
Akiko Wakabayashi
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.
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Acting (37 movies)

You Only Live Twice
1967

King Kong vs. Godzilla
1962

What's Up, Tiger Lily?
1966

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960

Kanpai! Sararīman shokun
1962

The Crimson Sky
1962

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
1964

Adventure in Kigan Castle
1966

Our Failures
1962

The Weed of Crime
1962

The Thin Line
1966

Ai no uzu shio
1962

Pig and Goldfish
1962

Akiko
1961

Samurai Pirate
1963

Young Ace in the Alps
1966

Key of Keys
1965

Wakai kisetsu
1962

Sararīman Gonza to Sukejū ren'ai kōsa-ten
1962

Anything For Success
1962

Dogora
1964

A Keg of Powder
1964

Interpol Code 8
1963

Hello, Baby
1964

The Beast Shall Die
1959

Acchan no bebi gyangu
1961

Song for a Bride
1958

The Orientals
1960

Girl from Hong Kong
1961

King Kong vs. Godzilla
1963

Diamonds of the Andes
1968

Bandits on the Wind
1961

The Terrible Game
1959

New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
1960

Ginza Tomboy
1960

More Than 10,000 Women But...
1966

Walleyed Nippon
1963
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