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Yoko Tani (谷洋子, Tani Yōko, 2 August 1928 – 19 April 1999) was a Japanese-French actress and vedette, who had a career in both Japanese and European cinema during the 1950's and '60s.
Yôko Tani. Actress: The Savage Innocents. Diminutive, graceful, porcelain pretty Japanese actress Yoko Tani was born and raised in France and was making a living as a Parisienne dancer when opportunities for film came her way in the mid-1950s.
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Jul 4, 2020 · Yoko Tani (1928-1999) was a Japanese actress and nightclub entertainer. Some writers have described her as “Eurasian” or “half French”. These half white labels were thought necessary because there was a belief she would be accepted more as an exotic than as a Japanese woman by European post World War II audiences.
Take a fun whistle-stop tour of bustling 1950s London with French-Japanese film star Yoko Tani. Armed with just her diary and an 8mm home movie camera, Tani ...
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Apr 19, 1999 · Yoko Tani (1928-1999) was born in Paris to Japanese parents and studied aesthetics in Paris. She performed in cabarets, films and stage plays, such as The Quiet American and Piccadilly Third Stop.
Jun 21, 2019 · Yoko Tani was born in Paris to Japanese parents and worked in films in Europe and Japan. She played various ethnic characters, including a Japanese Canadian in The Sweet and the Bitter, a film about WWII internment.
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