Yoko Minakaze

Yoko Minakaze

Born: January 22, 1930
Died: August 19, 2007
in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan

Movies for Yoko Minakaze...

Make-Up
Title: Make-Up
Character: Shiro's mother
Released: May 2, 1984
Type: Movie
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Have Wings on Your Heart
Title: Have Wings on Your Heart
Released: October 14, 1978
Type: Movie
Tragedy about a terminally ill girl.
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Title: 古谷一行の横溝正史シリーズ
Character: Oryū
Released: April 2, 1977
Type: TV
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Aoi sanmyaku
Title: Aoi sanmyaku
Character: Ms. Shiraki
Released: August 9, 1975
Type: Movie
Remake of 1949 film
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Red Paper Lantern
Title: Red Paper Lantern
Released: March 23, 1974
Type: Movie
A young and newly-married couple in Tokyo lives a hard life moving repeatedly because of their unfamiliar relationships with their surroundings.
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Musume-tachi wa kaze ni mukatte
Title: Musume-tachi wa kaze ni mukatte
Character: Hiroko's mother
Released: June 12, 1972
Type: Movie
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その人は炎のように
Title: その人は炎のように
Released: February 5, 1972
Type: Movie
Film by Deme Masanobu
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Hajimete no Tabi
Title: Hajimete no Tabi
Released: January 9, 1971
Type: Movie
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The Militarists
Title: The Militarists
Character: Katsuko Tojo
Released: September 11, 1970
Type: Movie
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Take Care, Red Riding Hood
Title: Take Care, Red Riding Hood
Released: August 4, 1970
Type: Movie
A high-schooler involved in turn-of-the-decade student movements works to escape his comfort zone and apply himself.
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The Vampire Doll
Title: The Vampire Doll
Character: Shidu Nonomura
Released: July 4, 1970
Type: Movie
A young man goes missing after visiting his girlfriend's isolated country home. His sister and her boyfriend trace him to the creepy mansion, but their search becomes perilous when they uncover a gruesome family history.
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Title: Brother
Released: October 21, 1969
Type: TV
The drama depicts the lives and loves of people living in three different environments: a family consisting of two brothers and their parents; a family with a father and a daughter who are not well organized; and a girl who has moved from the countryside to Tokyo to live alone in the whirlwind of the big city, desperately trying to survive.
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Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo
Title: Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo
Released: March 6, 1969
Type: Movie
Hidejuro is sent to prison after killing the boss of a rival family. After being released, he discovers that his family has scattered and he is taken in by a company of quarry workers, whose boss has a strict code of non-violence. When the rival family tries to take over the company and kills their boss, Hidejuro must choose between his promise of non-violence and his yakuza code of revenge...
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Judge and Jeopardy
Title: Judge and Jeopardy
Released: June 8, 1968
Type: Movie
It is based on the story "The Lawyer" by attorney Hiroshi Masaki and his account of Japan's "Headless Murder Case" in which a police officer beat a suspect to death during the Pacific War.
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The Start of Life
Title: The Start of Life
Released: April 29, 1965
Type: Movie
A young girl in an industrial town is saving her money to enter college. But her drunken father loses his job, her mother cannot make ends meet, and then the boy she likes loses everything when his factory fails. She takes all her savings out of the bank and offers them to him to make a new start. He refuses at first but eventually agrees and so she goes back to school to tell her teacher that she has decided not to continue college, that she is young and strong, and can make her own way in life.
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A Full Life
Title: A Full Life
Character: Ishiguro's wife
Released: January 14, 1962
Type: Movie
A woman becomes dissatisfied with her marriage and joins a political theater troupe to protest the U.S. Security Pact.
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Hana to musume to shiroi michi
Title: Hana to musume to shiroi michi
Character: Hojo's wife, Yoshie
Released: March 6, 1961
Type: Movie
One of Sayuri Yoshinaga's first leading roles.
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The Angry Rambler
Title: The Angry Rambler
Released: November 16, 1960
Type: Movie
Fourth installment of Nikkatsu's "Drifter" series, with Kobayashi Akira.
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Girl in the Glass
Title: Girl in the Glass
Character: Harue
Released: November 9, 1960
Type: Movie
The film starts with a short scene ending with shot of Sayuri Yoshinaga's character floating dead on the surface of a lake before the opening credits roll in and we find out what lead her character to this end.
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Kikenna onna
Title: Kikenna onna
Character: Madam of the Rubicon bar
Released: December 16, 1959
Type: Movie
Based on the Seichō Matsumoto's story The Woman Who Took the Local Paper.
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Diary of Forsaken Love
Title: Diary of Forsaken Love
Released: April 14, 1959
Type: Movie
Follows the life of Tsuru, the poor daughter of farmers in Shinshu, Japan.
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The Cock Crows Twice
Title: The Cock Crows Twice
Released: November 30, 1954
Type: Movie
Three young women make a suicide pact, but they grow to have a better understanding of themselves.
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Yasen kangofu
Title: Yasen kangofu
Character: Yukiko Koshima
Released: July 14, 1953
Type: Movie
Japanese war drama.