Akiko Wakabayashiborn 1939

usually

Actor

Popularity

2.1

Famous

Biography

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.

Credits

Best Ever Bond
Best Ever Bond

2002

Action • Documentary

as Aki (archive footage) (uncredited)

5
0.5
Diamonds of the Andes
Diamonds of the Andes

1968

Action • Crime

0
0.2
You Only Live Twice
You Only Live Twice

1967

Action • Adventure • Thriller

as Aki

6.6
5.2
What's Up, Tiger Lily?
What's Up, Tiger Lily?

1966

Action • Comedy

as Suki Yaki

5.4
0.8
Young Ace in the Alps
Young Ace in the Alps

1966

Comedy • Romance

0
0.2
Adventure in Kigan Castle
Adventure in Kigan Castle

1966

Action • Adventure • Family

as Spuria, Chamberlain's daughter

5.7
0.5
The Thin Line
The Thin Line

1966

Crime • Drama

as Sayuri Sugimoto

7.3
0.5
Key of Keys
Key of Keys

1965

Action • Comedy • Thriller

as Bai-Lan

6
0.3
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

1964

Action • Fantasy • Science Fiction • Thriller

as Princess Maas Doulina Salno of Selgina

7
1.5
A Keg of Powder
A Keg of Powder

1964

Action • Comedy

as Girl Taken at Haneda

0
0.3
Dogora
Dogora

1964

Crime • Horror • Science Fiction

as Gang Moll

6.9
0.7
こんにちは赤ちゃん
こんにちは赤ちゃん

1964

as Shizuko Nagata

10
0.1
Samurai Pirate
Samurai Pirate

1963

Action • Adventure • Comedy • Fantasy

as Yaya's maid

5.5
0.6
Interpol Code 8
Interpol Code 8

1963

Action

0
0.3
King Kong vs. Godzilla
King Kong vs. Godzilla

1963

Action • Adventure • Comedy • Fantasy • Science Fiction

as Tamiye (uncredited)

6.6
0.8
The Weed of Crime
The Weed of Crime

1962

Action • Crime • Drama

0
0.2
Gekkyū dorobō
0
0.2
Wakai kisetsu
0
0.2
Our Failures
Our Failures

1962

Drama

0
0.2
King Kong vs. Godzilla
King Kong vs. Godzilla

1962

Action • Adventure • Comedy • Fantasy • Science Fiction

as Tamiye

6.9
2.9
Pig and Goldfish
0
0.1
Ai no uzu shio
0
0.3
The Crimson Sky
0
0.3
Acchan no bebi gyangu
Acchan no bebi gyangu

1961

Comedy

as Midori

0
0.1
Girl from Hong Kong
Girl from Hong Kong

1961

Drama

as Anna Suh

10
0.1
Akiko
Akiko

1961

Comedy

as Akiko

6.5
0.2
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller

1960

Comedy • Drama

as Haruko Momoyama

0
0.2
The Orientals
The Orientals

1960

Action • Adventure • Drama

0
0.1
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
8
0.8
The Terrible Game
The Terrible Game

1959

Drama • Thriller

as Mariko's Friend B

0
0.2
The Beast Shall Die
The Beast Shall Die

1959

Crime • Drama

as Hostess at the Rollita B

5.6
0.3
Song for a Bride
0
0.1

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