Recapping 007 #5 - You Only Live Twice (1967) (Review)

[@maximj.3421]

To me, Bond in that japanese disguise always looked like Spock

[@wilburwhateley4626]

"Live long and proshpah."

[@bodieofci5418]

'Illogical, Mr Bond!'

[@IdiocyShow]

Maxim J. Yep!

[@DNGMaestro]

It’s the hair

[@theaggrotravelersbucketlis5470]

🙌

[@combatdoc21]

R.I.P. 007 AKA Sean Connery 1930-2020 gone but not forgotten a true legend may your legacy live on forever.

[@troyandrew6154]

And Donald pleasence 1919-1995

[@williammiranda3325]

Fun fact: in this film Dwayne The Rock Johnson grandfather Peter Maivia plays a car driver who fights Bond in one scene

[@georgemargaris]

William Miranda , wow

[@foreveragainOK]

My favorite Bond fight ... hilarious and thrilling, in a beautiful glittering office. I know many prefer FRWL train fight, but this is the most colorful fight.

[@Omnihil777]

Wow, interesting! How he leaps over Connery at 09:35, very agile for his size!

[@williamhowe1]

Peter Maivia was a decorated wrestler in his own right.

[@Locktwiste72]

Oh cool!!

[@adityasanthanam1945]

Fun Fact: The volcano used as the SPECTRE lair for filming 'You Only Live Twice" in Japan recently erupted.

[@hjander]

So there really was lava in that there volcano!

[@HLHReviews]

Fun fact: The driver that Sean Connery fights at Osato’s office is played by Peter Maivia, the maternal grandfather of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.

[@crashfan9997]

I love this movie. The opening is so chilling! The Bond song is one of my favourites and sombre, the setting of Japan is nice with the mountains and lore, the volcano lair is epic and something very rare for movies plus the action was great fun, the helicopter scene, the massive ninja battle and the car chase. The ninja and samurai scenes reminded me of Kill Bill, another one of my all time favourite movies. Blofeld also looked sinister indeed and the plot was also fun and world involving!

[@rjkral]

By 20:41 I am CRYING with laughter! 🤣🤣 @DutchBondFan You've outdone yourself with the hilarious humor in this one!! My favorite Bond film as it's just so classic and set the style of what we think of with classic Bond. And Barry's beautiful soaring strings in the elegant theme music is absolutely phenomenal. Great review so much fun watching this!

[@TedShatner10]

Aki's death always saddened and pissed me off.

[@herbertpetrillo485]

she was a beauty

[@teijaflink2226]

It doesn't make sence really because then they had to find another woman for Bond.

[@carlorizzo827]

OMG! Me as well!

[@buddyvilla7393]

I agree 100% without the most underrated Bond woman in the Connery era!! Ski so heartbreakingly beautiful and lovely. And she saved Bonds life twice but sadly lost her own life.

[@BigJwlz]

20:36 Akiko Wakabayashi played Aki, and I find her much more attractive than Kissy.

[@mariakelly4179]

Jwlz T Definitely!

[@ΜακηςΛ-ε5ρ]

Jwlz T Aki seems to love Bond and Bond shows a particular interest for her.

[@179cpv]

I liked Aki too and was sad when she got killed. I do have to say, though, that Kissy looked very cute in that white bikini.

[@jdavison8551]

Darryl Ruiz me too.

[@jdavison8551]

Sports car versus bikini. Better bet in the long run.

[@kyokogodai-ir6hy]

Karin Dor (Number 11) just died this month. RIP dear.

[@lloydkline3265]

Really, I had a big crush on her in the movie she was very pretty lady

[@samdryden7944]

Can anyone explain why Blofeld went to so much trouble to keep his base hidden, but then draws attention by trying to kill anyone who goes near it?

[@twofiveb]

A similar scenario was played out in Goldeneye. Trevelyan had a base even more modern. The CIA didn’t know about it. Bond and Natalya were just about to give up when a missile tried to shoot them down. No surprise what lengths these egomaniacs will go to to show they are smarter than Bond. 😂

[@ΜακηςΛ-ε5ρ]

@@twofiveb Trevelyan gets the disc out early, without being ready and for the final battle. Blofeld has no reason to send 4 helicopters against Bond. The Soviet launch is to take place, but the second American launch is the final battle.

[@Ineedgames]

No questions. Do you want to swim with the piranha's?

[@Romans8-9]

I guess they never heard of the Streisand effect in 1967!

[@sebastianfitzptraick7395]

I used to think this one was as dull as dishwater,but recently rewatching them all in order I really loved it.I would actually call it more Classic Bond than Goldfinger. Plus Connery isn’t half as bad as people say,he’s actually really great.

[@foreveragainOK]

We can appreciate its great production values, the magic of super Bond, funny, entertaining, iconic scenes, and a score that should've received an Oscar, plus for best title song.

