Yoko Minakaze
Known for Acting
Born
January 22, 1930
Died
August 19, 2007 (age 77)
Birthplace
Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
Filmography
29 films, 2 shows
Known for Acting
Born
January 22, 1930
Died
August 19, 2007 (age 77)
Birthplace
Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
Filmography
29 films, 2 shows

Make-Up
1984 · 2h 17m
country: Japan

The Women of Osaka Castle
1983 · 2h 20m
country: Japan
A television drama aired on November 3, 1983 as a special project to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the founding of Yomiuri Television and the 30th anniversary of the founding of Nippon Television.

Sudachi no toki kyoiku wa shinazu
1981 · 2h 12m
country: Japan
Here is a school that has never expelled a single student, believing in its children even after betrayal and betrayal after betrayal! Yoji (Yoichi Sase), the son of a doctor in Suwa, and Nobuko (Mayuki Kirihara), the daughter of a weaver in Kyoto, are transferred to the class of Omura (Chiemi Eri), a PE teacher at Shinonoi Asahi High School, a private school for troubled children. The school principal (Hiroyuki Nagato) says that the school's policy of "not letting anyone drop out of school" must be upheld, and Omura struggles to do everything in his power to respond. Based on a true story by Shigeta Wakabayashi, an education critic, the film depicts the relationship between a student abandoned by his parents and a teacher who sincerely deals with them.
Have Wings on Your Heart
Have Wings on Your Heart
1978 · 1h 55m
country: Japan
Tragedy about a terminally ill girl.

Elegy
1976 · 1h 33m
country: Japan
In Hokkaido, Kunigama. Reiko (Akagi) met Katsura, on a quiet and lonely late autumn evening, before the harsh and fierce winter was to come. Reiko was 21 years old, working for a small mobile theater troupe. She knew from the beginning that Katsura had a wife and children. Katsura's relationship with Reiko, half openly and half secretly, was partly due to and partly an excuse for his wife, Akiko (Kusabi),'s infidelity. Reiko was always honest with her heart. She became friends with Katsura's daughter and even made friends with Akiko.

Aoi sanmyaku
1975 · 1h 33m
country: Japan
Remake of 1949 film

Red Paper Lantern
1974 · 1h 33m
country: Japan
A young and newly-married couple in Tokyo lives a hard life moving repeatedly because of their unfamiliar relationships with their surroundings.

Musume-tachi wa kaze ni mukatte
1972 · 1h 51m
country: Japan

Sono hito wa hono no yo ni
1972 · 1h 33m
country: Japan
Film by Deme Masanobu

Wakare no uta
1971 · 1h 44m
country: Japan
Richness, severity and pureness of love is beautifully and sentimentally depicted.

Hajimete no Tabi
1971 · 1h 24m
country: Japan

The Militarists
1970 · 2h 14m
country: Japan

Take Care, Red Riding Hood
1970 · 1h 29m
country: Japan
A high-schooler involved in turn-of-the-decade student movements works to escape his comfort zone and apply himself.

The Vampire Doll
1970 · 1h 11m
country: Japan
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.

Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo
1969 · 1h 30m
country: Japan
Hidejirō 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, Hidejirō must choose between his promise of non-violence and his yakuza code of revenge...

Judge and Jeopardy
1968 · 1h 39m
country: Japan
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.

The Start of Life
1965 · 1h 39m
country: Japan
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.

A Full Life
1962 · 1h 42m
country: Japan
A woman becomes dissatisfied with her marriage and joins a political theater troupe to protest the U.S. Security Pact.
小父さんありがとう
小父さんありがとう
1961 · 47m
country: Japan
1961 Japanese movie

Hana to musume to shiroi michi
1961 · 1h 2m
country: Japan
One of Sayuri Yoshinaga's first leading roles.

The Angry Rambler
1960 · 1h 19m
country: Japan
Fourth installment of Nikkatsu's "Drifter" series, with Kobayashi Akira.

Girl in the Glass
1960 · 1h 5m
country: Japan
This film depicts the pure love between a girl raised by a strict father and a young man working in a small factory to support his family. The friendship that had blossomed between them eventually grew into love. Yet the purer it was, the more it seemed destined for a tragic conclusion...

Boku wa naichicchi
1960 · 46m
country: Japan
Ichiro, who works for a shipping company, causes an accident while driving drunk. His younger brother Jiro questions his brother's drinking habits. Upon investigation, Ichiro discovers that his brother is involved in drug trafficking.

Kikenna onna
1959 · 55m
country: Japan
Based on the Seichō Matsumoto's story The Woman Who Took the Local Paper.

Diary of Forsaken Love
1959 · 1h 59m
country: Japan
Follows the life of Tsuru, the poor daughter of farmers in Shinshu, Japan.

Nonki saiban
1955 · 1h 31m
country: Japan
A spectacular comedy with a star-studded cast that depicts unusual trials and unexpected verdicts regarding the five deadly sins: the crime of beauty, the crime of a terrifying wife, the crime of taking the wrong course, the crime of seducing, and the crime of killing with laughter.

The Cock Crows Twice
1954 · 1h 58m
country: Japan
Three young women make a suicide pact, but they grow to have a better understanding of themselves.

Half Virgin
1953 · 1h 32m
country: Japan

Yasen kangofu
1953 · 1h 32m
country: Japan
In 1942 South China, hardened field hospital nurse Yukiko secretly loves Sergeant Nemoto. The arrival of a fragile new nurse, Keiko, reawakens Yukiko's warmth but also sparks intense jealousy when Nemoto shows Keiko kindness. As the two bond over a shared hometown, Yukiko's resentment grows. The situation is compounded by the escalating chaos of a losing war, including air raids, medicine shortages, and a deadly malaria outbreak that weakens Keiko. Set against the backdrop of Japan’s impending defeat, Yukiko is forced to confront the high cost of her envy and decide where her loyalties lie in a final test of courage and compassion.