
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.
- Known ForActing
- Born13 December 1939 (age 86)
- Place of BirthOta, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Akiko Wakabayashi

- Known ForActing
- Born13 December 1939 (age 86)
- Place of BirthOta, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Best Ever Bond
2002

Diamonds of the Andes
1968

You Only Live Twice
1967

What's Up, Tiger Lily?
1966

Adventure in Kigan Castle
1966

The Thin Line
1966

Young Ace in the Alps
1966

Key of Keys
1965

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
1964

Dogora
1964

A Keg of Powder
1964

こんにちは赤ちゃん
1964

Samurai Pirate
1963

Interpol Code 8
1963

King Kong vs. Godzilla
1963

King Kong vs. Godzilla
1962

Kanpai! Sararīman shokun
1962

The Crimson Sky
1962

Our Failures
1962

The Weed of Crime
1962

Ai no uzu shio
1962

Pig and Goldfish
1962

Wakai kisetsu
1962

Sararīman Gonza to Sukejū ren'ai kōsa-ten
1962

Gekkyū dorobō
1962

Akiko
1961

Acchan no bebi gyangu
1961

Girl from Hong Kong
1961

Bandits on the Wind
1961

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960

The Orientals
1960

New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
1960

The Beast Shall Die
1959

The Terrible Game
1959
