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13 June 1967 (USA) moreTagline:
Welcome to Japan, Mr. Bond morePlot:
Agent 007 and the Japanese secret service ninja force must find and stop the true culprit of a series of spacejackings before nuclear war is provoked. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 win & 1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
(8 articles)
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They just get better and better... moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Sean Connery | ... | James Bond |
 | Akiko Wakabayashi | ... | Aki |
| Mie Hama | ... | Kissy Suzuki |
| Tetsuro Tamba | ... | Tiger Tanaka |
| Teru Shimada | ... | Mr. Osato |
| Karin Dor | ... | Helga Brandt |
 | Donald Pleasence | ... | Ernst Stavro Blofeld |
| Bernard Lee | ... | M |
 | Lois Maxwell | ... | Miss Moneypenny |
| Desmond Llewelyn | ... | Q |
| Charles Gray | ... | Dikko Henderson |
| Tsai Chin | ... | Ling, Chinese Girl in Hong Kong |
| Peter Fanene Maivia | ... | Car Driver |
| Burt Kwouk | ... | SPECTRE #3 |
| Michael Chow | ... | SPECTRE #4 |
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)Certification:
Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Ireland:PG | Iceland:12 | West Germany:12 (re-rating) | West Germany:16 | South Korea:15 | Brazil:14 | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:16 (original rating) | Sweden:15 | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) | USA:Approved (original rating) | USA:GP (re-rating) (1970) | USA:PG (re-rating) (1994)MOVIEmeter: 
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While in Japan, Sean Connery and his wife Diane Cilento were hounded by the international press. During news conferences the press insisted on referring to Connery as James Bond. Local newsmen attempted to photograph him in a rest room. Thirty extra private security guards were hired to combat the excess noise and hindrance but even the guards started to take photos. Connery was allegedly photographed on a toilet and the picture published in a Tokyo newspaper. To ease the tension the producers removed his contractual obligation to do one more 007 movie, despite being offered $1 million. After the film wrapped, Connery was reportedly asked whether he found Japanese women attractive to which he allegedly replied, "No." Apparently, many Japanese reacted to the unpopular response by calling him bad names. moreGoofs:
Continuity: In the helicopter battle scene, all of the copters are flying quickly through the sky (obviously.) However in the shots where enemy copters are destroyed, they are obviously stationery. moreQuotes:
[first lines]Astronaut - 1st American Spacecraft: Calling CapCom. CapCom, this is Jupiter 16. Do you give a go for fourth orbit.
Hawaii CapCom: CapCom to Jupiter 16. Can you confirm O2 pressure is within limit.
Astronaut - 1st American Spacecraft: Roger. Everything looks good in the environmental control system.
Hawaii CapCom: Okay. Everything looks good from here. You have a go for fourth orbit.
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I'm almost inclined to say that the series gets better and better as I go down the line of sequels. I liked "Dr. No" quite a bit, "From Russia With Love" about the same, "Goldfinger" was awesome, "Thunderball" was equally good and now here we are at "You Only Live Twice". I guess now that I think about it, I can't say that I liked this film better than "Goldfinger" or "Thunderball", but I probably liked it the same.
Sean Connery of course plays the perfect James Bond, always good to see him in the role. I was very happy to see that the support cast regulars were all back (Desmond Llewelyn, Lois Maxwell, and Bernard Lee). The rest of the supporting cast was good as well. I was quite surprised to see Donald Pleasence in the film as the antagonist. Donald did a fine job with his role, although I'm not sure if I was very fond of his voice...not sinister enough, but I can deal with it.
The story was quite interesting and pretty well thought out. I always liked the idea of a third-party attempting to make two super-powers fight each other thinking that each other is responsible for what the third-party did. There are of course a few things throughout the film that I didn't like, but I won't get into them (because I don't want to give away anything to those of you that haven't seen the film).
When reviewing a Bond film, I feel it's required to talk about the cool gadgets used in the film. The gadgets in this film are pretty cool, although there aren't a whole lot of them.
Another requirement of reviewing Bond films is the women of the film. The women in this film were nice, but nothing spectacular.
All in all, I thought this was an excellent fifth installment to the Bond series, and hopefully the later installments can live up to the quality of the first 5 (read my reviews and find out...if I've written them by the time you read this). If you liked any of the previous Bond films, or just like the Bond films in general, I would definitely recommend checking this one out. I hope that you enjoy the film. Thanks for reading.
-Chris