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Yoko Tani is a Actor Japonaise born on 2 august 1928 at Paris (France)

Yoko Tani

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Birth name Yoko Itani
Nationality Japon
Birth 2 august 1928 at Paris (France)
Death 19 april 1999 (at 70 years) at Paris (France)

Yoko Tani (谷洋子, Tani Yōko, 2 August 1928, Paris – 19 April 1999, Paris) was a French-born Japanese actress and nightclub entertainer.

Biography

Tani's 1956 marriage to Lesaffre (who maintained an ongoing, probably homosexual, liaison with Carné) was childless, and ended in divorce in 1962. Lesaffre claimed in his autobiography Mataf (éditions Pygmalion, 1991), that theirs was the first Franco-Japanese marriage after WWII --- conceivably true, but almost impossible to verify. (True or not, it may have begun something of a trend, since Kishi Keiko and Yves Ciampi were married the following year.)

In later life Tani remarried, wedding Roger Laforet, a native of Binic, Côtes-d'Armor (Brittany). A wealthy industrialist, Laforet was an associate of Baron Marcel Bich, co-founder of the BIC consumer products empire. Tani's declining years were spent between Paris and their house in Paimpol overlooking the sea.

She died in Paris, after a long illness, but is buried in Binic together with Laforet. Their tomb carries the Breton inscription «Ganeoc'h Bepred» (roughly, "Always With You"). Notably, Tani's first husband Lesaffre is buried together with Marcel Carné in his grave in the Cimetière Saint-Vincent in Montmartre.

Tani was survived by her younger sister, Aiko.

Usually with

Paul Demange
Paul Demange
(5 films)
Rudy Lenoir
Rudy Lenoir
(4 films)
Julien Maffre
Julien Maffre
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Yoko Tani (30 films)

