You Only Live Twice | 1967

Name: You Only Live Twice | 1967 | Critics.com
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Released: April, 10. 2021
Rating: 3.5

Updated April 15, 2021

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After a predatory rocket snatches American and Soviet satellites, Bond (Sean Connery) pretends to be assassinated in Hong Kong, is off to Japan, takes Ninja lessons, blends in and discovers master villain Blofeld (Donald Pleasence) sheltering in an extinct volcano hiding a secret rocket complex; highlights include the Little Nellie, the cutest baddest gyroplane. Cast: Akiko Wakabayashi, Mie Hama, Tetsuro Tamba, Teru Shimada, Karin Dor, Bernard Lee, Desmond Llewelyn, Lois Maxwell and Charles Gray. Director: Lewis Gilbert. [1:57 – PG]

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“It may not be art, but it is genius…’You Only Live Twice,’ scripted with flushes of wild whimsy and spicy cross-cultural teases by Roald Dahl, is the ne plus ultra of the series. The one that fully embodies all the flamboyance of cinema’s greatest character, and all the scope and brio of his adventures.”

– Ian Nathan

“Roald Dahl’s script requires such a suspension of belief (even more than usual) for this film to work, it makes it difficult to enjoy. Bond manages to fake his own death, get married, and become Japanese, all in the space of two hours, the most unbelievable of these being the acceptance of Connery as a Japanese peasant.”

– Ali Barclay

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Updated April 15, 2021

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Dueling Critics

“It may not be art, but it is genius…’You Only Live Twice,’ scripted with flushes of wild whimsy and spicy cross-cultural teases by Roald Dahl, is the ne plus ultra of the series. The one that fully embodies all the flamboyance of cinema’s greatest character, and all the scope and brio of his adventures.”

– Ian Nathan

“Roald Dahl’s script requires such a suspension of belief (even more than usual) for this film to work, it makes it difficult to enjoy. Bond manages to fake his own death, get married, and become Japanese, all in the space of two hours, the most unbelievable of these being the acceptance of Connery as a Japanese peasant.”

– Ali Barclay

Summary & Info

After a predatory rocket snatches American and Soviet satellites, Bond (Sean Connery) pretends to be assassinated in Hong Kong, is off to Japan, takes Ninja lessons, blends in and discovers master villain Blofeld (Donald Pleasence) sheltering in an extinct volcano hiding a secret rocket complex; highlights include the Little Nellie, the cutest baddest gyroplane. Cast: Akiko Wakabayashi, Mie Hama, Tetsuro Tamba, Teru Shimada, Karin Dor, Bernard Lee, Desmond Llewelyn, Lois Maxwell and Charles Gray. Director: Lewis Gilbert. [1:57 – PG]

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You Only Live Twice | 1967

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