Akiko Wakabayashi
Birthday
1939/12/13 (85 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Ota, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Also know as
若林 映子, Акико Вакабаяси
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 ori...Read more
Acting
(1967) You Only Live Twice
as Aki
(1962) King Kong vs. Godzilla
as Tamiye
(1966) What's Up, Tiger Lily?
as Suki Yaki
(1960) When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
as Hostess
(1962) Kanpai! Sararīman shokun
as ---
(1962) The Crimson Sky
as ---
(1964) Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
as Mas Selina Salno
(1966) Adventure in Kigan Castle
as Spuria, Chamberlain's daughter
(1962) Our Failures
as ---
(1962) The Weed of Crime
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(1966) The Thin Line
as Sayuri Sugimoto
(1962) Ai no uzu shio
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(1962) Pig and Goldfish
as ---
(1961) Akiko
as Akiko
(1963) Samurai Pirate
as Yaya's maid
(1966) Arupusu no wakadaishô
as ---
(1965) Key of Keys
as Bai-Lan
(1962) Wakai kisetsu
as ---
(1962) Sararīman Gonza to Sukejū ren'ai kōsa-ten
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(1962) Gekkyū dorobō
as ---
(2006) The Exotic Locations of 'You Only Live Twice'
as Aki (archive footage)
(2002) Best Ever Bond
as Aki (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1964) Dogora
as Gang Moll
(1964) A Keg of Powder
as Girl Taken at Haneda
(1963) Interpol Code 8
as ---
(1964) こんにちは赤ちゃん
as Shizuko Nagata
(1959) The Beast Shall Die
as Hostess at the Rollita B
(1961) Acchan no bebi gyangu
as Midori
(1958) Song for a Bride
as ---
(1960) The Orientals
as ---
(1961) Girl from Hong Kong
as Anna Suh
(1963) King Kong vs. Godzilla
as Tamiye (uncredited)
(1968) Diamonds of the Andes
as ---
(1972) Shirley's World
as ---