Yōko Minamida

Personal Info

Birthday

March 1, 1933

Day of Death

2009-10-21

(76 years old)

Place of Birth

Tokyo, Japan

Also Known As

Yoko Kitada

Yoko Minamida

Youko Minamida

Ёко Минамида

یوکو مینامیدا

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 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.