Yōko Minamida

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Yōko Minamida
Born(1933-03-01)March 1, 1933
Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
DiedOctober 19, 2009(2009-10-19) (aged 76)
Japan
OccupationActress
Years active1952–2006
Spouse
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(m. 1961⁠–⁠2009)​

Yōko Minamida (南田 洋子, Minamida Yōko, March 1, 1933 – October 21, 2009)[1] was a Japanese actress. She was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in November 2008, and a television documentary was made about her condition and the efforts of her husband, actor Hiroyuki Nagato, to care for her.[2] She died in Tokyo.

Selected filmography[edit]

Her filmography includes 140 films.[3]

  • Himitsu (1952) - Eiko
  • Jūdai no yūwaku (1953) - Fusae Nishikawa
  • Zoku Jûdai no seiten (1953) - Akiko Yasutomi
  • Zoku zoku Jûdai no seiten (1953) - Setsuko Azabu
  • Yonin no haha (1954)
  • Kimimachi-bune (1954) - Kyôko Tazaki
  • The Crucified Lovers (1954)[4] - Otama
  • Bara ikutabika (1955) - Mitsuko Matsushima
  • Princess Yang Kwei-Fei (1955)[4] - Hung-tao
  • Sara no hana no toge (1955) - Toshiko Takenaka
  • Haha naki ko (1955) - Tomiko
  • Tokyo baka odori (1956)
  • Season of the Sun (1956)[4] - Eiko Takeda
  • Waga machi (1956)
  • Tonari no yome (1956)
  • Ueru tamashii (1956) - Reiko Shiba
  • Hungry Soul, Part II (1956) - Reiko Shiba
  • Tange Sazen: Kenun no maki (1956)
  • Otemba san'nin shimai: Odoru taiyô (1957)
  • Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate (1957) - Koharu, the prostitute
  • Bitoku no yoromeki (1957) - Woman looks like an actress
  • Shori-sha (1957)
  • Kokoro to nikutai no tabi (1958) - Naomi Inamura
  • Nusumareta yokujô (1958) - Chidori Yamamura
  • Ginza no sabaku (1958) - Rika Kusunoki
  • Kagenaki koe (1958) - Asako Takahashi
  • Shî no kâbe no dâsshutsû (1958)
  • Onna o wasurero (1959) - Yukie
  • Kyo ni ikiru (1959)
  • Sekai o kakeru koi (1959) - Kaoru Nonomura
  • Yuganda tsuki (1959) - Namiko Eda
  • Nangoku Tosa o ato ni shite (1959) - Hamako
  • Jigoku no magarikado (1959) - Takako
  • Nirenjû no tetsu (1959)
  • Kizû tsukeru yajû (1959)
  • Kizû darakê no ôkite (1960)
  • Yakuza no uta (1960) - Yumi Kitano
  • Wataridori itsu mata kaeru
  • Chizu no naimachi (1960)
  • Umi no joji ni kakero (1960) - Yuriko Kwamura
  • Kenju burai-chō Asunaki Otoko (1960) - Sumi
  • Ippiki ôkami (1960)
  • Daisogen no wataridori (1960)
  • Pigs and Battleships (1961) - Katsuyo
  • Tokyo naito (1961)
  • Hayauchi yarô (1961) - Dancer Jane
  • Rokudenashi kagyo (1961)
  • Sandanju no otoko (1961)
  • Akai kôya (1961) - Sakie Yazaki
  • Kachan umi ga shitteru yo (1961)
  • Yôjinbo kagyô (1961)
  • Nosappu no jô (1961)
  • Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi (1962) - Emi Iwasaki
  • Moeru minamijûjisei (1962) - Akemi
  • Wataridori kokyô e kaeru (1962) - Misato Matsuyama
  • Ore ni kaketa yatsura (1962)
  • Garasu no Jonî: Yajû no yô ni miete (1962) - Yumi
  • Aoi sanmyaku (1963) - Umetaro
  • Samurai no ko (1963)
  • Taiyo e no dasshutsu (1963)
  • Izu no odoriko (1963) - Osaki
  • Kiriko no tango (1963) - Tae
  • Kyuchan katana o nuite (1963)
  • Keirin shônin gyôjyôki (1963) - Monoko Ban
  • Okashina yatsu (1963) - Fujiko, Shuntô
  • Ôre no senaka ni higa atarô (1963)
  • Zoku Haikei Tenno Heika Sama (1964) - Miri
  • Jakoman to Tetsu (1964)
  • Narazumono (1964)
  • Nihon kyôkaku-den (1964) - Kumeji
  • Korosareta onna (1964)
  • Kawachi zoro: kenja jamo (1964)
  • Kawachi zoro: doke chichu (1964)
  • Bakuto (1964)
  • Nihon Kyokaku-den: naniwa-hen (1965)
  • Irezumi (1965)
  • Nihon Kyokaku-den: kanto-hen (1965)
  • Kawachi zoro: abare cho (1965)
  • Ankoku gai jingi (1965)
  • Otoko no shôbu (1966)
  • Jigoku no okite ni asu wa nai (1966) - Akemi
  • Chieko-sho (1967) - Kazuko
  • Nihon kyokaku-den: kirikomi (1967)
  • Kigeki meoto zenzai (1968)
  • Nihon zan kyôsen (1969)
  • Nihon zankyô-den (1969)
  • Bakuto hyakunin - ninkyodo (1969)
  • Hiko shonen: Wakamono no toride (1970) - Fusa Morokoshi
  • Junko intai kinen eiga: Kantô hizakura ikka (1972) - Maid
  • Karafuto 1945 Summer Hyosetsu no mon (1974)
  • Hana no kô-ni trio: Hatsukoi jidai (1975) - Keiko Yazawa
  • Nihon no jingi (1977) - Toyoko
  • House (1977) - Auntie Karei Hausu
  • Furimukeba ai (1978) - Tomi Oguchi
  • Mahiru nari (1978)
  • Zerosen moyu (1984) - Ine Hamada
  • Rimeinzu: Utsukushiki yuusha-tachi (1990) - Kiyo
  • Yuki no Concerto (1991)
  • Riyû (2004) - Kinue Ishida
  • Ghost Shout (2005)[5]
  • 22 sai no wakare - Lycoris: Ha mizu hana mizu monogatari (2006) - (final film role)

Television[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ (October 21, 2009) 'Season of the Sun' actress Yoko Minamida dies at 76.[permanent dead link] Kyodo News, accessed October 21, 2009.
  2. ^ Brasor, Philip (May 10, 2009). "A death from human kindness". Japan Times.
  3. ^ Y. Nomura. "Minimida Yōko". Japan Movie Database. Retrieved May 27, 2009.
  4. ^ a b c Saperstein, Pat (October 29, 2009). "Yoko Minamida dies at 76". Retrieved January 26, 2013.
  5. ^ Schilling, Mark (January 12, 2005). "Getting into the spirit of things". Japan Times. Retrieved January 26, 2013.

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