# You Only Live Twice (film)

You Only Live Twice is a 1967 British-American action spy film, the sequel to 1965 film Thunderball, the fifth film in the James Bond series, about Agent 007 and the Japanese secret service ninja force who must find and stop the true culprit of a series of spacejackings before nuclear war is provoked. It was followed by 1969 sequel film On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
    Directed by Lewis Gilbert. Written by Roald Dahl, based on the novel by Ian Fleming.

## James Bond

* [About to make love to Helga Brandt] Oh the things I do for England.
* [Coded message to headquarters after being waylaid by attack helicopters] Little Nelly got a hot reception. Four big shots made improper advances toward her, but she defended her honour with great success.
* [After he throws Hans into a piranha tank] Bon appetit.

## Dialogue

    [James is in bed with Ling, a Chinese woman]
    James Bond: Why do Chinese girls taste different from all other girls?
    Ling: You think we better, huh?
    James Bond: No, just different. Like Peking duck is different from Russian caviar. But I love them both.
    Ling: Darling, I give you very best duck.
    Moneypenny: Oh, by the way, how was the girl?
    James Bond: Turns the lamp towards her, interrogation style] Which girl?
    Moneypenny: The... uh... Chinese one we set you up with?
    James Bond: Another few minutes and I would have found out.
    [After Dikko Henderson gives James a vodka martini]
    Henderson: Oh, that's uh, stirred, not shaken. That was right, wasn't it?
    James Bond: Perfect.
    Tiger Tanaka: Permit me to introduce myself. I am Tanaka. Please call me Tiger.
    James Bond: If you're Tanaka, then how do you feel about me?
    Tanaka: [The code response] I... love you.
    James Bond: Well, I'm glad we got that out of the way.
    [Bond is in a hot tub with Tiger Tanaka and four beautiful Japanese girls]
    Tiger Tanaka: Rule number one: Never do anything yourself when someone else can do it for you.
    James Bond: And number two?
    Tiger Tanaka: Rule number two: In Japan, men always come first, women come second.
    James Bond: Really? I might just retire to here.
    [A car chasing Aki and Bond gets picked up by Tanaka's helicopter and gets dropped into the ocean]
    Tiger Tanaka: How is that for Japanese efficiency?
    James Bond: Just a drop in the ocean.
    [Tiger is showing Bond a shooting cigarette]
    Tiger: It can save your life, this cigarette.
    James Bond: You sound like a commercial.
    Blofeld: [Has summoned Osato and Helga Brandt to his office] An unknown Englishman was in your office the other day.
    Mr. Osato: Correct, Number One.
    Blofeld: [Shows them an X-ray image of a pistol] Do you know what gun this is?
    Mr. Osato: [Smugly] Walther PPK.
    Blofeld: Only one person we know uses this sort of gun. James Bond.
    Mr. Osato: [Startled] But Bond is dead!
    Helga Brandt: It was in all the newspapers!
    Blofeld: Rubbish. Bond is alive, unless you killed him, Mr. Osato? Don't tell me you let him go.
    Mr. Osato: I gave Number 11 the strictest orders to eliminate him!
    Blofeld: And did she?
    Mr. Osato: She failed!
    Helga Brandt: [To Osato] You should have killed him yourself! You had plenty of opportunity!
    Blofeld: This organization does not tolerate failure. [Moves his foot over a pedal]
    Mr. Osato: I know, but do you see, I...
    Blofeld: GO! [Sees Osato cross a bridge and leave the room, heading to the staircase back to the control room; to Helga] Well? [Helga starts to cross the bridge. No sooner is she on it that Blofeld hits the pedal, causing the bridge bottom to drop out, sending her into the piranha-filled water]
    Helga: Aaaah! Osato! NEIIIIIIIIIIIIN!...[disappears from sight as piranhas kill her, much to the shock of Osato and two Chinese emissaries]
    Blofeld: [Addressing Osato as the bridge closes back up] Kill Bond! Now!
    Mr. Osato: Yes, Number One! Yes. Yes, yes. [Quickly goes up the staircase]
    [Blofeld has an astronaut that just tried to infiltrate SPECTRE's Bird One rocket brought to him at the command center]
    SPECTRE Number 3: A new update on target vehicle has been received from computers. We now have T-minus seven minutes and counting.
    Blofeld: You made a mistake, my friend. No astronaut would enter the capsule, carrying his air conditioner. Remove his helmet! [A guard removes the astronaut's helmet, and Blofeld is surprised who the person is; Osato tries to avoid the astronaut's eyes] James Bond. Allow me to introduce myself. [Leans forward so his head is visible from behind Hans] I am Ernst Stavro Blofeld. They told me you were assassinated in Hong Kong.
    James Bond: Yes, this is my second life.
    Blofeld: [Pushes Hans out of the way] You only live twice, Mr. Bond.
    SPECTRE Number 4: Target vehicle passing over central Russia. Approaching Mongolia. Track is as predicted. All computers...
    Blofeld: [Drowns out SPECTRE Number 4] As you see, I am about to inaugurate a little war. In a matter of hours, when America and Russia have annihilated each other, we shall see a new power dominating the world.
    Scientist: Target vehicle on scope.
    Blofeld: [To scientist] Recheck on target vehicle. [To guards] Remove his suit, and search him!
    SPECTRE Number 3: Reserve astronaut, ready on Bird One.

## Taglines

* Welcome to Japan, Mr. Bond.
* You Only Live Twice...and "TWICE" is the only way to live!

## Cast

* Sean Connery - James Bond
* Akiko Wakabayashi - Aki
* Mie Hama - Kissy Suzuki
* Tetsuro Tamba - Tiger Tanaka
* Teru Shimada - Mr. Osato
* Karin Dor - Helga Brandt
* Donald Pleasence - Ernst Stavro Blofeld
* Bernard Lee - M
* Lois Maxwell - Miss Moneypenny
* Desmond Llewelyn - Q

## External links

* You Only Live Twice quotes at the Internet Movie Database
* You Only Live Twice at Rotten Tomatoes