You Only Live Twice (1967)

MI6
Moneypenny
Moneypenny
Played by Lois Maxwell
Moneypenny is found onboard the submarine that recovers 007&#821#8217;s “body” after he fakes his death. She is dressed in her naval uniform, and hurries 007 in to see M, saying that he is always late, even from his own funeral.

 

M
M
Played by Bernard Lee
M looks sharp in his naval uniform aboard the submarine that just “recovered” 007’s body. He wastes no time in sending 007 to Japan to investigate the missing rocket.

 

Q
Q
Played by Desmond Llewelyn
Q travels to Japan to deliver Little Neliie to 007 for his mission investigating the missing rocket ship. After a long trip, Q is annoyed and says he has no time for 007’s usual quips.

 

Allies
Tiger Tanaka
Tiger Tanaka
Played by Tetsuro Tamba
Tanaka is the head of Japan’s Secret Service and Bond’s help while searching for the two hijacked spaceships. In You Only Live Twice, he arranges Bond’s fake marriage and ninja training among other things.

 

Dikko Henderson
Dikko Henderson
Played by Charles Gray
Henderson is Bond’s contact in Japan during You Only Live Twice. Unfortunately, he is stabbed in the back by one of Blofeld’s thugs. In contrast to the movie, Henderson had a major role in the Fleming novel. Charles Gray is better remembered for playing Ernst Blofeld in Diamonds Are Forever.

 

Girls
Kissy Suzuki
Kissy Suzuki
Played by Mie Hama
A Japanese Ama girl who makes her living by diving for shells, Kissy also works for the secret service. Bond even marries her as a cover for a mission. Kissy’s name was never mentioned in the film, although it was in the script.

 

Aki
Aki
Played by Akiko Wakabayawshi
Bond’s Japanese guardian angel in You Only Live Twice, Aki saves his life on more than one occasion. She meets an untimely death, though – while in bed with 007 a ninja assassin poisons her.

 

Helga Brandt
Helga Brandt
Played by Karin Dor
Brandt is SPECTRE agent no. 11 and attempts to kill Bond by leaving him in a crashing airplane. She doesn’t succeed of course, and Blofeld feeds her to piranhas.

 

Henchmen
Mr. Osato
Mr. Osato
Played by Teru Shimada
Osato is a Japanese industrialist whose company is a cover for SPECTRE in You Only Live Twice. Unable to stop Bond, Osato gets shot by an annoyed Blofeld.

 

Villains
Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Played by Donald Pleasence
For appearing in a total of seven Bond movies, SPECTRE head Blofeld is probably the most famous Bond villain ever. The cat-loving madman first pitted against Bond in From Russia With Love although we didn’t see his face; It wasn’t until 1967 that the producers decided to reveal his face in You Only Live Twice.

 

Animals
Blofeld's Persian Cat
Blofeld’s Persian Cat
The cat makes another appearance in this movie on Blofeld’s lap.