Yôko 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
The Crucified Lovers
as OtamaIn 17th century Kyoto, Osan is married to Ishun, a wealthy miserly scroll-maker. When Osan is...
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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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House
as Auntie Hausu KareiHoping to find a sense of connection to her late mother, Gorgeous takes a trip to 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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Pigs and Battleships
as KatsuyoIn the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the...
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Jûdai no seiten
as uncreditedFilm directed by Shima Koji and starring Wakao Ayako
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Yellow Fangs
as KiyoBased on actual events that occurred in Hokkaido, Japan, 1915. Rimeinzu: Utsukushiki...
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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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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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This Story of Love
as uncreditedLife and love stories of stunt men and women.
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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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The Kingdom of Jirocho 4
as uncreditedThe continuing adventures of the Jirocho gang.
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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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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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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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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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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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Gambler
as Kimura UtaThe main character Tachibana Isaburo is released from prison and discovers that his boss is...
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Zoku jūdai no seiten
as Akiko YasutomiFilm directed by Saeki Kozo with Wakao Ayako.
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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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Love Comes with Youth
as uncreditedDuring his idle journey on the Izu Peninsula, a university student, Kawasaki, encounters a group...
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Zoku Haikei Tenno Heika Sama
as MisatoBased on Muneta Hiroshi's military novel. The main character, Yamaguchi Zensuke, is a military...
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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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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 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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Jakoman and Tetsu
as MasaIn a village subsisting on its herring fishery, a one-eyed criminal named Jakoman terrorizes the...
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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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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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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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The Motive
as Kinue IshidaFour people are discovered brutally murdered in an up-scale high-rise apartment. All the victims...
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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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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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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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Prison Gambler
as Kimura UtaA film about the confrontation between two yakuza groups in the brutal Miike prison, which...
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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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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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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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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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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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Karafuto 1945 Summer
as uncreditedThe film is set in Karafuto after the radio broadcast of the Imperial Rescript on the...
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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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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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The Domain: Where The Blade Enters
as uncreditedThe Domain: Where The Blade Enters
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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 Rambler Returns Home
as uncreditedFinal installment of THE WANDERING GUITARIST series.
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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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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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Our Town
as Otsuru / KimieIn 1906, after finishing a tough migrant job in the Philippines, Takichi has returned to Japan....
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A Young Man's Stronghold
as uncreditedA 1970 juvenile delinquent drama.
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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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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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Jūdai no yūwaku
as uncreditedFilm directed by Seiji Hisamatsu and starring Wakao Ayako
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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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Jungle Block
as Kayoko KomuroA young doctor falls into a despair of developments. He plans to revenge the disgrace inflicted...
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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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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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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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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 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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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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続々十代の性典
as uncreditedFilm directed by Eichi Koishi and starring Wakao Ayako
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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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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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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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Tale of the Last Japanese Yakuza
as uncreditedYakuza drama with Meiko Kaji directed by Masahiro Makino
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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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Glorious Fights
as AkemiA young leader of the Yamazaki family of Nagasaki, Takida (Ken Takakura) is an A-bomb survivor....
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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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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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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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He Killed Dad
as uncreditedThe lives of two brothers, Kunio and Akira Kasahara, are changed forever when their father is...
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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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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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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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Lost Paradise
as Eto KunikoKuki Shoichiro is relieved of his position as general manager of Gendai Shobo and transferred to...
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Akai Shougeki
as uncreditedA track and field athlete falls in love with a cop, but...
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