[@foreveragainOK]

Notice all the close ups ... 'pretty boy shots.' In the elevator, talking with M, meeting Blofeld. Makes Bond bigger than life. Not to mention the great John Barry, the second in command, the real co-star.

[@Engineer_Eric_59]

Love the commentary. Well done.

[@Engineer_Eric_59]

I remember seeing this with my father when it opened in Hollywood Ca at the Graumans Chinese theatre. Back then they had the portrait of James Bond painted alongside the building large as life. Check out the timesand the pics of 1967. www.dropbox.com/s/ichgj2yt0qsfgp9/CLAV08P11_03.jpg?dl=0 www.dropbox.com/s/ngyd1w17uid1ryl/Capture.PNG?dl=0

[@ramencurry6672]

I could hear him talk all day. His voice soothes me.

[@jamesthompson215]

One of my favourite recaps by you. Also the actor who represents the British in the world secret meeting at 5:58 is from the same small town as me.

[@jameslong3509]

Great reviews. Love your mention of Thunderbirds and Shane Rimmer (Scott Tracy). Very memorable voice. I know he was Tom in DAF, voiced Hamilton in LALD and Cmdr Carter (his biggest role) in TSWLM. In that shot you also had Ed Bishop. Captain Blue in Captain Scarlet, Ed Straker in UFO and Claus Hergescheimer (?) in DAF. David Healy (‘Houston to Washington’ in YOLT & ‘This is a real honour Mr White’ in DAF) was a voice artist in Captain Scarlet, Shane Weston in Joe 90 and an appearance in UFO. Lois Maxwell was the voice of Atlanta Shore in Stingray. Jeremy Wilkin was Virgil Tracy, Thunderbirds Series 2, Films, Captain Ochre in Scarlet, some voices in Joe 90 and Secret Service then UFO before Captain Forsyth in TSWLM.Geoffrey Keen (Freddie Grey) was a voice artist in Thunderbird 6.Roger Moore always believed Captain Scarlet was modelled after him...Bond Films & Gerry Anderson shows (fan of both) were two great institutions of the 60s and a lot of actors worked on both.

[@mariakelly5]

James Long Lois Maxwell was in 2 episodes of UFO.

[@ΜακηςΛ-ε5ρ]

The king is dead. Sean Connery 25 August 1930 - 31 October 2020 May his memory live forever.

[@davidkharat1]

You are doing a great job on reviewing and evaluating these great movies. your tone of voice, attention to the details and mistakes , background and history of the James Bond stories are very proffessional. I salute you. I saw Dr.No in 1964 when I Was in 10th grade in Rasht, Iran. A friend and I tok off from school to see the early show time10:30 Am. I started collecting all the James Bond movies which i play them on my vacation spare time when no other entertainment is available.. I will call you Maestro.

[@DutchBondFan]

Thanks a lot for the compliments man! Very honored! Especially hearing you compliment the 'tone of voice', I personally think that is my greatest weakness! And damn, must have been amazing to see Dr. No during the sixties! Thanks again, see you around! P. S What does Maesro mean ?

[@mariakelly4179]

DutchBondFan I'm quite sure, but I do know that it's a compliment.

[@davidkharat1]

Maria Kelly It is compliment.

[@granthartford]

Charles Grey at 8:44 is also the same actor who played Blofeld in Diamonds Are Forever

[@troyandrew6154]

And the criminologist in the rocky horror picture show

[@blueseanomad7435]

I'm planning on cycling to the village where the wedding took place this summer. They even erected a monument memorizing the filiming of the movie.

[@foreveragainOK]

Have you seen Raymond Benson's website From Japan With Love ...? He meets Mie Hama, and she's still cute. She says that Connery was always a gentlemen, a favorite of hers thru the years. She considered him like a big brother.

[@michaelchristian5089]

I like your comical/sarcastic commentary; what we call in England 'dry' humour.

[@OfficialMrShade]

I'm not sure why they even tried to make Sean Connery look Asian. He doesn't look Asian at all. But he does look like a Vulcan without the ears.

[@lukestrawwalker]

I thought he looked like a Romulan LOL:) OL J R :)

[@foreveragainOK]

Just Bond over the top; me like. Also, in the book, Bond is disguised.

[@danielyeshe]

luke strawwalker Yeah that’s what I thought!

[@QUINT34577]

I was about to make the same comment

[@danablake3777]

Coincidentally Sean Connery was supposed to play a Vulcan in Star Trek 5 final frontier

[@lw3646]

I felt that Craig had that same bored look too by the end.

[@henochparks]

The joke is that the Japanese never say " I love you" to each other. Even between husband and wife. It may have changed recently but not in the 1960's

[@DutchBondFan]

I never realised that that was the joke! Thanks for clearing it up!

