Yōko Minamida

Yōko Minamida (南田 洋子, Minamida Yōko^?, March 1, 1933 – October 21, 2009)^[1] 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.^[2] She died in Tokyo.

Filmography

Her filmography includes 140 films^[3]:

• (十代の誘惑 Jūdai no yūwaku) (1953)
• Season of the Sun (1956)
• Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate (1957)
• Karafuto 1945 Summer Hyosetsu no mon (1974)
• House (1977)
• Pigs and Battleships
• The Crucified Lovers
• Ghost Shout (2005)^[4]

References

1. ^ (21 October 2009) 'Season of the Sun' actress Yoko Minamida dies at 76. Kyodo News, accessed 21 October 2009.
2. ^ Brasor, Philip, "A death from human kindness", Japan Times, May 10, 2009.
3. ^ http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/person/p0316230.htm accessed 27 May 2009
4. ^ Schilling, Mark, "Getting into the spirit of things", Japan Times, January 12, 2005.

External links

• Yōko Minamida at the Internet Movie Database
• Variety Magazine: Yoko Minamida dies at 76

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Name	Minamida, Yoko
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Date of birth	1933
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Date of death	2009
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