You Only Live Twice

"You Only Live Twice" Theatrical Release Poster

Production Team
Produced by:  Albert R. Broccoli & Harry Saltzman
Directed by:  Lewis Gilbert
Screenplay by:  Roald Dahl
Edited by:  Peter Hunt
Musical Score by:  John Barry
Theme Song Performed by:  Nancy Sinatra


Premiere Info
Order in Series:  5 of 20
World Premiere:  June 12th, 1967
U.S. Release Date:  June 13th, 1967
First Television Broadcast:  November 2nd, 1975 (on ABC)
First Basic Cable TV Telecast:  March 6th, 1991 (on TBS)


Box Office Receipts
World-wide Box Office:  $111.6 million
U.S. Box Office:  $43.1 million



Plot Summary:  

SPECTRE launches its latest terrorist plot - the start of third world war!  By capturing US and Soviet space craft, SPECTRE plays both sides against the other in hopes that pride and a lack of communication heat up the Cold War.   Igniting WW3 will not only benefit SPECTRE (who still seeks revenge against the British for 007's past successes), but also the communist Chinese (who are funding the logistics of the plot), who would be the sole remaining super-power following the war.




Cast & Characters


British Secret Service


Character Name
Portrayed By Character Description
James Bond
Sean Connery British secret agent 007
"M" Bernard Lee Head of MI6, the British Secret Service, "M" gives all double-o agents their assignments.
Miss Moneypenny
Lois Maxwell "M"'s secretary, Moneypenny enjoys a playful, flirtation relationship with 007.
"Q" Desmond Llewelyn The head of "Q-Branch", the special ordinance & equipment division of MI-6.


Allies

Character Name Portrayed By Character Description
"Tiger" Tanaka Tetsuro Tamba The head of the Japanese Secret Service.
Dikko Henderson Charles Gray A British secret service agent stationed in Japan.  Henderson begins briefing Bond on the situation in Japan, but is killed in mid-sentence by a SPECTRE assassin.


Villains

Character Name Portrayed By Character Description
Ernst Stavro Blofeld Donald Pleasence The head of SPECTRE (AKA "Number One").
Mr. Osato Teru Shimada SPECTRE operative and CEO of Osato Chemicals and Engineering.
Helga Brandt Kerin Dor SPECTRE Number 11, a seductress who is working alongside Mr. Osato.
Hans Ronald Rich Blofeld's personal bodyguard.


Bond Women

Character Name Portrayed By Character Description
Aki Akiko Wakabayashi Japanese secret service agent who works with Bond upon his arrival in the land of the rising sun.
Kissy Suzuki Mie Hama Japanese secret service agent who works as a diver on the island of Ama.
Ling Tsai Chin Chinese woman in bed with Bond when the death of 007 is faked.




Gadgets



Travel Destinations



Sacrificial Lambs


Facts about You Only Live Twice 
You only live twice;
Once when you're born,
And once when you look death in the face.




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