[@grumblekin]

It hasn’t changed at all

[@Locktwiste72]

It's still the same today. Perhaps that's why they used it as a code. No average Japanese citizen says that to their partner, so if Bond hears someone saying that to him, it's obvious to him that's his secret contact.

[@gearfake3738]

part of japanese say ‘a-i shi-te-i-ru' before 1960’s. a-i means love. shi-te-iru means I am doing. ‘a-i shi-ma-su‘ shi-ma-su means I will do or I do

[@normanbraslow7902]

gear fake, your Japanese is just a bit off. Ai is like, not love. Shite iru, is not used in that context at all. There just is nothing in Japanese that says I love you like in English, German, french, etc. they know the concept, of course, but they will use English as there is nothing equivalent. There are lots of concepts in the West that do not translate into Asian languages.

[@vivi1649]

_"Bond actually died so this is the only Bond movie to star Felix instead"_ I'm now officially your fan.

[@DutchBondFan]

Welcome aboard Karen! I've been enjoying your comments!

[@vivi1649]

​@@DutchBondFan My pleasure! Been enjoying your retrospective quite a bit and look forward to future uploads!

[@alaska3333]

At 5:28 the diplomat wearing glasses is David Bauer, who also played Morton Slumber in Diamonds Are Forever. At 11:57 asian bath girl (Mai Ling) wearing pink bra played private stewardess in Goldfinger. A very memorable movie especially thanks to Little Nelly the autogyro.

[@tabletop77]

definitely in my top 3...Donald Pleasance, one of John Barry's best scores and favourite bond girl Akiko Wakabayashi...love it

[@Alloy7]

Very good commentary! This is one of my favorite Bond movies, but I acknowledge the holes in the plot. It's easy to take potshots at this film, but it was quite something at the time when it premiered.

[@Tax_Master_DFW]

Great video!! The ariel of the fishing village in the video, I had the opportunity to visit while in Japan last year. One of my favorite Bond movies.

[@Romans8-9]

Does it look as gorgeous as it does in the movie?

[@fredgonzalez9993]

Was waiting for this! Keep up the good work! Love the reviews

[@DutchBondFan]

Fred Gonzalez Ah thanks, Good to hear man! I am aiming to eventually finish this series, so I'll defenitely do my best to keep it up!

[@Omnihil777]

16:39 FOUR enemy helicopters, not three. Hehe I love wiseassing on the internet :) And I love your bond recaps.

[@jwvandervlies312]

Nice recap! I agree with you a lot! I also grew up with the 90s rerun of the thunderbirds, but i never knew Shane Rimmer was Scot Tracy's voice! Thanks!

[@MrMultichris234]

Fun Fact : The driver who transport disguised Bond to Osato Chemicals is played by a grandfather od Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

[@DutchBondFan]

+MrMultichris234 No way! I never knew that!

[@speedracer1945]

+MrMultichris234 no way I did know that !

[@DutchBondFan]

+Dan Reese Haha, well, we all learn new trivia and smal facts sometimes :)

[@DutchBondFan]

Thanks for the tip!

[@speedracer1945]

***** A fan came up to Brosnan and shook his hand , and said to him , " boy that will be the closest I will ever get to Halle Berry's ass . LOL -Die Another Day which has a lot of funny facts but check out any Bond film ( or any film ) you like and Im sure you will find something you didn't know . GL

[@mikeoconnell1341]

Oh man, I've been waiting for this! This film is probably my 4th or 5th favourite Bond film :)

[@holosbachstudios9122]

9:10 bond goes outside 9:21 bond remembers to put on the mask You only live twice has aged well Bond is roll model!

[@eazye619]

Millenium is my favorite song of all time. Remember hearing it as a little kid and have loved it ever since. The music and video are all Bond inspired

[@iidirectxii7545]

7:42 Money Penny looks hot in that cute, little navy outfit.

[@foreveragainOK]

You only speak truth. "Don't worry, I get it."

[@mariakelly4179]

II DIRECTx II She certainly does.

[@Renegade2786]

I thought she look hot in that WASP uniform and having ginger hair.

[@jasons2023]

She was a naval officer in the books.

[@michaelwalsh6276]

This is my favorite bond movie.

[@darrylruiz2573]

Great John Barry score pretty girls beautiful scenery and Blofeld!

[@thomasmartin4281]

I admire your resisting temptation to make a million Austin Powers jokes

[@codemaster94]

Super Technology! Hai! Lol I like that you have funny quips about every Bond movie you review. Keep up the good work man.

[@justisolated5621]

25:14 i like how you don't go in a rant, you just question and moving on

[@alphillips5478]

Little Nellie was based on the Wallis WA-116 Agile, a British autogyro used for reconnaissance purposes.

