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...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Best Ever Bond
2002
as Aki (archive footage) (uncredited)
Roger Moore presents the ten best sequences ever to have appeared in the James Bond series, and cast members recall their favourite moments.
Diamonds of the Andes
1968
Romantic action film set against the beautiful backdrop of Rio de Janeiro. Jiro Ibuki has decided to leave the world of the yakuza and live with his f...
You Only Live Twice
1967
as Aki
A mysterious spacecraft captures Russian and American space capsules and brings the two superpowers to the brink of war. James Bond investigates the c...
What's Up, Tiger Lily?
1966
as Suki Yaki
In comic Woody Allen's film debut, he took the Japanese action film "International Secret Police: Key of Keys" and re-dubbed it, changing the plot to ...
Young Ace in the Alps
1966
Seventh movie of the Wakadaishō series directed by Kengo Furusawa
Adventure in Kigan Castle
1966
as Spuria, Chamberlain's daughter
Osami, a soldier-of-fortune from Japan, joins with priest Ensai in a quest for the ashes of the great Buddha. Their journey takes them to a kingdom in...
The Thin Line
1966
as Sayuri Sugimoto
Tashiro coincidentally meets his best friend Sugimoto in a bar very close to the apartment in which Sugimoto’s wayward wife is found dead. Although Ta...
Key of Keys
1965
as Bai-Lan
Intelligence director Suritai asks agent Kitami to steal money from anti-government guerrillas.
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
1964
as Princess Maas Doulina Salno of Selgina
After a meteorite unleashes a three-headed beast upon Tokyo, Mothra tries to unite with Godzilla and Rodan to battle the extraterrestrial threat.
A Keg of Powder
1964
as Girl Taken at Haneda
In the third installment in the "Kokusai himitsu keisatsu" series, agent Jiro Kitami investigates the mysterious disappearance of a prominent scientis...
Dogora
1964
as Gang Moll
A floating amorphous life-form descends from the atmosphere to consume carbon in the form of diamonds.
こんにちは赤ちゃん
1964
as Shizuko Nagata
Samurai Pirate
1963
as Yaya's maid
An adventurous and daring sailor sets sail to the castle of an ailing king to stop an evil premier, hungry for power and wealth, from succeeding the t...
Interpol Code 8
1963
Agent Jiro Kitami attempts to stop a smuggling ring from shipping arms to Vietcong guerrillas.
King Kong vs. Godzilla
1963
as Tamiye (uncredited)
When an underhanded pharmaceutical company goes to a remote tropical island to steal King Kong for advertising purposes, they get more than they barga...
The Weed of Crime
1962
Toho-produced crime drama involving the drug trade.
Anything For Success
1962
A "hustler's hustler" (Takarada), works his way up the corporate ladder at a camera company. His biggest scheme involves winning the business of a for...
Sararīman Gonza to Sukejū ren'ai kōsa-ten
1962
1962 Japanese movie
Wakai kisetsu
1962
1962 Japanese movie
Our Failures
1962
Tells the story of Shintaro, a lawyer who quits his job to work at a camera factory, and his love adventures.
King Kong vs. Godzilla
1962
as Tamiye
The advertising director of Pacific Pharmaceuticals, frustrated with the low ratings of their sponsored TV program, seeks a more sensationalist approa...
Pig and Goldfish
1962
1962 Japanese movie
Ai no uzu shio
1962
1962 Japanese movie
The Crimson Sky
1962
1962 Japanese movie
Kanpai! Sararīman shokun
1962
1962 Japanese movie
Bandits on the Wind
1961
1961 Japanese movie
Acchan no bebi gyangu
1961
as Midori
Based on the comic by Fuyuhiko Okabe.
Girl from Hong Kong
1961
as Anna Suh
Unusual race relations melodrama from West Germany follows a German sailor who meets and weds a Chinese woman while on leave in Hong Kong, only to mee...
Akiko
1961
as Akiko
The quaint life of Ottavia, a widow living in Rome, is turned upside down when a young and pretty Japanese girl knocks at her door, claiming to be the...
New Third Class Executive: Fortune Teller
1960
as Haruko Momoyama
World Electric's top ad model disappears, throwing the company into disarray. A fortune-teller’s influence spreads through upper management, sending s...
The Orientals
1960
Episodic, globe-trotting quasi-mondo focused on women of the East.
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960
as Hostess
Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful ar...
The Terrible Game
1959
as Mariko's Friend B
Story of rebellious youth follows the 19-year-old son of a Hokkaido farmer who has an affair with the daughter of a wealthy trading company president...
The Beast Shall Die
1959
as Hostess at the Rollita B
A promising post-graduate literature student is transformed into a psychotic killer following the suicide of his father and a sleazy affair by his mot...
Song for a Bride
1958
An Ishiro Honda film.