Over the years, many women have been lucky enough to share the screen with 007. Who was your favorite Bond girl? And where do you think Akiko Wakabayashi and Mie Hama rank among this exclusive club of actresses? Let us know in the comments section down below.
▬Contents of this video▬ 00:00 - Intro 00:36 - Akiko Wakabayashi's Rise To Fame And Work With Mie Hama 03:14 - Akiko Shined As Aki 05:47 - Akiko's Later Career 06:32 - Mie Hama's Career After You Only Live Twice 06:59 - Outro
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Akiko Wakabayashi, the Japanese actress who was best known for her role as the Bond girl Aki in the 1967 007 feature film You Only Live Twice, was also noteworthy for being the first Asian companion of the famous secret agent man. But outside of the western market, she was also celebrated for being one of the most prolific and beloved actresses from Japan's very own golden age of cinema.
Some of the most iconic films of all time were produced during Hollywood's Golden Age - which is often thought of as being between the 1950s and 1960s. Japan's Golden Age was primarily limited to the 1950s alone.
Wakabayashi starred in quite a few iconic movies in her native county – most notably Toho Studio's monster flicks such as 1964s Dagora, The Space Monster, and Ghidorah, The Three-Headed Monster.
But even though Wakabayashi was quite the prolific actress in Japan, she became an international sensation after she was cast as a Bond girl. And beyond just delivering a memorable performance, she was also celebrated for her stunning beauty.
While it's true that the 1960s are generally considered to be a time when the western world was reviewing much of its more traditional values and moving into a new era that openly embraced sexuality and self-repression, the mainstream media still had fairly stringent standards when it came to nudity and sexually provocative depictions of stars. Wakabayashi, however, wasn't afraid to push boundaries a bit and challenge the establishment with her provocative public image. Join Facts Verse as we take a look at some vintage photos of Akiko Wakabayashi that almost revealed a little too much.
Vintage Photos of Akiko Wakabayashi That Almost Reveal Too Much
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