[@getmario64]

"You Only Live Twice" was a pretty good. I like Japan locations, the mountains, and the cultural backgrounds were beautiful. The premise is just about Bond's mission is to find the missing rockets where was lead by SPECTRE's main villain, Ernst Stavro Blofeld in Japan. At least Connery tried his best as Bond character before he left out the series before he came back in only one movie in 1971. Blofeld was a pretty memorable villain since they parodied him from Dr. Claw from "Inspector Gadget" and Dr. Evil from "Austin Powers" series. The only letdown is how ridiculous that they made Bond as whitewash Asian bachelor and rather see Aki in this movie because she's so beautiful and fascinating until they killed her off instead they get Kissy Suzuki which she's a pretty good Bond girl. I like how Bond treated respects for Japanese women instead of being a forceful abusive spy since latest films, but it turns out to be good. The action scenes were good, and the ending climax was pretty impressive. Overall, a pretty good spy movie. Thanks, Roald Dahl who wrote the screenplay, so he wouldn't write something about "Charle and the Chocolate Factory" references.

[@Shadowb-w7s]

He also came back for Never Say Never Again in 1983.

[@mariakelly5]

This was one of my favorite Bond movies when I was a child. It's still in my top ten favorite Bond movies list.

[@ramencurry6672]

I agree it’s good. Reports of Sean not giving a good performance doesn’t matter to me since in my opinion, the character doesn’t need to do much with expressing himself.

[@thunderpaw6541]

Still my favorite Bond film after all this time.

[@lloydkline1518]

❤️ Karin Dor sexy voice & red hair etc etc

[@weejohn11]

Ha I'm back home and comfortable, listening to my favourite bond fan! Love your work my friend and you make a hard day at work REALLY relaxing to come home too!!!!

[@DutchBondFan]

Thanks John! Good to hear! Enjoy !!

[@markgibson3421]

very good review i love this movie its a great big epic , lots of intrigue , plenty of wow moments, a lot of absurdness but hey unlike Thunderball its never boring, , and the music is superb throughout the final scenes are just superb too, plenty on the actionmeter, Id say its the one where i always come back too. great way to spend two hours

[@foreveragainOK]

John Barry should've received Oscars for his score and the title song.

[@James_87]

Oh my God, Wood Alan ans James Bond? It doesn't even sound right, in a comedy spoof!! One thing I always enjoy with your Bond series, is not only the back ground information, but also the different pictures & video footage from the different time frames, as well as behind the scenes stuff. very cool! I also like some of your comedy better than Bonds funny lines - Like the part about the safe, and the "Super & SONY Technology" stuff, Nice creativity!!!! I do like the fact that Helga has to do her makeup, BEFORE she jumps out of the plan! Once again, you make another Bond movie even more entertaining than the movie itself Jeroen! I know you spend alot of time writing & planning these, and it always pays off. Awesome job as always!

[@DutchBondFan]

***** Thanks a lot James, I always like forward to comments like these after all the time and energy that goes into making these. This one in particular has been a real pain to make. The scripting and voicing was alright, but for some reason not a single video version of this movie could import in my Sony Vegas, so I had to do all kinds of research to change video codecs and all that shit. Than uploading gave me lots of trouble to, so had to change some parts up. (which is why there are some tiny parts in the review were sped up and slowed down, barely noticeable luckly enough) Overall i'm very glad I got another one of these out! It's been a couple of months since the previous one, so defenitely was happy to have another one done! :) -

[@James_87]

***** Along with mentioning I see a few typo's in my comments, I did forget to add this may be a little too excessive in some area's of the movie, but that's part of many Bond movies I think. To me, it's like they tried to go "over the top" on purpose at times, for more entertainment? Anyway, i think you just expect that sort of thing from these movies. Or atleast I know I did.

[@DutchBondFan]

Yeah some Bond movies defenitely go all the way on the over the topness fully intetionally, but fans are defenitely devided on that. It's for the reason that there are also some very serious Bond movies out there that don't do it. Some fans generally like the novels and dislike when the movies go to far and go to far away from the source material. I'm not one of those people, cinematic Bond is completely different. I do however also dislike some other Bond movies that did went TO much over the top, in the sense that it just went completely wrong. (I will get to those Bond movies in later episodes eventually...)

[@James_87]

***** Yep, I know what you mean and it's too bad some of them had to be that way.I would even go as far as saying some of those Bond films had way too many of the "one liner" type jokes or responses, among other things of course. You do come to expect some of that of course, but just not over the top. I'll be looking forward to those episodes when you cover them!

[@mariakelly4179]

I've always loved this movie!