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Actress

Ça fait tilt, 1h28
Directed by André Hunebelle
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Actors Eleonora Giorgi, Bernard Ménez, Jacques Morel, Claude Nicot, Michel Constantin, Yoko Tani
Roles Youyou
Rating49% 2.4888652.4888652.4888652.4888652.488865
Le directeur d'un théâtre emmène son auteur se changer les idées pour qu'il finisse enfin la pièce qu'il attend. Pour lui donner de l'inspiration, il fait intervenir une comédienne pour le séduire, mais évidemment tout ne va pas se passer comme prévu...
The Spy Who Loved Flowers
Directed by Umberto Lenzi
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure
Themes Spy films
Actors Roger Browne, Yoko Tani, Emma Danieli, Marino Masè, Salvatore Borgese, Attilio Dottesio
Roles Mei Lang
Rating55% 2.7771852.7771852.7771852.7771852.777185
Martin Stevens est un agent secret chargé de retrouver une machine pouvant stopper tout courant électrique sur un rayon de 50 km ! Il retrouve la trace du trio responsable et parvient à arrêter deux des voleurs. Hélàs, le troisième lui échappe...
Invasion
Invasion (1965)
, 1h22
Directed by Alan Bridges
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction
Actors Edward Judd, Yoko Tani, Lyndon Brook, Ric Young, Tsai Chin, Barrie Ingham
Roles Leader of the Lystrians
Rating56% 2.8080352.8080352.8080352.8080352.808035
It tells the story of an alien spacecraft which crash-lands on Earth, near a secluded hospital in the Home counties. The aliens, who are humanoid and resemble Asians, are taken to a rural hospital where they cause a forcefield to be raised around the building.
Desperate Mission
Directed by Pierre Zimmer
Genres Action, Adventure
Themes Spy films
Actors Yoko Tani, Gianni Rizzo
Roles Su Ling
Rating57% 2.893312.893312.893312.893312.89331
The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse, 1h30
Directed by Hugo Fregonese
Origin France
Genres Thriller, Crime
Themes Spy films, Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Peter van Eyck, O. E. Hasse, Yvonne Furneaux, Walter Rilla, Ernst Schröder, Dieter Eppler
Roles Mercedes
Rating48% 2.4263352.4263352.4263352.4263352.426335
L'agent des services secrets britanniques, le major Anders, enquête sur le professeur Larsen qui a inventé un rayon de la mort sur son île. Parmi les parties qui tentent de l'obtenir, il y a le grand criminel le Dr Mabuse. Anders dirige une armée d'hommes-grenouilles pour arrêter Larsen et Mabuse.
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?, 1h43
Directed by Daniel Mann
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about television, Erotic films
Actors Dean Martin, Elizabeth Montgomery, Carol Burnett, Martin Balsam, Jill St John, Richard Conte
Roles Isami Hiroti
Rating58% 2.9028752.9028752.9028752.9028752.902875
Jason Steele is an actor who plays a doctor on TV. He is so convincing at it, women of all kinds won't leave him alone.
My Geisha
My Geisha (1962)
, 1h59
Directed by Jack Cardiff
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Shirley MacLaine, Yves Montand, Edward G. Robinson, Robert Cummings, Yoko Tani, Tatsuo Saitō
Roles Kazumi Ito
Rating64% 3.247093.247093.247093.247093.24709
Paul Robaix (Montand), a famous director, wants to shoot a film in Japan inspired by Madama Butterfly. His wife, an actress named Lucy Dell (MacLaine), has been the leading lady in all of his greatest films, and she is more famous. He feels that she overshadows him and he would like to achieve success independent of her. By choosing to film Madame Butterfly, he can select a different leading lady without hurting her feelings, because she, as a blue eyed, red headed woman, would not be suitable to play a Japanese woman. As a surprise, she visits him in Japan while he's searching for a leading lady. To surprise him further, she disguises herself as a geisha at a dinner party, planning to unveil her identity during the meal.
Marco Polo
Marco Polo (1962)
, 1h35
Directed by Hugo Fregonese
Origin Italie
Genres Adventure
Actors Rory Calhoun, Yoko Tani, Camillo Pilotto, Michael Chow (restaurateur), Pierre Cressoy, Michael Chow
Roles Princess Amurroy
Rating52% 2.630712.630712.630712.630712.63071
Marco Polo, fils et neveu de grands voyageurs, arrive en Chine, précédé d'une réputation louangeuse. Il est accompagné de son fidèle serviteur Julin. Il commence par délivrer la belle princesse Amurroy, fille du Grand Khan, captive des brigands d'abord, des agissements du Premier Ministre ensuite, lequel complote d'assassiner le Grand Khan et d'épouser la princesse.
Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World, 1h35
Directed by Riccardo Freda
Origin Italie
Genres Fantasy, Adventure
Actors Gordon Scott, Yoko Tani, Hélène Chanel, Gabriele Antonini, Franco Ressel
Roles Princess Lei-ling
Rating48% 2.4319852.4319852.4319852.4319852.431985
In his eternal wandering Maciste finds himself in 13th Century China rescuing a Chinese prince and princess from the Tartars and leading the Chinese into a revolt against them.
Ursus and the Tartar Princess, 1h23
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Peplum
Actors Ettore Manni, Joe Robinson, Yoko Tani, Akim Tamiroff, Grazia Maria Spina, Roland Lesaffre
Roles Princess Ila
Rating48% 2.4306652.4306652.4306652.4306652.430665
XVII siècle. Les Tartares effectuent une incursion en Pologne et s’emparent de Mikall, le fils d’Ursus. Les Tartares s'emparent également d'un détachement de hussards commandés par le prince Stéphane. Les captifs sont conduits en Crimée. C’est là que la fille du chef tartare Suleyman s’éprend du prince. Dans le village tartare, Mikall retrouve son père qui prépare son évasion. Suleyman offre la main de sa fille au prince polonais à condition qu’il renonce au christianisme. Indigné, le prince refuse et Suleyman le fait mettre aux fers…
Piccadilly Third Stop, 1h40
Directed by Wolf Rilla
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Crime
Actors Terence Morgan, Yoko Tani, John Crawford, Mai Zetterling, William Hartnell, Dennis Price
Roles Fina (Seraphina) Yokami (as Yoko Tani)
Rating61% 3.0991253.0991253.0991253.0991253.099125