajima
1963
Take Me Away!
Tomi Oguchi
1978
Return of the Vagabond
1960
Japanese Humanity and Justice
1977
A Daughter's Life Guide
田部三津子
1955
Miss Teacher
1955
Her Secret
1952
死の壁の脱出
Sayan
1958死の壁の脱出
Sakin
1958
The Domain: The Naniwa Story
1965
Quick Draw Joe
Jane, the dancer
1961
Portrait of Chieko
Kazuko Tsubaki
1967
Stolen Desire
Chidori Yamamura
1958
The Domain
1964
An Outlaw
1964
Love Comes with Youth
1963
The Kingdom of Jirocho 4
1965
Irogotoshi harudanji
Otama
1965
Gambler
Kimura Uta
1964
Yuganda tsuki
Namiko Eda
1959
Season of the Sun
Eiko Takeda
1956
Unga
Ryôko Fujiyama
1958
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
Misato
1964
The Rambler Rides Again
1960砂山の唄殺人事件
1990
Zoku zoku Jûdai no seiten
1953
The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry
1965
The Rambler Returns Home
1962
This Story of Love
1987
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955
The Soundless Cry
Tokie Matsuura
1965
Ame no meguri ai
1977
We Live Today
1959
Jūdai no yūwaku
1953Ai yo, Nemuranaide
1993
Showdown of Men
1966
Black Dice
1962
Glass-Hearted Johnny
Yumi
1962
Masked Woman
1959
Yakuza Song
1960
Farewell to Southern Tosa
1959
Elegy to Youth
1959
The Tattooed Lord
1965
The Domain: Where The Blade Enters
1967
Wind and waves of the South
Yasuko, Kazuo's foster mother
1961
A Young Man's Stronghold
1970
Salaryman Senka
1995
But the Flesh is Weak
1957
Tokyo Knights
Koji's Mother
1961
When a Man Risks His Life
Yuko Kanzawa
1959
Chivalrous Pride
1969
Debt of Honor
Oiku
1966
He Killed Dad
1961
The Barefoot Girl
1957
The Guys Who Put Money on Me
Sanae Kitazawa
1962
Taiyō o buchi otose
1958The Motherless
Tomiko
1955
Jūdai no seiten
1953
The Doctor
1955
Streetlights
早川千鶴子
1957
The Man with a Shotgun
Harue
1961
Star Ranch
1987
A Turning to Hell
Takako
1959
The Crimson Plains
Sakie Yazaki
1961
Dancing Sisters
1957
The Domain: White Blade
1967
Our Town
Otsuru / Kimie
1956
Tale of the Last Japanese Yakuza
1969
Okashina yatsu
Fujiko, Shuntô
1963
Hungry Soul, Part II
Reiko Shiba
1956
Mountain Pass
1957Tonari no yome
1956
The Gambling Monk
1963
The Wild Daisy
Fuki - Masao's Mother
1977
Umi wa kurutte iru
1959
Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living
Yuri Harada
1961
Wounded Beast
1959
The Law's Bloody Wounds
榎本吟子
1960
Osaka no kaze
1958
Zoku jūdai no seiten
Akiko Yasutomi
1953
I Have the Sun in My Back
Sachiko
1963
Sun and Stars
1962
Karafuto 1945 Summer
1974
Underworld Code
1965
Last Round
1962
Get Over Her
Yukie
1959
Haha tokidori
1954
Lone Wolf
Naomi
1960
Time of First Love
1975
Gun of Nosappu
1961
Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow
Sumi
1960
Kyu-chan, Draw Your Sword
1963
Bet on a Seaside Romance
1960
Kiriko's Tango
1963
The Awakening
1957The Happy Dancers
Michiko Morishita
1956
Aishū no sono
1957