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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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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女は幾万ありとても | Satoko (Kyushu woman) | 1966-02-12 |
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What's Up, Tiger Lily? | Suki Yaki | 1966-11-02 |
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アルプスの若大将 | 1966-05-28 | |
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国際秘密警察 鍵の鍵 | Bai-Lan | 1965-10-22 |
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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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三大怪獣 地球最大の決戦 | Princess Maas Doulina Salno of Selgina | 1964-12-20 |
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こんにちは赤ちゃん | Shizuko Nagata | 1964-03-20 |
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宇宙大怪獣ドゴラ | Gang Moll | 1964-08-11 |
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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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にっぽん実話時代 | 1963-02-16 | |
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やぶにらみニッポン | Riko Arikane | 1963-09-02 |
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国際秘密警察 指令第８号 | Mie Tsugawa | 1963-08-31 |
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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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乾杯!サラリーマン諸君 | 1962-01-14 | |
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紅の空 | 1962-03-21 | |
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僕たちの失敗 | 1962-09-01 | |
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若い季節 | 1962-10-20 | |
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暗黒街の牙 | 1962-12-08 | |
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豚と金魚 | 1962-06-20 | |
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愛のうず潮 | 1962-05-22 | |
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キングコング対ゴジラ | Tamiye | 1962-08-11 |
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野盗風の中を走る | 1961-11-22 | |
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Bis zum Ende aller Tage | Anna Suh | 1961-08-29 |
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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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Akiko | Akiko | 1961-03-23 |
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女が階段を上る時 | Hostess | 1960-01-15 |
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銀座退屈娘 | Woman in Jail A | 1960-03-08 |
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新・三等重役 当るも八卦の巻 | Haruko Momoyama | 1960-04-26 |
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Le orientali | 1960-04-08 | |
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恐るべき火遊び | Mariko's Friend B | 1959-11-15 |
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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 |