[@borkug1566]

I actually like this one better than Thunderball. Underwater scenes got me bored in Thunderball and I spent a good part of the movie wondering of they really hurt sharks while shooting (and apparently they did?) because it looked so real at times. You Only Live Twice on the other hand has some elements that make it subjectively more appealing to me. I like the South Asia setting in general, and Japan even more. I love the music theme. For sure the movie goes over the top with the mandatory secret base scene at the end but the scene does not last too much and it was slowly built up by the investigation part that I find enjoyable. And of course, Japanase women are hot, which helps :)

[@thefonzkiss]

borkug yeah it’s better than Thunderball

[@philhellmuth2771]

Totally on your side bro

[@johnjamele]

YOLT is my favorite film, the one I would choose if I could only watch one for the rest of my life.

[@HYDRAdude]

After the borefest that was Thunderball, You Only Live Twice was a very welcomed change. I don't understand the "too fantastical" criticisms. I understand those feelings when it comes to films like Moonraker, but this film was set in Japan so of course it was going to be fantastical. No one thinks of Japan as "that boring sedentary country that likes rice", but rather "that country with all the really cool hi-tech stuff like bullet trains". This movie is basically a weeaboos fantasy, and this was decades before such a thing even existed. People complain about Akiko and Mie's English, but Bond's Japanese was far worse. There are lots of subtle jokes that one would only understand if they've studied Japanese, such as the whole "I love you" bit. I'm really surprised they included all that stuff in a movie intended for english audiences. Anyways, I personally include this Bond film in my top 5 for being so iconic.

[@foreveragainOK]

Yes, and Bond was supposed to have taken a First in Oriental Languages at Cambrrrrridge.

[@astrosquirrel5038]

I think this has become my favorite Bond film. It’s so much fun and the Japanese setting is beautiful.

[@lupiniiifan6095]

There was a Japanese movie parody inspired by James Bond known as International Secret Police (Kokusai Himitsu Keisatsu) starring Tatsuya Mihashi as Agent Jiro Kitami which was ran from 1963-1967

[@ejl1000]

5:11 I KNEW IT! I FUCKING KNEW IT! As a kid, I loved Thunderbirds and seeing this movie I distinctly remember thinking "wow, that guy sounds like Scott Tracy" but honestly thought it was a coincidence. I love you, DutchBondFan.

[@DutchBondFan]

Haha great! Well Scott Tracy's voice actor is actually featured in Diamonds Are Forever and The Spy Who Loved Me Too. And although not credited, i'm a 100% sure he also voiced the guy witnessing the funeral in the PTS of Live and Let Die!

[@sheriffjohn2498]

I just found your channel. Very entertaining! I know that imply that you are Dutch, but you sound Like you are from Philly. You make me laugh and I pretty much agree with your humor! As kids, we used to read each book then discuss how the movie played out vs the book. We also had big arguments about the order the books came out (we could have read the title page!) Now 50 years later, there is no way that I will miss seeing new Bond films. Doesn't matter if they are worse than some of the Bond films! Great job! SJ

[@jimscimonetti1457]

My favorite Bond movie.

[@thewomaninr3d434]

Loving the series man. You gotta lot of facts about the bondaverse that I never knew and I love it. Keep it up 💪

[@brendanmcshane9359]

Y ou

[@TheJamesAnimations]

"you just can't get away with a menacing villain stroking his white cat" Oh boy wait until you see Spectre

[@cw7792]

if you watch closely you can see the cat struggling to get away whist Donald Pleasance hangs on and continiues to act :-)

[@railtrolley]

@@cw7792 I read somewhere about this. The cat took off when Donald Pleasance fired the gun, and during the explosions, climbed up the scaffolding. Took the film crew some time to get it back. It's notable that the cat is not seen again, during activating the self-destruct.

[@cw7792]

@@railtrolley thank you for this

[@davider6884]

So, where in Spectre does Blofeld actually stroke his cat huh? Tell me.

[@michaelsinger4638]

@@davider6884 He doesn’t. He picks it up and holds it briefly, then lets it run off.

[@trondsi]

20:30 I don't always think that the Bond girls have to kick ass, but I preferred Aki to Kissy, so I think killing her in the movie was a mistake. This is also where the movie starts to go a bit wrong to me. Connery definitely seems a bit bored in the second half, he is much better in the previous one (Thunderball). Great song though.

[@Romans8-9]

Yeah I also preferred Aki to Kissy and ironically the actress who played Aki was supposed to end up with Bond in the end but they gave her the meatier role of Aki because Mia Hama's English wasn't good enough.

[@ElKabong61]

Hey, Man from Sneek! I love these vids you've put out. Very insightful as well as hilarious. Keep up the good work!

[@CRAIGMEDIALABS]

thanks so much for these reviews! you give me so many laughs!

[@robertjonsson797]

The actions of the villains are weird... first Osato tell them to kill Bond after the first meeting, they try to kill him outside the building, then they take him alive at the docks just to try to kill him again in the airplane.

