You Only Live Twice (1967)
Synopsis
James Bond is assassinated by Chinese agents in Hong Kong, but it is a ruse so that Bond can travel incognito to Japan and investigate the hijacking of American and Russian spacecraft. Together with Tiger Tanaka and Aki of the Japanese Secret Service, Bond traces a supply of liquid oxygen, which is used to fuel rockets, to a southern Japanese island. So that Bond can live on the island without arousing suspicion, he becomes Japanese in appearance, trains with Tanaka's ninjas, and marries Kissy Suzuki. Bond and Kissy look into the mysterious death of a fishing girl, and discover that SPECTRE, commanded by Ernst Stavro Blofeld, have a secret rocket complex hidden inside a volcano. Bond, Tanaka, Kissy and the ninjas attack the base, and stop Blofeld from detonating a nuclear war between Russia and America, but Blofeld escapes, leaving the base to self-destruct.
Information
| Countries | United Kingdom |
| Director(s) | Lewis Gilbert |
| Screenplay By | Harold Jack Bloom, Roald Dahl, Ian Fleming |
| Producer(s) | Harry Saltzman, Albert R. Broccoli |
| Release Date | 12 Jun 1967 |
| Genre | Action, Adventure, Thriller |
| Tagline | Welcome to Japan, Mr. Bond |
| Supporting Cast | Akiko Wakabayashi, Mie Hama, Tetsuro Tamba, Teru Shimada, Karin Dor, Donald Pleasence, Bernard Lee, Desmond Llewelyn, Lois Maxwell, Charles Gray |
| Filming Locations | Pinewood Studios, UK; Hong Kong, China; Japan; Bahamas; Spain |
| Theme Song | "You Only Live Twice" - performed by Nancy Sinatra, lyrics by Leslie Bricusse, music composed and conducted by John Barry |
| Budget( $) | 9,500,000 |
| Box Office( $) | 111,600,000 |
| ImDb Rating | 6.8 |
Villains
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