You Only Live Twice (1967)

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You Only Live Twice (1967) is the fifth spy film in the James Bond series, and the fifth to star Sean Connery as the MI6 agent James Bond. The film's screenplay was written by Roald Dahl, and loosely based on Ian Fleming's 1964 novel of the same name. It is the first James Bond film to discard most of Fleming's plot, using only a few characters and locations from the book as the background for an entirely new story. Directed by Lewis Gilbert, it also stars Donald Pleasence, Akiko Wakabayashi, Tetsurō Tamba, Desmond Llewelyn and Mie Hama.

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Plot: An American spacecraft is hijacked by an unidentified spacecraft. The US suspect it was a work of the Soviets, but the British believe the spacecraft landed in the Sea of Japan, thus suspecting Japanese involvement. To investigate, MI6 operative, James Bond, agent 007, is sent to Tokyo. Upon arrival, Bond is contacted by Aki, assistant to the Japanese secret service leader Tiger Tanaka, who introduces Bond to local MI6 operative, Dikko Henderson. Henderson claims to have critical evidence about the rogue craft but is killed before he can elaborate. Bond chases and kills the assailant, disguises himself and gets in the getaway car, which takes him to Osato Chemicals; once there, Bond subdues the driver and breaks into an office safe of president Mr. Osato. After stealing documents, Bond is chased out by armed security, eventually being picked up by Aki, who flees to a secluded subway station. Bond chases her, but falls down a trap door leading to Tanaka's office. The stolen documents are examined, which includes a photograph of the cargo ship Ning-Po and a microdot message saying the tourist who took the photo was killed as a security precaution.

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Bond goes to Osato Chemicals to meet Mr. Osato himself, masquerading as a potential new buyer. Osato humours Bond and after their meeting orders his secretary, Helga Brandt, to have Bond killed. Outside the building, assassins open fire on Bond before Aki rescues him and the assassins are disposed of via helicopter and a magnetic grab. Bond and Aki continue driving to Kobe, where the Ning-Po is docked. After being discovered by more SPECTRE henchmen, they give chase but Bond eludes them until Aki gets away and Bond is captured. He awakens tied up in Helga Brandt's cabin on the Ning-Po: she interrogates Bond, who bribes his way out of imprisonment. Brandt then flies Bond to Tokyo, but en route she sets off a flare in the plane and bails out. Bond manages to land the crashing plane and escape. Bond then investigates the company's dock facilities and discovers that the ship was delivering elements for rocket fuel. Bond and Tanaka learn that the true mastermind behind this is Ernst Stavro Blofeld and SPECTRE. After finding out where the Ning-Po unloaded, Bond investigates the area by a heavily armed autogyro, Little Nellie. Near a volcano Bond is attacked by helicopters, which he defeats, confirming his suspicions that SPECTRE's base is nearby.

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