You only Live Twice
Year:
1967
Production Country:
Great Britain / USA
James Bond fakes his own death and goes to Japan in disguise to discover who is launching rockets that are destroying Russian and American spaceships.
Cast & credits
Cast
- James Bond Sean Connery
- Aki Akiko Wakabayashi
- Tiger Tanaka Tetsurô Tanba
- Kissy Suzuki Mie Hama
- Osato Teru Shimada
- Helga Brandt Karin Dor
- Miss Moneypenny Lois Maxwell
- Q Desmond Llewelyn
- Henderson Charles Gray
- M Bernard Lee
- Ernst Stavro Blofeld Donald Pleasence
- Ling, Chinese girl in Hong Kong Ts'ai Chin
- car driver Peter Fanene Maivia
- SPECTRE No 3 Burt Kwouk
- SPECTRE No 4 Michael Chow
- Blofeld's bodyguard Ronald Rich
- Bond's masseuse Jeanne Roland
- assassin, bedroom David Toguri
- submarine captain John Stone
- astronaut, 1st US spacecraft Norman Jones
- astronaut, 1st US spacecraft Paul Carson
- astronaut, Russian spacecraft Laurence Herder
- astronaut, Russian spacecraft Richard Graydon
- astronaut, 2nd US spacecraft Bill Mitchell
- astronaut, 2nd US spacecraft George Roubicek
- [Hawaii radio operator] Ed Bishop
- [Hawaii controller] Shane Rimmer
- [Hawaii control room technician] Burnell Tucker
- [Russian envoy] George Murcell
- [British envoy] Robin Bailey
- [American envoy] David Bauer
- [1st Hong Kong inspector] Patrick Jordan
- [2nd Hong Kong inspector] Anthony Ainley
- [lieutenant commander, submarine] Basil Moss
- [Russian controller] Richard Marner
- [Russian radio operator] Alex Marchevsky
- [Secretary of Defense] Alexander Knox
- [presidential aide] William Sylvester
- [army commander in chief] Robert Hutton
- [air corps commander in chief] Bill Nagy
- [Houston controller] David Healy
- [Russian control room technician] Michael Poole
- [Russian control room technician] Ian Flintoff
- [Russian control room technician] Jeffrey Wickham
- [Ernst Blofeld - replaced after 1 week] Jan Werich
- [voice of Tiger Tanaka/SPECTRE No 3] Robert Rietti
- [voice of Kissy Suzuki] Nikki van der Zyl
Credits
Direction
- Directed by Lewis Gilbert
- Second Unit Director Peter Hunt
- Assistant Director William P. Cartlidge
- 2nd Assistant Director Terry Churcher
- 2nd Assistant Director Richard Jenkins
- 3rd Assistant Director William Graf Jr
- 2nd Unit Assistant Director John Quested
- Continuity Angela Martelli
- 2nd Unit Continuity Kay Rawlings
Production
- © Danjaq S.A.
- An Eon production Eon Productions
- Released thru United Artists
- Presented by/Produced by Harry Saltzman
- Presented by/Produced by Albert R. Broccoli
- Production Executive Stanley Sopel
- Production Supervisor David Middlemas
- Supervising Accountant Walter Eggleden
- Studio Accountant Len Barnard
- Assistant Accountant Brian Taylor
- Assistant Accountant G.K. Cooper
- Accounts Secretary Gene Towlson
- Location Manager Robert Watts
- Production Secretary Golda Offenheim
- Secretary to Harry Saltzman Francine Taylor
- Secretary to Albert R. Broccoli Margaret Curtis
- Secretary to Stanley Sopel Diana Moore
- Made at Pinewood Studios
- Producers Acknowledge [Studio] Toho Studios
Casting
- Casting Director Weston Drury Jr
- Location Casting Director Harvey Woods
Writing
- Screenplay by Roald Dahl
- Additional Story Material by Harold Jack Bloom
- Above the Title Credit [for Novel] Ian Fleming
Photography
- Director of Photography Freddie Young
- Second Unit Cameraman Bob Huke
- Aerial Unit Cameraman John Jordan
- Underwater Cameraman Lamar Boren
- Camera Operator Ernest Day
- 2nd Unit Camera Operator Peter Hurst
- Focus Puller Ken Withers
- 2nd Unit Focus Puller Simon Ransley
- Clapper Loader Michael Messenger
- 2nd Unit Clapper Loader Danny Shelmerdine
- Electrical Supervisor Reg Blackburn
- Chief Electrician Frank Buck
- 2nd Unit Grip George Beavis
- Standby Grip Ted Lockhart
Stills
- Stills Photographer Joe Pearce
Special Effects
- Matte Photography Martin Shortall
- Matte Artist Cliff Culley
- Special Effects John Stears
- Special Effects Assistant James A. Snow
- Special Effects Assistant Joe Fitt
- Nautical Effects Rigger Charles Dodds
- Effects Engineer Bert Luxford
Editing
- Supervising Editor Peter Hunt
- Editor Thelma Connell
- Assembly Editor Robert Richardson
- [Assistant Editor] Stephen Warwick
- Assistant Editor Richard Dobson
- Assembly Editor Graham Shipman
Design
- Production Designed by Ken Adam
- Art Director Harry Pottle
- Assistant Art Director Michael White
- Assistant Art Director Peter Lamont
- Set Decorator David ffolkes
- Chief Draughtsman Roy Dorman
- Draughtsman Fred Hole
- Draughtsman Ron Benton
- Junior Draughtsman Maggie Pinhorn
- Sketch Artist Robert Laing
- Prop Buyer Ron Quelch
- Prop Buyer John Biggs
- Construction Manager Ronnie Udell
Costumes
- Wardrobe Mistress Eileen Sullivan
- Wardrobe Master Brian Owen-Smith
- Wardrobe Assistant Terry Young
- 2nd Unit Wardrobe Roy Ponting
Make-up
- Make-up Basil Newall
- Make-up Paul Rabiger
- Hairdresser Eileen Warwick
Titles
- Main Title Designed by Maurice Binder
Film processing
- Colour by Technicolor
- Filmed in Panavision
Music
- Music Composed,Conducted and Arranged by John Barry
- Title Song Sung by Nancy Sinatra
- The "James Bond" Theme Written by Monty Norman
- Title Song Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse
Sound
- Sound Recordist John W. Mitchell
- Sound Recordist Gordon K. McCallum
- Sound Camera Operator Ron Butcher
- Boom Operator Keith Pamplin
- Sound System Westrex Recording System
- Dubbing Editor Norman Wanstall
- Dubbing Editor Harry Miller
Stunts
- Action Sequences by Bob Simmons
- Stunts Bob Simmons
- Stunts Vic Armstrong
- Stunts Richard Graydon
- Stunts Doug Robinson
- Stunts Gordon Petrie
- Stunts Spencer Churchill
- Stunts Mick Dillon
- Stunts Micky Baker
Consultant
- Military Liaison Charles Rouchand
- Toho Studios Technical Adviser Kikumaru Okuda
- [Aviation Services] David Michael Kay
- Producers Gratefully Acknowledge... Ministry of Defence
- Dialogue Coach Helen Goss
- Assistant Dialogue Coach Mark Pollard
Publicity
- US Publicist Tom Carlile
- UK Publicist Roy Macgregor
- Secretary to Tom Carlile Evelyn Purcell
- Secretary to Roy MacGregor Lorraine Fennell
