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Akiko Wakabayashi
Acting
13 Dec 1939 (86 years)
Ota, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
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...
Also Known As
若林 映子, Акико Вакабаяси
























