Yōko Minamida
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Yōko Minamida (南田 洋子, Minamida Yōko, March 1, 1933 – October 21, 2009) was a Japanese actress. She was diagnosed with Alzheimers in November 2008, and a TV documentary was made about her condition and the efforts of her husband, actor Hiroyuki Nagato, to care for her. She died in Tokyo. Description above from the Wikipedia article Yōko Minamida, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
House
as Hausu KareiHoping to find a sense of connection to her late mother, Gorgeous takes a trip to the...
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The Crucified Lovers
as OtamaWhen the wife of a 17th century Kyoto scroll-maker is falsely accused of having an affair with...
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Princess Yang Kwei Fei
as Hung-taoIn eighth century China, the Emperor is grieving over the death of his wife. The Yang family...
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Pigs and Battleships
as KatsuyoIn the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the...
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A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
as KoharuSaheji, a man-about-town, gets stuck at a high-class brothel when he can’t pay the bill. He...
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The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
as MaidThe Ni Family is the most well know and respected group of firefighters in the Kanto region....
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Yellow Fangs
as KiyoBased on actual events that occurred in Hokkaido, Japan, 1915. Rimeinzu: Utsukushiki...
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Zero
as Ine HamadaTwo young men are recruited into the Japanese air force just before outbreak of WW2 by the test...
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Stolen Desire
as Chidori YamamuraA rumbunctious and ribald tale of a troupe of travelling actors who alternate highlights of...
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Voice Without a Shadow
as Asako KotaniAsako, a former telephone operator once heard the voice of a murder suspect which has continued...
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The Motive
as Kinue IshidaFour people are discovered brutally murdered in an up-scale high-rise apartment. All the victims...
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Beyond the Green Hills
as UmetaroShinko Terasawa was always considered to be the odd ball of the bunch. At a time when romance...
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The Man with a Shotgun
as HarueRyoji, a wanderer, arrives in a remote mountain town, carrying a shotgun and claiming to be a...
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The Soundless Cry
as Tokie MatsuuraShinichi is not only poor, he is also deaf, and leads a joyless life with his sick mother. His...
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The Gambling Monk
as uncreditedOne summer day, the chief monk of the Hojuin Temple dies. Harumichi rushes back to town hearing...
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Jakoman and Tetsu
as MasaIn a village subsisting on its herring fishery, a one-eyed criminal named Jakoman terrorizes the...
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A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
as uncreditedA Girl isn't Allowed to Love is a 1955 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.
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Gambler
as Kimura UtaThe main character Tachibana Isaburo is released from prison and discovers that his boss is...
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Hungry Soul, Part II
as Reiko ShibaA continuation of Hungry Soul, from the same year. Reiko, who tolerates abuse in her marriage to...
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Take Me Away!
as Tomi OguchiKyoko met Tetsu during her trip to San Francisco. Soon they fell in love but getting married was...
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Return of the Vagabond
as uncreditedThe 3rd film of the famous "Wataridori" (The Rambler) series from Nikkatsu. The young rambler,...
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At Noon
as uncreditedTadao decides to comes back from Tokyo to live in his home town, in the countryside. He stays at...
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Prison Gambler
as Kimura UtaA film about the confrontation between two yakuza groups in the brutal Miike prison, which...
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Glorious Fights
as AkemiA young leader of the Yamazaki family of Nagasaki, Takida (Ken Takakura) is an A-bomb survivor....
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Sun and stars
as uncreditedIt's a thrilling, action-packed entertainer with sparks of men versus villains in an up-and-down...
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Tokyo Knights
as Koji's MotherA college student takes over the family business in the field of organised crime.
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A Turning to Hell
as TakakoMaki, a porter at the Sakura Hotel, finds a body in Room No. 2 and picks up a piece of paper on...
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The Wild Daisy
as Fuki - Masao's MotherTeenage cousins Masao and Tamiko fall in love when she comes to his riverside brewery house to...
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Our Town
as Otsuru / KimieIn 1906, after finishing a tough migrant job in the Philippines, Takichi has returned to Japan....
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The Domain
as uncreditedThe feud between two rival delivery companies, Kibamasa and Okiyama, heats up as the head of...
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The Rambler Returns Home
as uncreditedFinal installment of THE WANDERING GUITARIST series.
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The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry
as uncreditedThird part of Nihon Kyokakuden series is set in Kanto in 1924. Ken Takakura playing a ship's...
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An Outlaw
as uncreditedAssassin Nanjo goes on a solitary mission to take revenge on the man who trapped him into a...
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Tale of the Last Japanese Yakuza
as uncreditedYakuza drama with Meiko Kaji directed by Masahiro Makino
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This Story of Love
as uncreditedLife and love stories of stunt men and women.
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The Crimson Plains
as Sakie YazakiThe action takes place in the highlands of the Chugoku region. While the owner of the Yazaki...
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The Domain: The Naniwa Story
as uncreditedSecond film of Makino's Nihon Kyokakuden series set in Osaka's harbor. The series also known as...
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The Kingdom of Jirocho 4
as uncreditedThe continuing adventures of the Jirocho gang.
