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Akiko Wakabayashi

Akiko Wakabayashi

Akiko Wakabayashi (born December 13, 1939 in Ōta, Tokyo) is a Japanese actress, best known in English-speaking countries for her role as Bond girl, Aki in the 1967 James Bond movie You Only Live Twice. Prior to this, she made many movies in her native Japan, especially Toho Studio's monster movies such as Dagora, the Space Monster and Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (both of which were also released under various other titles). When production of You Only Live Twice began, Wakabayashi was originally slated to play the role of Kissy Suzuki whilst her co-star Mie Hama played Suki, one of Tiger Tanaka's top agents. When learning English proved to be a major hurdle to Hama, the women switched roles, with Hama now playing the smaller part of Kissy and Wakabayashi playing the larger part of Suki. Wakabayashi, as Aki in the movie You Only Live Twice. At her suggestion, the character of Suki was renamed to Aki. This is probably partly because[citation needed] in 1966, Woody Allen took the Japanese action film International Secret Police: Key of Keys (in which both Mie Hama and Wakabayashi starred), re-edited, re-dubbed, re-plotted, and renamed it What's Up, Tiger Lily?. In the film, Wakabayashi's character was "Suki Yaki" whereas her You Only Live Twice co-star Hama played "Teri Yaki". Wakabayashi made only one more film (and a guest TV appearance) before disappearing from both the big and small screen. In an interview in G-FAN magazine (No. 76), Wakabayashi said she retired from acting due to injuries sustained while making a movie. Description above from the Wikipedia article Akiko Wakabayashi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Personal information

Birthday

1939-12-13

Birth Place

Ota, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Movies and TV shows :

A Keg of Powder

A Keg of Powder

1964

0.0

Movie
Acchan no bebi gyangu

Acchan no bebi gyangu

1961

0.0

Movie
Adventure in Kigan Castle

Adventure in Kigan Castle

1966

5.7

Movie
Ai no uzu shio

Ai no uzu shio

1962

0.0

Movie
Akiko

Akiko

1961

6.5

Movie
Arupusu no wakadaishô

Arupusu no wakadaishô

1966

0.0

Movie
Best Ever Bond

Best Ever Bond

2002

5.0

Movie
Diamonds of the Andes

Diamonds of the Andes

1968

0.0

Movie
Dogora

Dogora

1964

6.8

Movie
Gekkyū dorobō

Gekkyū dorobō

1962

0.0

Movie
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

1964

7.0

Movie
Girl from Hong Kong

Girl from Hong Kong

1961

10.0

Movie
Interpol Code 8

Interpol Code 8

1963

0.0

Movie
Kanpai! Sararīman shokun

Kanpai! Sararīman shokun

1962

0.0

Movie
Key of Keys

Key of Keys

1965

6.0

Movie
King Kong vs. Godzilla

King Kong vs. Godzilla

1962

6.8

Movie
King Kong vs. Godzilla

King Kong vs. Godzilla

1963

6.6

Movie
Our Failures

Our Failures

1962

0.0

Movie
Pig and Goldfish

Pig and Goldfish

1962

0.0

Movie
Samurai Pirate

Samurai Pirate

1963

5.5

Movie
Sararīman Gonza to Sukejū ren'ai kōsa-ten

Sararīman Gonza to Sukejū ren'ai kōsa-ten

1962

0.0

Movie
poster

Shirley's World

1972

5.0

TV
Song for a Bride

Song for a Bride

1958

0.0

Movie
The Beast Shall Die

The Beast Shall Die

1959

5.6

Movie
The Crimson Sky

The Crimson Sky

1962

0.0

Movie
The Exotic Locations of 'You Only Live Twice'

The Exotic Locations of 'You Only Live Twice'

2006

6.0

Movie
The Orientals

The Orientals

1960

0.0

Movie
The Thin Line

The Thin Line

1966

7.3

Movie
The Weed of Crime

The Weed of Crime

1962

0.0

Movie
Wakai kisetsu

Wakai kisetsu

1962

0.0

Movie
What's Up, Tiger Lily?

What's Up, Tiger Lily?

1966

5.3

Movie
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

1960

8.0

Movie
You Only Live Twice

You Only Live Twice

1967

6.6

Movie
こんにちは赤ちゃん

こんにちは赤ちゃん

1964

10.0

Movie