American and Soviet spacecraft
are mysteriously vanishing and both nations are blaming each other. Aware
that the next incident will cause a nuclear war, M assigns James Bond to Japan,
where he suspects a third party might be orchestrating the 
conflict.
Arriving in Tokyo, 007 teams with the head of the Japanese Secret Service,
Tiger Tanaka, and one of his top agents, the beautiful Aki. Bond uncovers
evidence that SPECTRE is causing the friction between East and West. He disguises
himself as a Japanese and trains in Tanaka's school for Ninjas. When Aki is
killed in the line of duty, Bond is assigned to 'marry' another agent, the
comely Kissy Suzuki, and the two mingle with the population of a remote fishing
village. They discover that SPECTRE is launching rockets which capture the
US and Soviet spacecraft and return them to a magnificent lair inside a dormant
volcano. Bond infiltrates the volcano and comes face to face with SPECTRE
chief Ernst Stavro Blofeld, who informs him that he has just launched another
rocket in the hopes of causing a third world war from which he will emerge
as the leader of the remaining civilization. With only minutes until Armageddon,
Bond and his allies launch a full assault on the volcano and, in a spectacular
battle, thwart the nuclear threat. Although Blofeld escapes, Bond has saved
the world from an atomic holocaust.
Review
A
good film that takes Bond to the Far East. Connery's acting in this is worse
than his previous four films, but is partly made up by his likable allies
and the first appearance of Blofeld in the series. The special effects are
at times unrealistic, but the musical score is superb. An average film for
the Connery era.
8/10
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