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Akiko Wakabayashi is a former actress who starred in sci-fi and action movies, including You Only Live Twice as Bond girl Aki. Learn about her biography, filmography, trivia, and personal details on IMDb.
- January 1, 1
- 1.63 m
- Tokyo, Japan
- Lois Maxwell. No list of Bond girls would be complete without Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny. She didn't fit the same role as the others, but she was a steadfast supporting star, playing the role in 14 films for more than two decades until her final appearance alongside Roger Moore in A View to A Kill in 1985.
- Ursula Andress. Ursula Andress helped set the template for Bond girls when she appeared as Honey Ryder in 1962's Dr. No, and the film made her a massive star.
- Daniela Bianchi. For some Bond girls, time in the spotlight is memorable but brief, and that's true of Daniela Bianchi. An Italian model and beauty queen, Bianchi's biggest role as an actress came as Tatiana Romanova in the second Bond film, From Russia With Love.
- Honor Blackman. For many, Goldfinger is the quintessential James Bond film, and Honor Blackman's Pussy Galore is the quintessential Bond girl. Though she wasn't the famous girl painted gold (that was Shirley Eaton as Jill Masterson), Blackman did get to play a villain who proves Bond's equal and ultimately switches sides for him.
Akiko Wakabayashi was born on August 26, 1941 in Tokyo, Japan. During her work in movies, she became one of Japan's most popular actresses of their cinema's "Golden Age", ranking with actresses Kumi Mizuno and Mie Hama.
- August 26, 1941
Nov 22, 2013 · Akiko Wakabayashi and Mie Hama: Bond girls live twice As 'Aki' and 'Kissy Suzuki', they ensnared Sean Connery in the Bond film 'You Only Live Twice'. But even before the 007 adventure, the two divas Akiko Wakabayashi and Mie Hama had appeared together in Woody Allen's dubbed spoof of a spy thriller...
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.
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Sep 2, 2023 · Learn about Akiko Wakabayashi, the Japanese actress who played Aki in You Only Live Twice. Find out her career, roles, and reasons for retirement.
