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person_profile-Akiko Wakabayashi

Akiko Wakabayashi Age: 85

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Akiko Wakabayashi

Date of Birth:

Dec 13, 1939

Country of birth:

Japan

Biography of

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.

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Akiko Wakabayashi

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Filmography of

Akiko Wakabayashi

Found 32 Movies in total

... 1968

You Only Live Twice

Aki ( Actor )

... 1967

What's Up, Tiger Lily?

Suki Yaki ( Actor )

... 1966

... 1966

Adventure in Kigan Castle

Spuria, Chamberlain's daughter ( Actor )

... 1966

The Thin Line

Sayuri Sugimoto ( Actor )

... 1966

Key of Keys

Bai-Lan ( Actor )

... 1965

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster

Mas Selina Salno ( Actor )

... 1964

A Keg of Powder

Girl Taken at Haneda ( Actor )

... 1964

Dogora

Gang Moll ( Actor )

... 1964

こんにちは赤ちゃん

Shizuko Nagata ( Actor )

... 1964

Samurai Pirate

Yaya's maid ( Actor )

... 1963

... 1963

King Kong vs. Godzilla

Tamiye (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1963

... 1962

... 1962

... 1962

... 1962

... 1962

King Kong vs. Godzilla

Tamiye ( Actor )

... 1962

... 1962

... 1962

... 1962

... 1962

... 1961

Acchan no bebi gyangu

Midori ( Actor )

... 1961

Girl from Hong Kong

Anna Suh ( Actor )

... 1961

Akiko

Akiko ( Actor )

... 1961

... 1960

... 1960

The Beast Shall Die

Hostess at the Rollita B ( Actor )

... 1959

... 1958