Yōko Minamida
Born March 01, 1933 (Age: 93)
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Tokyo, Japan
Biography
Yōko Minamida (南田 洋子, Minamida Yōko, March 1, 1933 – October 21, 2009) was a Japanese actress. Born in Tokyo, Minamida made her screen debut in 1953 for the Daiei studio and quickly rose to stardom, working with Kenji Mizoguchi on two films: “A Story from Chikamatsu” and “Princess Yang Kwei-fei.” In 1955, she moved to the Nikkatsu studio, where she starred in Takumi Furukawa’s “Season of the Sun” (1956), a smash hit that launched the so-called “Sun Tribe” boom for films about rebellious youth looking for sex and kicks on Shonan Beach — Japan’s nearest equivalent to Malibu. Minamida acted in dozens of movies for Nikkatsu, working with Shohei Imamura, Seijun Suzuki, and other directors. In 1961 she married her co-star on “Season of the Sun,” Hiroyuki Nagato. As she acted in fewer movies after the mid-1960s, Minamida made a smooth and successful transition to TV as both an actress and MC. She also continued to appear occasionally in movies, with the last being Nobuhiko Obayashi’s “Song of Goodbye” in 2006. She was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in November 2008, and a TV documentary was made about her condition and the efforts of her husband to care for her. She died in Tokyo.
Yōko Minamida (南田 洋子, Minamida Yōko, March 1, 1933 – October 21, 2009) was a Japanese actress. Born in Tokyo, Minamida made her screen debut in 1953 for the Daiei studio and quickly rose to stardom, working with Kenji Mizoguchi on two films: “A Story from Chikamatsu” and “Princess Yang Kwei-fei.” In 1955, she moved to the Nikkatsu studio, where she starred in Takumi Furukawa’s “Season of the Sun” (1956), a smash hit that launched the so-called “Sun Tribe” boom for films about rebellious youth looking for sex and kicks on Shonan Beach — Japan’s nearest equivalent to Malibu. Minamida acted in dozens of movies for Nikkatsu, working with Shohei Imamura, Seijun Suzuki, and other directors. In 1961 she married her co-star on “Season of the Sun,” Hiroyuki Nagato. As she acted in fewer movies after the mid-1960s, Minamida made a smooth and successful transition to TV as both an actress and MC. She also continued to appear occasionally in movies, with the last being Nobuhiko Obayashi’s “Song of Goodbye” in 2006.
She was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in November 2008, and a TV documentary was made about her condition and the efforts of her husband to care for her. She died in Tokyo.
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Filmography
Song of Goodbye
2007
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as Kyoko Tanabe
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Age: 74
No Image
Ai yo, Nemuranaide
1993
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as
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Age: 59
Yellow Fangs
1990
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as Kiyo
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Age: 56
This Story of Love
1987
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as
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Age: 54
Zero
1984
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as Ine Hamada
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Age: 51
At Noon
1978
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as
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Age: 45
Take Me Away!