[@ΜακηςΛ-ε5ρ]

They take Bond alive at the docks, because they don't know what he knows about the ship. When he tells Helga that he wants to steal Osato's formula, she realizes that he doesn't know about the ship and pretends to go with him. When she makes sure he is alone, tries to kill him on the plane.

[@robertjonsson797]

@@ΜακηςΛ-ε5ρ why take him alive at the ship at all when they already tried to kill him and they knock him out.... it makes no sense.

[@Ineedgames]

Isn't a Bond villain if they aren't trying to kill him in a unnecessary dramatic way.

[@rippedreaper7279]

If someone took a picture of me when I'm taking a dump, I sure as hell would turn down making another movie too

[@foreveragainOK]

The cameraman should've said, "In Japan, privacy comes second!"

[@Fugettaboutit]

The best of all John Barry scores, despite being one of the lesser Bond movies.

[@DutchBondFan]

Great username bro!

[@ThePopCultureGeek]

the best Blofeld is in this one!!!!!!! wish the other movies have more of the great Donald Plaseance (sorry if i wrote that wrong) :)

[@ΜακηςΛ-ε5ρ]

I prefer Pleasence in the role of Henderson. Ηis murder would not be true - like Bond in Hong Kong - and in the volcano he would say that he is Blofeld's half brother.

[@RW__-oi8nr]

Agustin Alejandro Perez Rodriguez telly savalas is a better blofeld in my opinion

[@logantownes5]

I think if they gave Charles gray a chance to play in this movie and the next one he would be pretty good

[@foreveragainOK]

At least Blofeld here is super melodramatic, which is what Bond villains should be. Thunderball's #2 also would make a great Blofeld. The dubbed voices of Tanaka and Largo are by the same actor, a real side splitting voice.

[@Guitarburt]

Charles Gray DID play in this movie, but not as Blofeld. Kind of an odd thing that he would play one of the good guys in this movie yet be cast as Blofeld two movies later. Similarly, Maud Adams would be in both "The Man with the Golden Gun" and then again as "Octopussy." @@logantownes5

[@zachsplep]

Bond's Asian makeup comes off his face when he jumps over the side of the boat in the cave. I think you can see it's definitely a hairpiece when he's swimming underwater. Anyway, that's the last shot you see him with the makeup.

[@jwvandervlies312]

+zachsplep Yes that's what i thought.

[@zachsplep]

+Tough Cut Thanks!

[@alphacentauri6333]

I found lots of small things that made the film enjoyable. "I give you very best duck." The white sports car is a beauty. The shoes with the white tops. @10:20 that fall forward looks like a face plant...ouch. The Tiger persona. There are more and overall (apart from the absurd attempt to make Bond Japanese) I give it a solid thumbs up.

[@DutchBondFan]

+alpha centauri Cheers man! :)

[@alphacentauri6333]

+DutchBondFan Nice review by the way. I looked up some info on the Toyota 2000GT and apparently it's a very rare car with limited production of about 350 vehicles. The Bond car was especially rare due to roof modifications. It reminds me of the Jaguar XKE in its styling. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_2000GT "Today, the 2000GT is seen as the first seriously collectible Japanese car and its first supercar. Examples of the 2000GT have sold at auction for as much as US $1,200,000."

[@Happymali10]

24:25 "We need Japanese cars for the set!" "Nah, let's take...a Mini Moke, and...screw it, ask Carl if we can borrow his tractor."

[@shettrick]

Another fun recap. You have mentioned so many fun bits of trivia I never knew about all these Bond movies; I finally have one you didn't mention in this recap -- that actor fighting Connery in the scene you said was good with Connery picking up the couch to use as a weapon, is the grandfather of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. The Rock says his grandfather was also a wrestler-turned-actor who he admired.

[@edwardgreen6577]

i think this was the first film i ever saw featuring ninjas , its a good film with a cracking title song and the one of my favourite scenes its where they are the docks and being chased by the henchmen and bond is knocking them down left right and center and then diving of the roof on to some boxes great stuff. great review sir thumbs up.

[@johnnyk.2911]

He was only 37 when this came out, he looks closer to 47.

[@jamesbomd3503]

THEN AT 47 HE STOPPED AGEING FOR 40 YEARS

[@scottknode898]

Connery was 40 when he came back for Diamonds Are Forever but looked closer to 50 with being heavier and bored and at times fed up with being Bond in the movie. It’s crazy to think in the non official Bond film Never Say Never Again at age 52 he looked better then he did in Diamonds Are Forever.

[@quad5186]

Another great review ! Lost it on your wedding comments !😂😂😂

[@radicalgoodspeed16]

that guy he fights in the office is High Chief Peter Miavia of Saomoa the Rock's Grandfather

[@Steveunnie2798]

Love your posts. I always enjoy your opinions, insights, and humour. This bond outing is probably my favorite. I just need to mention why i love the scene where bond is transformed into a japanese. I understand that the scene does not advance the plot and bond looks silly in the disguise, but...The set is beautiful with only a table in the large room. The white screen behind the actors gives another worldly effect. The idea of transforming one's appearance like a chameleon is very exciting. Lastly, the women in their two piece outfits make it even more appealing. Love all of your entries. Keep up the great work!

