Yoko Minakaze

Acting

Yoko Minakaze

Born 1930-01-22 · Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan

Acting credits

The Angry Rambler poster
NR

Fourth installment of Nikkatsu's "Drifter" series, with Kobayashi Akira.

The Angry Rambler

1960

Musume-tachi wa kaze ni mukatte poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Musume-tachi wa kaze ni mukatte

1972

The Militarists poster
7.5

The second film in Toho's series on the military history of the Showa era, Hiromichi Horikawa's war drama offers a look at the career of controversial politician Hideki Tojo and the strained relationships between Japan's government, military, and the media.

The Militarists

1970

A Full Life poster
10.0

A woman becomes dissatisfied with her marriage and joins a political theater troupe to protest the U.S. Security Pact.

A Full Life

1962

Take Care, Red Riding Hood poster
6.2

A high-schooler involved in turn-of-the-decade student movements works to escape his comfort zone and apply himself.

Take Care, Red Riding Hood

1970

Diary of Forsaken Love poster
9.0

Follows the life of Tsuru, the poor daughter of farmers in Shinshu, Japan.

Diary of Forsaken Love

1959

The Vampire Doll poster
6.9

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.

The Vampire Doll

1970

Aoi sanmyaku poster
NR

Remake of 1949 film

Aoi sanmyaku

1975

Girl in the Glass poster
5.5

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...

Girl in the Glass

1960

Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo poster
7.7

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...

Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo

1969

Kikenna onna poster
6.0

Based on the Seichō Matsumoto's story The Woman Who Took the Local Paper.

Kikenna onna

1959

No artwork available
NR

1961 Japanese movie

小父さんありがとう

1961

Nonki saiban poster
NR

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.

Nonki saiban

1955

Make-Up poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Make-Up

1984

Wakare no uta poster
9.0

Richness, severity and pureness of love is beautifully and sentimentally depicted.

Wakare no uta

1971

The Women of Osaka Castle poster
NR

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.

The Women of Osaka Castle

1983

Red Paper Lantern poster
7.3

A young and newly-married couple in Tokyo lives a hard life moving repeatedly because of their unfamiliar relationships with their surroundings.

Red Paper Lantern

1974

The Cock Crows Twice poster
6.5

Three young women make a suicide pact, but they grow to have a better understanding of themselves.

The Cock Crows Twice

1954

Sudachi no toki kyoiku wa shinazu poster
4.0

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.

Sudachi no toki kyoiku wa shinazu

1981

Judge and Jeopardy poster
9.0

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.

Judge and Jeopardy

1968

Elegy poster
10.0

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.

Elegy

1976

No artwork available
9.0

Tragedy about a terminally ill girl.

Have Wings on Your Heart

1978

Hajimete no Tabi poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Hajimete no Tabi

1971

Field Nurse poster
1.0

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.

Field Nurse

1953