You Only Live Twice: Directed by Lewis Gilbert. With Sean Connery, Akiko Wakabayashi, Mie Hama, Tetsurô Tanba. James Bond and the Japanese Secret Service must find and stop the true culprit of a series of space hijackings, before war is provoked between Russia and the United States. A mysterious spacecraft captures Russian and American space capsules and brings the two superpowers to the brink of war. James Bond investigates the case in Japan and comes face to face with his archenemy Blofeld.