Kei Tani
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Born | Yasuo Watanabe February 22, 1932 |
Died | September 11, 2010 | (aged 78)
Kei Tani (
His real name was Yasuo Watanabe,[3] but his stage name, especially with the Japanese name order "Tani Kei", was based on a pun on the name Danny Kaye.
He died of a brain contusion on 11 September 2010 after falling down the stairs in his Mitaka home.[3]
Selected filmography
[edit]- Nippon musekinin jidai (ニッポン
無責任 時代 ) (1962) - Young Season (
若 い季 節 ) (1962) - Zūzūshii yatsu (
図々 しい奴 ) (1965) - Fancy Paradise (1968)
- Kofuku (1981)
- Tokyo Heaven (1990)[4]
- Samurai Fiction (1998)
- After Life (1998)
- Waterboys (2001)
- Swing Girls (2004)
- Blooming Again (2004)
- Chameleon (2008)
Selected television roles
[edit]- Monkey (1979) as Daode Tianzun
- Dokuganryū Masamune (1987) as Imai Sōkun
References
[edit]- ^ a b Gerow, Aaron (11 September 2010). "Tani Kei". Tangemania. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
- ^ a b c "Tani Kei". Kotobank (in Japanese). Tarento Detabanku. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
- ^ a b c d "Comedian Kei Tani dies at 78 after accident". Japan Today. 12 September 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "
東京 上空 いらっしゃいませ". eiga.com. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
External links
[edit]- 1932 births
- 2010 deaths
- 20th-century Japanese male actors
- 20th-century Japanese musicians
- 21st-century Japanese male actors
- Male actors from Tokyo
- Japanese male comedians
- Japanese male film actors
- Comedians from Tokyo
- Musicians from Tokyo
- Japanese trombonists
- Male trombonists
- 21st-century Japanese musicians
- Crazy Cats members
- 20th-century Japanese male musicians
- 21st-century Japanese male musicians