1978
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as Tomi Oguchi
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Age: 45
Japanese Humanity and Justice
1977
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as
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Age: 44
Ame no meguri ai
1977
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as
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Age: 44
Karafuto 1945 Summer
1974
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as
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Age: 41
The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
1972
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as Maid
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Age: 39
A Young Man's Stronghold
1970
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as
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Age: 37
Chivalrous Pride
1969
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as
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Age: 36
Tale of the Last Japanese Yakuza
1969
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as
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Age: 36
The Kingdom of Jirocho 4
1965
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as
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Age: 32
The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry
1965
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as
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Age: 32
Ankoku gai jingi
1965
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as
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Age: 32
The Tattooed Lord
1965
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as
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Age: 31
The Soundless Cry
1965
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as Tokie Matsuura
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Age: 31
The Domain: The Naniwa Story
1965
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as
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Age: 31
Prison Gambler
1964
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as Kimura Uta
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Age: 31
The Domain
1964
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as
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Age: 31
Gambler
1964
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as Kimura Uta
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Age: 31
An Outlaw
1964
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as
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Age: 31
Jakoman and Tetsu
1964
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as Masa
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Age: 30
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
1964
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as Misato
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Age: 30
Okashina yatsu
1963
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as Fujiko, Shuntô
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Age: 30
The Gambling Monk
1963
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as
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Age: 30
Kyu-chan, Draw Your Sword
1963
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as
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Age: 30
Kiriko's Tango
1963
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as
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Age: 30
Love Comes with Youth
1963
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as
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Age: 30
I Have the Sun in My Back
1963
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as Sachiko
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Age: 30
A Modern Samurai Village
1963
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as Yasu Tajima
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Age: 29
Beyond the Green Hills
1963
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as Umetaro
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Age: 29
The Guys Who Put Money on Me
1962
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as Sanae Kitazawa
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Age: 29
Glass-Hearted Johnny
1962
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as Yumi
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Age: 29
The Rambler Returns Home
1962
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as
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Age: 29
Last Round
1962
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as
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Age: 29
Black Dice
1962
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as
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Age: 29
Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi
1962
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as
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Age: 28
Zurari oretacha yōjinbō
1961
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as
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Age: 28
Wind and waves of the South
1961
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as Yasuko, Kazuo's foster mother
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Age: 28
Gun of Nosappu
1961
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as
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Age: 28
The Crimson Plains
1961
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as Sakie Yazaki
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Age: 28
The Man with a Shotgun
1961
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as Harue
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Age: 28
Quick Draw Joe
1961
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as Jane, the dancer
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Age: 28
Joe of Aces: Gambling for a Living
1961
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as Yuri Harada
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Age: 28
Tokyo Knights
1961
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as Koji's Mother
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Age: 27
Pigs and Battleships
1961
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as Katsuyo
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Age: 27
He Killed Dad
1961
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as
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Age: 27
Tales of a Gunman: The Man Without Tomorrow
1960
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as Sumi
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Age: 27
The Rambler Rides Again
1960
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as
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Age: 27
Bet on a Seaside Romance
1960
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as
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Age: 27
Lone Wolf
1960
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as Naomi
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Age: 27
Jungle Block
1960
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as Kayoko Komuro
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Age: 27
Return of the Vagabond
1960
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as
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Age: 27
The Poem of the Blue Star
1960
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as
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Age: 26
The Law's Bloody Wounds
1960
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as 榎本吟子
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Age: 26
When a Man Risks His Life
1959
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as
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Age: 26
A Turning to Hell
1959
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as Takako
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Age: 26
Elegy to Youth
1959
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as
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Age: 26
Farewell to Southern Tosa
1959
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as
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Age: 26
Yuganda tsuki
1959
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as Namiko Eda
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Age: 26
Umi wa kurutte iru
1959
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as
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Age: 26
Wounded Beast
1959
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as
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Age: 26
We Live Today
1959
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as
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Age: 26
Kamen no Onna
1959
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as
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Age: 25
Osaka no kaze
1958
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as
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Age: 25
Voice Without a Shadow
1958
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as Asako Kotani
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Age: 25
Taiyō o buchi otose
1958
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as
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Age: 25
Stolen Desire
1958
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as Chidori Yamamura
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Age: 25
Hungry Soul, Part II
1956
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as Reiko Shiba
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Age: 23
Hungry Soul
1956
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as Reiko Shiba
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Age: 23
No Image
Tonari no yome
1956
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as
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Age: 23
Our Town
1956
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as Otsuru / Kimie
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Age: 23
Season of the Sun
1956
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as Eiko Takeda
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Age: 23
No Image
The Happy Dancers
1956
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as Michiko Morishita
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Age: 23
No Image
The Motherless
1955
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as Tomiko
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Age: 22
The Doctor
1955
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as
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Age: 22
A Daughter's Life Guide
1955
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as 田部三津子
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Age: 22
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
1955
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as Hung-tao
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Age: 22
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
1955
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as
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Age: 22
Chikamatsu Monogatari
1954
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as Otama
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Age: 21
Jūdai no yūwaku
1953
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as
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Age: 20
Zoku zoku Jûdai no seiten
1953
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as
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Age: 20
Zoku jūdai no seiten
1953
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as Akiko Yasutomi
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Age: 20
Jūdai no seiten
1953
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as
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Age: 19