Yōko Minamida
March 1, 1933 – October 21, 2009 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. She died in Tokyo.
Also recorded as Yoko Minamida · Youko Minamida
Yōko Minamida
Japanese newspaper "THE SUN PICTORIAL DIARY (5 January 1954 issue)" published by Mainichi Newspapers Company. · Public domain
- Name
- Yōko Minamida
- Born
- 1 March 1933
- Birthplace
- Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Died
- 19 October 2009
- Place of death
- Japan
- Occupation
- Actress
- Nationality
- Japan · Empire of Japan
- Education
- Bunka Gakuin
- Honours
- Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actress · Golden Arrow Award
- Languages
- Japanese
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• Name — Yōko Minamida • Born — 1 March 1933 • Birthplace — Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan • Died — 19 October 2009 • Place of death — Japan • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1952–2006
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Yōko Minamida lived from 1 March 1933 to 21 October 2009 and was an actress. Yōko Minamida was born on 1 March 1933 in Tokyo, Japan. Yōko Minamida died on 21 October 2009 in Tokyo, Japan.
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
Her filmography includes 140 films. • 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) - Otama • Bara ikutabika (1955) - Mitsuko Matsushima • Princess Yang Kwei-Fei (1955) - Hung-tao • Sara no hana no toge (1955) - Toshiko Takenaka • Haha naki ko (1955) - Tomiko • Tokyo baka odori (1956) • Season of the Sun (1956) - 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) • 22 sai no wakare - Lycoris: Ha mizu hana mizu monogatari (2006) - (final film role)
Television
Television
• Suna no Shiro (1997) -- Aya Iwaki
南田洋子（1955年）
産業経済新聞社（Sankei Shinbun Co., Ltd.） · 『サンケイグラフ』1955年1月23日号、産業経済新聞社 ”The Sankei Graphic”, Sankei Shinbun Co., Ltd. 1955.
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