Yōko Minamida
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...
Also Known As
Yoko Kitada, Yoko Minamida, Youko Minamida, Ёко Минамида, یوکو مینامیدا
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Yōko Minamida's Movies
House
26 Aug 1977
Chikamatsu Monogatari
23 Nov 1954
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
03 May 1955
Pigs and Battleships
21 Jan 1961
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
14 Jul 1957
The Man with a Shotgun
03 Jun 1961
Stolen Desire
20 May 1958
Tokyo Knights
01 Feb 1961
Hungry Soul
31 Oct 1956
The Motive
18 Dec 2004
Yellow Fangs
10 Feb 1990
Voice Without a Shadow
22 Oct 1958
Our Town
28 Aug 1956
Hungry Soul, Part II
28 Nov 1956
An Outlaw
05 Apr 1964
The Domain
13 Aug 1964
Zero
11 Aug 1984
Season of the Sun
17 May 1956
The Champion
01 May 1957
At Noon
29 Dec 1978
