You Only Live Twice
Directed by Lewis Gilbert
Written by Roald Dahl from a novel by Ian Fleming
1967/UK
Eon Productions
First viewing/Amazon Prime
[box] Tiger Tanaka: You like Japanese sake, Mr. Bond? Or, would you prefer a vodka martini?
James Bond: Oh, no. I like sake. Especially when it’s served at the correct temperature: 98.4 degrees fahrenheit like this is.[/box]
1967’s Bond entry is missing a certain something. It certainly isn’t explosions!
U.S. and Russian spacecraft are mysteriously disappearing. The case takes James Bond (Sean Connery) to Japan where he meets up with many Asian Bond girls and super-villain Blofeld (Donald Pleasance). I think fans can figure out the rest of the very slim plot from there.
This was made on location and I enjoyed seeing 1967 Tokyo and the girls are certainly gorgeous. Pleasance makes a great villain but there is simply too little of him. The film is mainly double entendres and explosions and probably will not linger in my memory long.