[@ΜακηςΛ-ε5ρ]

Bond disguised as a Japanese, because they've seen him Osato and Helga. About the marriage, I think it's done to show the culture of Japan.

[@andrewbooth4776]

Classic film, amazing sets ,score and cast , elements of humour to offset the violence, another epic . So many memorable scenes. Dutch BondFans comments are valid he obviously really likes this film. His commentary is very good and his observations are correct.

[@speedracer1945]

Im the 70s or 80s a guy built a helicopter like Little Nellie and flew it and landed on the WH lawn .

[@JOSH-lw2jv]

Fun Fact: The two leading girls in the 5th Bond film: *"YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE":* Akiko Wakabayashi & Mie Hama, also starred in a couple of kaiju films produced by Toho Co., Ltd. and directed by Ishirō Honda. Akiko was in the 3rd Godzilla film: *"King Kong vs Godzilla"* (1962) and the 5th Godzilla film: *"Three* *Giant Monsters: Earth's Greatest* *Battle"* also known as *"Ghidorah,* *the Three-Headed Monster"* (1967). Mie also starred in *"King Kong* *vs Godzilla"* as well as Toho's 2nd & final Kong film: *"King Kong's* *Counterattack"* also known as *"King Kong Escapes"* (1967). Interestingly, for the Japanese dub of *"YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE",* Akiko was voiced by Kazue Komiya for the 1978 TBS (Tokyo Broadcast System) edition, but Mie Hama & Tetsurō Tamba spoke in Japanese for the 1978 TBS edition. For the 2006 Japanese DVD edition however, Akiko, Mie & Tetsurō were voiced by Mayuno Yasokawa (who also voiced Stacy Sutton in *"A* *View to a Kill"),* Sanae Kobayashi & Takashi Taniguchi.

[@donaldmcauliffe7653]

Sean Connery was send to Japan after world war two he help to rebuild her he stay for two years he. Can talk in Japanese because of it

[@craigstewart1532]

Is English your first language?

[@Romans8-9]

I am pretty sure that is an old wive's tale. Connery's first and only at sea assignment with the Royal Navy was in 1946 with the HMS Formidable which involved repatriating Allied POWs after the Japanese surrender but it's unlikely Connery ever set foot in Japan let alone spent any significant amount of time there as he had a genetic ulcer condition, that would eventually lead him to being discharged from the navy, and the HMS Formidable was decommissioned in 1947. Connery would be discharged in 1949.

[@KiniAlohaGuy]

Excellent Review. Simply Brilliant

[@clearcoat2000]

I saw this movie three times in one day back in 1967. As a kid I loved it and still think it holds up pretty well. In the novel, Kissy and Bond have a son. It would be interesting if the future Bond films add this to the story line.

[@foreveragainOK]

They could also make a spin-off series.

[@bodhisattvaFM]

I saw it 3x in one day in 2022 😄

[@lazypaladin]

_You will respect that Scottish Gentlemen. _*_And_*_ his Little Nelly_

[@jjmfrees]

As an American, I assure you that is exactly how we all walk around and great each other every day; with an exuberant “America, fuck yeah!”

[@floridagator1765]

I love the theme song. Great strings. Chills! As a kid watching it on ABC I felt bad for the astronaut left in space in the beginning of the 🎥

[@Omnihil777]

Aaaand another little thing: The guy who's giving Tanaka the photograph in the train is actually Masaaki Hatsumi, a ninjutsu master, still alive, 87 years old and quite fit: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaaki_Hatsumi

[@jthepickle7]

Great narration! I felt as I were there!

[@larrydavis3645]

I recently starting view your Jame Bond movie reviews. I have to admit I find this review the best one yet..

[@joshua1990ize]

dutchbondfan .. YOLT was the first Connery bond film i ever saw... i started with goldeneye but whenever i think back to Christmas day of 2000 .. this film comes to mind

[@marguskiis7711]

Casino Royale´67 has several similar features (exploding cigarette, erotic back washing scene, overthetop villain centre, the sea funeral scene, the final great fistfight with falling "ninjas" etc.), so did the filming groups share their ideas with each other?

[@DutchBondFan]

I don't think they did, must be coincidence. Speaking of such. What I find even more mindblowing is how similar SPECTRE and Mission Impossible: Roque Agent are. The movie even has the same locations, in the same order and almost an identical plot. It's crazy!

