You Only Live Twice (1967)
Directed by Lewis Gilbert
After faking his death in Hong Kong, James Bond goes to Japan to find out who is swallowing spacecraft in orbit, a hunt that leads from Tokyo through Kobe and Kyoto to a fishing island and a hollow volcano.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Fake death and burial at sea≈ 00:05:00Hong KongStated on screen
Bond is apparently gunned down in a Hong Kong bed and given a naval burial at sea.
- 2Sumo hall, Osato Chemicals, Tanaka's HQ≈ 00:15:00Tokyo, JapanStated on screen
Bond meets Aki and Tiger Tanaka, and breaks into Osato Chemicals' offices.
- 3Kobe, Japan≈ 00:55:00Stated on screen
- 4Tanaka's ninja school≈ 01:15:00Kyoto, JapanInferred
- 5Ama island≈ 01:27:00InferredFictional
- 6SPECTRE volcano base≈ 01:35:00InferredFictional
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 4,050 km
- Places
- 6
- Countries
- 2
- Stops
- 6
- Boat: 2,876 km
- Not shown: 1,145 km
- Swimming: 29 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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