Yoko Tani

Biography

Yoko Tani was a French-born Japanese actress and nightclub entertainer, born Yōko Itani in Paris in 1928 to Japanese parents who were diplomats at the Japanese embassy. After spending most of her childhood in Japan, she returned to France for education and developed a reputation as an exotic oriental beauty, performing provocative "geisha" dances that led to appearances in films like "The Savage Innocents" (1960) and Marcel Carné's circle, including Roland Lesaffre.