You Only Live Twice (1967)

Tetsurô Tanba: Tiger Tanaka

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Quotes 

• Tiger Tanaka : It can save your life, this cigarette.

  James Bond : You sound like a commercial.

• Tiger Tanaka : My friend, now you take your first civilized bath.

  James Bond : Really?

  [Bond is surrounded by four young Japanese women wearing only white bras and panties] 

  James Bond : Oh, I like the plumbing.

  Tiger Tanaka : Place yourself entirely in their hands, my dear Bond-san. Rule number one: is never do anything yourself - when someone else can do it for you.

  James Bond : And number two?

  Tiger Tanaka : Rule number two: in Japan, men come first, women come second.

  James Bond : I just might retire to here.

• [Being bathed by Tanaka's women] 

  Tiger Tanaka : You know what it is about you that fascinates them, don't you? It's the hair on your chest. Japanese men all have beautiful bare skin.

  James Bond : Japanese proverb say, "Bird never make nest in bare tree."

• [Choosing a masseuse] 

  James Bond : Well, I'll just settle for this little old lady here.

  Tiger Tanaka : Good choice, she's very sexyful.

• James Bond : Do you have any commandos here?

  Tiger Tanaka : I have much, much better. Ninjas. Top-secret, Bond-san. This is my ninja training school.

• Tiger Tanaka : I must say I am disappointed with the ease with which I could pull you in. The one thing my honourable mother taught me long ago was never to get into a car with a strange girl. But you, I'm afraid, will get into anything. With any girl.

• Tiger Tanaka : You like Japanese sake, Mr. Bond? Or, would you prefer a vodka martini?

  James Bond : Oh, no. I like sake. Especially when it's served at the correct temperature: 98.4 degrees fahrenheit like this is.

  Tiger Tanaka : For a European, you are exceptionally cultivated.

• Tiger Tanaka : ...You are James Bond, aren't you? I am so very pleased to meet you Bond-san. I really am. