Yōko Minamida

Yōko Minamida
Yōko Minamida
	Minamida in 1954
Born	March 1, 1933; Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Died	October 19, 2009 (aged 76); Japan
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1952–2006
Spouse	Hiroyuki Nagato (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

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)