1939-12-13 Ota, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
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.
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Best Ever Bond | Aki (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2002-11-22 |
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地球40度線 赤道を駈ける男 | 1968-04-28 | |
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You Only Live Twice | Aki | 1967-06-13 |
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女の中にいる他人 | Sayuri Sugimoto | 1966-02-12 |
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奇巌城の冒険 | Spuria, Chamberlain's daughter | 1966-04-28 |
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アルプスの若大将 | 1966-05-28 | |
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What's Up, Tiger Lily? | Suki Yaki | 1966-11-02 |
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国際秘密警察 鍵の鍵 | Bai-Lan | 1965-10-22 |
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宇宙大怪獣ドゴラ | Gang Moll | 1964-08-11 |
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三大怪獣 地球最大の決戦 | Princess Maas Doulina Salno of Selgina | 1964-12-20 |
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国際秘密警察 火薬の樽 | Girl Taken at Haneda | 1964-12-09 |
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こんにちは赤ちゃん | Shizuko Nagata | 1964-03-20 |
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大盗賊 | Yaya's maid | 1963-10-26 |
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King Kong vs. Godzilla | Tamiye (uncredited) | 1963-06-26 |
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国際秘密警察 指令第８号 | 1963-08-31 | |
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キングコング対ゴジラ | Tamiye | 1962-08-11 |
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月給泥棒 | 1962-12-08 | |
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サラリーマン権三と助十 恋愛交叉点 | 1962-11-17 | |
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若い季節 | 1962-10-20 | |
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僕たちの失敗 | 1962-09-01 | |
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紅の空 | 1962-03-21 | |
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乾杯!サラリーマン諸君 | 1962-01-14 | |
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暗黒街の牙 | 1962-12-08 | |
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愛のうず潮 | 1962-05-22 | |
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豚と金魚 | 1962-06-20 | |
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Bis zum Ende aller Tage | Anna Suh | 1961-08-29 |
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Akiko | Akiko | 1961-03-23 |
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アッちゃんのベビーギャング | Midori | 1961-09-17 |
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Le orientali | 1960-04-08 | |
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女が階段を上る時 | Hostess | 1960-01-15 |
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野獣死すべし | Hostess at the Rollita B | 1959-06-09 |
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花嫁三重奏 | 1958-02-11 |
