You Only Live Twice
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Actor: Akiko Wakabayashi, Mie Hama, Sean Connery, Teru Shimada, Tetsuro TambaBrand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish (Original Language); Mandarin Chinese (Original Language); Korean (Original Language); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 117 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-05-22
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
DVD Reviews of You Only Live Twice
DVD Review: 3 1/2*s-Bond meets Blofeld,face to face...finally!,
Summary: 3 Stars
The year is 1967 and two years have elapsed between the last Bond picture "Thunderball" and this one "You only live Twice".The first time that this happened.The two year gap however did not improve things in the Bond world and even though this film would prove to be a slight come down from the previous effort it is still an enjoyable Bond romp and he and we finally get to meet the infamous Dr.Blofeld face to face.
The prologue opens in space and a Gemini space craft is in earth orbit.One of the astronauts is doing a space walk.Suddenly they are approached by a huge rocket.It swallows up the entire space capsule but severs the astronauts' life line,leaving him to float lifeless in space.The scene switches to earth and Toyko,Japan where Bond has just concluded "negotiations" with a lovely Japanese lass.The door swings open and in rush several assassins.The bed recesses into the wall with James in it and the group opens fire.The police later enter the picture and pull the bed down to discover a lifeless Bond.Dead!
We cut to the opening credits and a beautiful theme rendition by none other than Nancy Sinatra begins.Those that have given short shrift to Nancy in the past may want to revisit this song.In fact her more recent opening movie song for "Kill Bill,Vol.1" called "Bang,Bang" was another small tour de force.
The movie begins and James is getting a proper British Navy funeral with all the military honours accorded to someone of his stature.His body is given back to the sea and we follow it as it floats down to the bottom wrapped in white.However two Navy divers approach,recover the body and bring it aboard the Navy vessel in secret.We find out shortly he isn't dead at all but this is a big cover up British Intelligence is doing to find out who is behind the rocket-nappings as the U.S. rocket has recently come down in the Sea of Japan somewhere.
Later we see the Russians performing the same earth orbit activities as their U.S. counterparts earlier.Their space capsule too,cosmonauts and all,get swallowed up and returned to earth like the other before.It lands (again)somewhere in the vast sea off Japan.East/West tensions are now running high as both sides are blaming the other for these unusual occurences.Something will have to be done before all out war ensues.
Bond heads back into Tokyo and meets up with his contact there;Henderson played by Charles Gray(famous for his later role of the narrator in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show").Henderson is unceremoniously murdered before he can reveal who he thinks is behind this mess.
James heads to a big Japanese firm called Osato Co.which he suspects(rightly so)is a SPECTRE front.Mr.Osato(Teru Shimada)is on to him right away and his assitant Aki(Akiko Wakabayashi) becomes Bonds femme fatale for this film and like all the others won over to his side by the end.James pokes around to discover that Osatos' product cannisters are full of liquid oxygen,not their usual legit product.This would mean he is supplying the powers behind this situation some of the tools it needs for its' operations into space.His poking around is cut short and he barely makes it out alive after a prolonged battle with Osatos' henchmen.
As he is returning to base Bond is kidnapped.We soon find out that this time it is friendly.A powerful and influential contact in Japan Tiger Tanaka(Tetsuro Tamba) is there to assist him in any way he can.He revels at how easy it was to catch James but he also realizes he needs his valuable help.It seems Blofeld is behind all of the space-nappings but Tanaka has searched all over and around Japan yet hasn't been able to locate his operational headquarters.Bond finally returns to base and with the help of "Q" obtains another new and much needed gadget...a one man helicopter(similar to the one in later years in "Mad Max").
He island hops around Japan.He finally spots an aerial vehicle diappear into an extinct volcanic crater.He investigates but finds nothing but a small lake at the bottom.All seems alright.....but how could this be? He returns to the scene with Aki and they descend into the crater.They reach the bottom only to find the "lake" is fake.It has been painted on and is metallic.Just as he walks across it it opens to reveal to them the hideout of Dr.Blofeld and his operations.Aki is sent back to Tanaki to bring back the cavalry to help him overthrow Blofeld and his huge company of no goods.
James slowly,with the help at one point of suction cups,makes his way cautiously down the precipitous slopes into the deep cavern.He does a bit of sabotage but not long before he's caught.Here we finally meet Dr.Blofeld(Donald Pleasance).He has a large facial scar,no sense of humour and his plans were to sit back and let the world go to war over the incidents in space he created.After all was done,he would re-enter the outside world to pick up the pieces and rule it.Now he means also to finally dispose of the man who has foiled so many of his criminal operations for five years now.Bond is non-plussed but is happy when Tanaka and company finally do arrive.It's a bloody fight for Tanakas' men from the top into the cave but they finally reach James and Aki inside.Will they be in time to thwart another rocket launch? Will Blofeld actually get to take over the world? Will Bond get the best of Blofeld?
All is revealed in the last 15 minutes and it involves alot of nailbiting on our parts!
"You only live Twice" was another movie in the early series that didn't quite seem to have all the rockets firing at the same time,all the time.As in the second movie(see my review on that) we have some superfluous parts that could have been judiciously excised in editing to give this movie a bit more punch.I think they tried limiting Bonds' location trotting for this reason too but it wasn't quite enough.Also I thought Donald Pleasance as good an actor as he was and a good pick for this part,was nonetheless a bit of a let down.He played the part a bit too coldly and too close to the chest,one might say.This wasn't a Dr.No part that was just right for that movie.This one called for a part played much larger and with more "umph" to it.
Having said that though this movie has much to offer its' viewers as usual.More new gadgets,spectaular fights,explosions and new and new exotic locations,i.e. Japan and what could be more exotic and different than outer space? The Gemini space program was front and center news at this time and the moon wasn't far off in the agenda so this was very current stuff and bound to attract a wider audience.Also the stunt work again was superb.Alot of karate action takes place,in fact a ninja training school we visit in the film actually belongs to the good guys!
Although not quite up to previous standards and a slightly weaker entry than others it does have something the later ones would never have..the class that was Sean Connery.And with the film now remastered and more vibrant than ever before...it is a must see.
Description of You Only Live Twice
When an American space capsule is swallowed up by what they believe to be a Russian spaceship World War 3 nearly breaks out. The British Government however suspect that other powers are at work as the space craft went down near Japan. S.P.E.C.T.R.E. is the force behind the theft as James Bond discovers but its motives are far from clear and he must first find out where the captured space capsule is held before America and Russia initiate another world war.System Requirements:Run Time: 117 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE Rating: PG - 13 UPC: 027616074096 Manufacturer No: M107411Bestsellers in DVD
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