As Bond is surveilling the Ning Po freight liner, his cover is eventually blown and he attempts to escape a throng of henchmen. Although the music is a bit happy sounding for a chase scene, the sweeping camera angle of the rooftop chase gives great context to what Bond is up against and how unlikely an escape is, which turns out to be true. Kudos for the camera angle though. In the age of heavy editing and camera shakes, a steady shot like this during an otherwise tense scene is refreshing, even for a non-Bond movie.
Zoom-in of a screenshot from the gunbarrel sequence from You Only Live Twice (1967)
…how the blood perfectly aligns with James Bond’s arm profile in this screenshot. #OddlySatisfying
A car pursuing Bond and Aki is magnetically snatched and dropped into the sea in You Only Live Twice (1967)
James Bond (Sean Connery) battles it out with a baddie in Osato’s office in You Only Live Twice (1967)
A closeup of the Japanese kanji on the wall during the scene
During the awesome fight sequence between 007 and an Osato goon in You Only Live Twice, we can see two Japanese symbols on the wall. My furious Googling has led me to these two characters:
According to my two linked sites for each symbol, it translates to “big village” – an oxymoron? Or maybe a reference to the big city of Tokyo where YOLT takes place? If you know Japanese and I am mistaken or you can confirm, please feel free to comment!
James Bond (Sean Connery) wears some snazzy two-toned dress shoes that, in my opinion, resemble bowling shoes in You Only Live Twice (1967)
James Bond (Sean Connery) burns a piece of paper containing the address of his Tokyo contact in You Only Live Twice (1967)
Dikko Henderson (Charles Gray) calmly reacts to being stabbed in the back in You Only Live Twice (1967)
Aki (Akiko Wakabayawshi) is poisoned while she sleeps in You Only Live Twice (1967)
Poor Aki…such a freaky way to die!
A headline announcing James Bond’s death is seen in a newspaper in You Only Live Twice (1967)
Shout out to the Gordon’s Gin cigar ash tray in the background! 🙂