[@marguskiis7711]

Yep. This is mentioned in several places in interweb and check out the video "Is Spectre Copied from Mission Impossible Rogue Nation"

[@robertmatheus8004]

Super Technology!!! 😅

[@mariakelly4179]

Robert Matheus Hai Ya!

[@randyacuna3248]

Robert Matheus and that's the problem with this film, bond is just a participant to keep this film moving. The real star is the hardware. His character is reduced compared to the early bonds. Sean wanted to leave bond after thunderball and did not want to do anymore bonds and did this film but you can see that he looks bored in this film. Unfortunately he retired before the next bond film. And as it turns out, arguably the best bond film was made.

[@ΜακηςΛ-ε5ρ]

@@randyacuna3248 With many spy-movies after the success of Bond films and another Bond film (''Casino Royale'' April 1967), I think producers use super technology to be and this film special. Viewers were not easy to understand the innovative effects (they deserve Oscar). Connery is mentally and physically tired of Japan journalists, distances and high temperature (he has dehydration). But the most serious reason is that after ''Thunderball'', Connery's relationships with producers go from bad to worse. (33.39 - 38.36) kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y2SwqGiujJenobM

[@randyacuna3248]

Μακης Λ with super technology the bond character is in the background. Your right, people in the middle 1960s wanted spy technology.

[@Renegade2786]

When does Professor Genki pop out?

[@davidcoleman2463]

I really liked this one too . I am having fun watching the videos. Again thanks for posting .

[@oakleysierney1918]

16:11 It's called a gyrocopter not 'little helicopter'. They not only are different in size by operate by very different principles.

[@georgeorwell4534]

My all time favorite Bond film, and the hands down best opening song.

[@revellifevideo]

I wonder why Ling in the opening scene didn’t even get a credit. Aki and kissy were both very beautiful and charming in the film.

[@lupiniiifan6095]

This film also inspired many countries like Europe (Eurospy) and Japan (Ironfinger)

[@jamesgrassia844]

Finally we meet Ernst Stavro Blofeld, an excellent Donald Pleasence.

[@ΜακηςΛ-ε5ρ]

I would prefer him, to play Henderson. Ηis murder would not be true, like Bond in Hong Kong, and in the volcano he would say that he is Blofeld's half brother.

[@ClaudioTV2005]

Now, imagine if Jan Werich was never rejected as Blofeld. Probably in an alternate universe, he got to be menacing

[@getmario64]

You Only Live Twice James Bond: 8/10 Bond Girls: 8/10 Bond Villians and Muscles: 8/10 Action: 8/10 Story: 8/10 8/10 "You Only Live Twice" felt like a Japanese lore of adventurous and enjoyment. Felt like a Miyazaki anime of wonders and the culture of Japanese style and having James Bond facing a arch nemesis, Blofled became the icon of Spectre's battle rival.

[@Romans8-9]

i gotta admit I burst out laughing when Bond watches the car on a monitor get dropped into the ocean. As a child, you just accept all of it without thinking about it.

[@mariakelly4179]

The actress playing Ling is one of the players in the poker game sequence in Casino Royale (2006).

[@trwent]

RIP Karin Dor (Helga Brandt), a beautiful German actor who played a very evil woman in this movie. She was a wonderful person in real life.

[@peterrichards931]

She also performed herself the stunt on the bridge where she plunges into the water to be eaten by piranhas.

[@trwent]

@@peterrichards931 I trust they were not real piranhas.

[@peterrichards931]

@@trwent ha yes indeed but it wasn't a straightforward stunt for an actor.

[@TheSegacampGamerandWerecamp]

and on Halloween 2020 we just Lost Sean Connery he Passed away in his Sleep he was 90 Years Old!

[@CRITTERBUSTERS]

Great review, you only live twice is my all time personal favourite bond film, It was the first bond film that I ever watched I was about 8 when I saw it and looking at it now, sure it has its flaws, but overall it's perfect Escapism, its an Adventure fantasy and it succeeds in what it sets out to do "Entertain" The sets are great, the Action and Gadgets are cool, the music is some of John Barry's finest, Tanaka is a likable ally and Connery despite having a few weak moments in his performance, still delivers the goods, he seems more involved in the action scenes too.

[@DutchBondFan]

Well said, and I think you can see from my review that I am very much on par with you on this one! Pure 60'ies escapism and easily one of the Bond films I rank in my Top 10!

[@foreveragainOK]

Yes, it grows on you. The music and title song should've gotten Oscars. My favorite Bond rendition is when Bond is in the garden, just having killed the assassin, and the bass guitar: 'doong doong! doong doong!' Beautiful cinematography.

[@kevinharkness2108]

I like part where bond is climbing down the volcanos interior as the doom laden music plays. Great apocalyptic 60s feel !

[@philmitchell3337]

The biggest bond, next to thunderball , was yolt. In new york. The bond. Poster was a block long. I saw it myself, in late august early sept 1967.