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You Only Live Twice (1967)

APPROVED  117 min  -  Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi   -  13 June 1967 (USA)
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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.

Director:

Lewis Gilbert

Writers:

Harold Jack Bloom (additional story material), Roald Dahl (screenplay), and 1 more credit »
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Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 win & 1 nomination See more awards »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sean Connery ...
Akiko Wakabayashi Akiko Wakabayashi ...
Aki
Mie Hama ...
Kissy
Tetsurô Tanba Tetsurô Tanba ...
Tiger Tanaka (as Tetsuro Tamba)
Teru Shimada Teru Shimada ...
Karin Dor ...
Donald Pleasence ...
Bernard Lee ...
'M'
Lois Maxwell ...
Desmond Llewelyn ...
'Q'
Charles Gray ...
Henderson
Tsai Chin Tsai Chin ...
Peter Fanene Maivia Peter Fanene Maivia ...
Car Driver
Burt Kwouk Burt Kwouk ...
Michael Chow Michael Chow ...
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Storyline

When an American space capsule is swallowed up by what they believe to be a Russian spaceship, World War 3 nearly breaks out. The British Government, however, suspect that other powers are at work as the space craft went down near Japan. S.P.E.C.T.R.E. is the force behind the theft, as James Bond discovers, but its motives are far from clear, and he must first find out where the captured space capsule is held before America and Russia initiate another world war. Written by Graeme Roy <gsr@cbmamiga.demon.co.uk>  

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Plot Keywords:

Rocket | Japan | Ship | Japanese | Ninja  | See more »

Taglines:

Welcome to Japan, Mr. Bond See more »

Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Parents Guide:

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English | Japanese | Russian

Release Date:

(USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Ian Fleming's You Only Live Twice See more »

Filming Locations:

Akasaka, Minato, Japan See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$9,500,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$111,600,000 (Worldwide)
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Company Credits

Production Co:

Eon Productions, Danjaq See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

In the German-dubbed version Spectre is called Spectre for the first time; it had the name G.O.F.T.E.R (Geheimorganisation Für Terrorismus, Erpressung und Rache) in 'Dr. No' and Phantom in 'From Russia with love' and 'Thunderball'. See more »

Goofs

Factual errors: Towards the end when the US move to a "higher security" status we see a TV shot of a B52 taking off (presumably to drop nukes on the Russians). The active B52 fleet was kept in the air permanently flying "holding patterns" towards Soviet territories being relieved every few days. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Astronaut - 1st American Spacecraft: Calling CapCom. CapCom, this is Jupiter 16. Do you give a go for fourth orbit.
Houston 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.
Houston CapCom: Okay. Everything looks good from here. You have a go for fourth orbit.
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Crazy Credits

THE END of YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE but James Bond will be back ON HER MAJESTY'S
SECRET SERVICE See more »

Connections

Referenced in Love Camp 7 (1969) See more »

Soundtracks

"You Only Live Twice"
Music by John Barry (uncredited)
Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse
Sung by Nancy Sinatra See more »