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Love Comes with Youth
as uncreditedDuring his idle journey on the Izu Peninsula, a university student, Kawasaki, encounters a group...
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Ankoku gai jingi
as uncreditedA big American boss landed in Japan in search of funding sources. A lone wolf trying to stop it...
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Time of First Love
as uncredited3 senior highschool girls help make a hot air balloon for a boy during their summer holidays and...
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Glass-Hearted Johnny
as uncreditedJoe Shishido is an ambitious bike racetrack tout who becomes inadvertently involved in a...
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Portrait of Chieko
as Kazuko TsubakiTakamura, a poet and sculptor, marries a budding artist named Chieko who dreams of becoming an...
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The Rambler Rides Again
as uncreditedIn this fifth episode of the "Wataridori" series, Taki Shinji (Kobayashi Akira) drifts north to...
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The Poem of the Blue Star
as uncreditedMight Guy Akira's unique action drama depicts the bizarre fate of a young doctor who vows to...
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Salaryman Senka
as uncreditedBased on the manga by Sadao Jouji which has been running in the magazine Shukan Gendai since 1969.
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Quick Draw Joe
as Jane, the dancerOne day, a lone horseman rides into town with a wounded man strapped behind him. Joe, the Ace,...
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Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow
as SumiThe fourth film in the Tales of a Gunman series. When Ryuji throws his pistol into the sea, he...
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Karafuto 1945 Summer
as uncreditedThe film is set in Karafuto after the radio broadcast of the Imperial Rescript on the...
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The Law's Bloody Wounds
as 榎本吟子An action masterpiece depicting the brotherhood of a younger brother (a student yakuza who...
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Season of the Sun
as Eiko TakedaThe film tells the story of a group of high school boxing team members who spend their days...
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The Champion
as Natsuko MiyagawaEikichi Yamashiro, who is a former contender for the boxing title, works as a manager at a Club...
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Jûdai no seiten
as uncreditedFilm directed by Shima Koji and starring Wakao Ayako
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The Guys Who Put Money on Me
as Sanae KitazawaAn unofficial sequel to Million Dollar Match (1961) which also starred Koji Wada as a young...
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Jungle Block
as Kayoko KomuroA young doctor falls into a despair of developments. He plans to revenge the disgrace inflicted...
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Song of Goodbye
as Kyoko TanabeIt is the second work of the Oita trilogy of Obayashi . Following " Nigori Snow ", Ise Masazo...
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Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living
as Yuri HaradaA marine security officer stranded on the ocean in a small boat is rescued by a crew of buccaneers.
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He Killed Dad
as uncreditedThe lives of two brothers, Kunio and Akira Kasahara, are changed forever when their father is...
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The Barefoot Girl
as uncreditedA beautiful and healthy young girl growing up in poverty overcomes hardships and grows into a...
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Wounded Beast
as uncreditedA tense action game that skillfully intertwines the human love between a criminal, his sister...
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続々十代の性典
as uncreditedFilm directed by Eichi Koishi and starring Wakao Ayako
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Streetlights
as 早川千鶴子A sophisticated comedy about love games between men and women that arise from an intentionally...
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Zoku jūdai no seiten
as Akiko YasutomiFilm directed by Saeki Kozo with Wakao Ayako.
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Farewell to Southern Tosa
as uncreditedStory of an ex-con trying to go straight, but of course the old ways die hard.
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The Domain: Where The Blade Enters
as uncreditedThe Domain: Where The Blade Enters
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I Have the Sun in My Back
as SachikoShigeru, a serious young man who works as a glass cleaner, has an older brother Kenzo, who has...
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Hungry Soul
as Reiko ShibaReiko, who tolerates abuse in her marriage to a man 23 years her senior, is friends with Mayumi,...
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Dancing Sisters
as uncreditedIt’s been five years since her husband had passed away. Fuyuko lives in the quiet suburbs, in a...
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To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
as MisatoBased on Muneta Hiroshi's military novel. The main character, Yamaguchi Zensuke, is a military...
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Kyu-chan, Draw Your Sword
as uncreditedA laid-back man tries to become a member of the yakuza.
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The Flesh Is Weak
as uncreditedA woman who grew up in a prestigious household, begins to have an affair outside the marriage.
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A Modern Samurai Village
as Yasu TajimaTajima Yumi, in grade school, is overjoyed when her father says they are moving to an apartment...
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A Young Man's Stronghold
as uncreditedA 1970 juvenile delinquent drama.
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Jūdai no yūwaku
as uncreditedFilm directed by Seiji Hisamatsu and starring Wakao Ayako
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Wind and waves of the South
as Yasuko, Kazuo's foster motherLittle dark-eyed boy Kazuo. Yes, he dreamed of the sea. However, like everyone here in the...
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Yôi don
as 栄市の母・せいA struggling Korean veteran comes to terms with the fact that he is actually a caterpillar. I...
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Niji
as 三谷かな子Starring Yōko Minamida as a woman who supported her family during and after World War II. All...
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Akai Shougeki
as uncreditedA track and field athlete falls in love with a cop, but...
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Lost Paradise
as Eto KunikoKuki Shoichiro is relieved of his position as general manager of Gendai Shobo and transferred to...
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