While attending college, Minami auditioned for the first time and got the main role in her debut film, Kohei Oguri’s For Kanako (1984).
In the many decades following, she has appeared in numerous projects that span across theater, movies, television dramas, in both main and supporting roles.
(2017) with actor Josh Hartnett, Gensan Punch (2021) by Filipino director Brillante Mendoza, and Pachinko, a 2022 TV series by Apple TV+ based on Min Jin Lee's novel of the same name.
Their divorce was announced about a year after a media outlet reported that Watanabe, who later admitted to the allegation, had been cheating on Minami.
[6] She focuses on various volunteer projects including the enlightenment activities of sharing her own experience as a breast cancer survivor.