You Only Live Twice (1967) - You Only Live Twice...and "TWICE" Is The Only Way To Live!

You Only Live Twice

You Only Live Twice...and "TWICE" Is The Only Way To Live!
( Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller )

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US Runtime: 117 min

Premiere Date:
Jun 15, 1967 [USA]

Director:	Lewis Gilbert

Writers:	Ian Fleming [novel] Roald Dahl [screenplay] Harold Jack Bloom [additional story material]

Music by	John Barry Monty Norman [James Bond theme]

Cinematography:	Freddie Young

Production Design:	Ken Adam

Cast:

Sean Connery James Bond Akiko Wakabayashi Aki Mie Hama Kissy Tetsuro Tamba Tiger Tanaka Teru Shimada Mr. Osato Karin Dor Helga Brandt Donald Pleasence Blofeld Bernard Lee M Lois Maxwell Miss Moneypenny Desmond Llewelyn Q Charles Gray Henderson Tsai Chin Chinese Girl (Hong Kong) Burt Kwouk Spectre 3 Michael Chow Spectre 4 Ronald Rich Blofeld's Bodyguard Jeanne Roland Bond's Masseuse David Toguri Assassin (Bedroom) John Stone Submarine Captain Norman Jones Astronaut - 1st American Spacecraft Paul Carson Astronaut - 1st American Spacecraft Laurence Herder Astronaut - Russian Spacecraft Richard Graydon Astronaut - Russian Spacecraft Bill Mitchell Astronaut - 2nd American Spacecraft		George Roubicek Astronaut - 2nd American Spacecraft David Bauer American Diplomat (uncredited) George Murcell Russian Diplomat (uncredited) Robert Rietty Tanaka voice (uncredited) Shane Rimmer Hawaii Radar Operator (uncredited) Anthony Ainley 2nd Hong Kong Policeman (uncredited) Yee-Wah Yang 3rd Bath Girl (uncredited) William Sylvester Pentagon Official (uncredited) Robin Bailey Foreign Secretary (uncredited) Vic Armstrong First Ninja (uncredited) Ed Bishop Hawaii CapCom (uncredited) Bill Nagy Pentagon Official (uncredited) Yasuko Nagazumi 4th bath Girl (uncredited) Edward Mulhare British Diplomat (uncredited) Richard Marner Russian Spacecraft Communicator (uncredited) Anthony Chinn SPECTRE Guard (uncredited) Mai Ling 2nd Bath Girl (uncredited) Alexander Knox American President (uncredited) Hisako Katakura (uncredited) Patrick Jordan 1st Hong Kong Policeman (uncredited) Robert Hutton President's Aide (uncredited) David Healy Houston Radar Operator (uncredited) Hans De Vries Control room operator (uncredited)

Filming Locations: (Now With Clickable Links To Location On Google Maps)

Akime Village Environs, Akime, Japan

Akime, Japan [fishing village]

Bahamas [underwater scenes]

Gibraltar [Destroyer HMS Tenby (F-65) used for Bond’s burial-at-sea]

Himeji Castle, Himeji, Honshu, Japan [Ninja training camp]

Hong Kong, China

Hotel New Otani, Tokyo, Japan

Japan

Kagoshima, Japan

Kobe Docks, Kobe, Japan

Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

Kobe, Japan

Kyushu, Japan

Mount Kirishima, Kagoshima, Japan

Mågerø, Norway

Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK [studio]

Shigetomi-So, Kagoshima, Japan

Spain [helicopter battle]

Tokyo, Japan

Tech Info:

Budget:: $9,500,000 (USA)
Color Info:: Color (Technicolor)
Laboratory:: Technicolor

Aspect Ratio:: 2.35 : 1
Cinematographic Process:: Panavision
Film Negative Format:: 35 mm
Printed Film Format:: 35 mm

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