Portrait of Yōko Minamida

Acting

Yōko Minamida

Career

Active from 1954 to 2007, with a break from 1991 to 2006, busiest in 1956 and 1961 with 5 main titles each.

Leading roles
27
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score70/100
Highest rated
Poster for Chikamatsu Monogatari
Chikamatsu Monogatari
GoodWatch score91/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 7 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Yōko Minamida Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.8, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.8, average 2.2
  • Tech & Humanity
    0.5, average 1.6
  • Mystery
    3.2, average 4.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Japanese Cinema 3
  • Post-War Japan 3
  • Forbidden Love 3
  • Historical 2
  • Coming-of-Age Story 2
  • Yakuza 2
  • Violence 2
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Tragic Romance 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

63
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

3 titles · average score 77
Song of Goodbye
Song of Goodbye (2007)

as Kyoko Tanabe

The Motive
The Motive (2004)

as Kinue Ishida

Gokusen
Gokusen (2002)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Matsubara

1990s

3 titles
Lost Paradise
Lost Paradise (1997)

TV show · as Eto Kuniko

Yellow Fangs
Yellow Fangs (1990)

as Kiyo

砂山の唄殺人事件
砂山の唄殺人事件 (1990)

TV show

1980s

3 titles
Tears of a Swan
Tears of a Swan (1989)

TV show · as Atsuko Kawata

Zero
Zero (1984)

as Ine Hamada

Yôi don
Yôi don (1982)

TV show · as 栄市の母・せい

1970s

6 titles · average score 77
Take Me Away!
Take Me Away! (1978)

as Tomi Oguchi

House
House (1977)
GoodWatch score 77

as Auntie Karei Hausu

The Wild Daisy
The Wild Daisy (1977)

as Fuki - Masao's Mother

Akai Shougeki
Akai Shougeki (1976)

TV show

The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang (1972)

as Maid

Niji
Niji (1970)

TV show · as 三谷かな子

1960s

27 titles · average score 69
Glorious Fights
Glorious Fights (1966)

as Akemi

NET Playhouse
NET Playhouse (1966)

TV show · as Nobuko Muroi

Prison Gambler
Prison Gambler (1964)

as Kimura Uta

Jakoman and Tetsu
Jakoman and Tetsu (1964)

as Masa

To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2 (1964)

as Misato

A Modern Samurai Village
A Modern Samurai Village (1963)

as Yasu Tajima

The Guys Who Put Money on Me
The Guys Who Put Money on Me (1962)

as Sanae Kitazawa

Tokyo Knights
Tokyo Knights (1961)
GoodWatch score 65

as Koji's Mother

The Man with a Shotgun
The Man with a Shotgun (1961)
GoodWatch score 64

as Harue

Jungle Block
Jungle Block (1960)

as Kayoko Komuro

The Law's Bloody Wounds
The Law's Bloody Wounds (1960)

as 榎本吟子

Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow
Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow (1960)

as Sumi

1950s

21 titles · average score 71
Stolen Desire
Stolen Desire (1958)
GoodWatch score 68

as Chidori Yamamura

Voice Without a Shadow
Voice Without a Shadow (1958)
GoodWatch score 64

as Asako Kotani

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era (1957)
GoodWatch score 75

as Koharu

The Champion
The Champion (1957)

as Natsuko Miyagawa

Streetlights
Streetlights (1957)

as 早川千鶴子

Hungry Soul
Hungry Soul (1956)
GoodWatch score 64

as Reiko Shiba

Hungry Soul, Part II
Hungry Soul, Part II (1956)
GoodWatch score 67

as Reiko Shiba

Our Town
Our Town (1956)
GoodWatch score 70

as Otsuru / Kimie

Season of the Sun
Season of the Sun (1956)

as Eiko Takeda

Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Princess Yang Kwei-fei (1955)
GoodWatch score 71

as Hung-tao

The Motherless
The Motherless (1955)

as Tomiko

Chikamatsu Monogatari
Chikamatsu Monogatari (1954)
GoodWatch score 91

as Otama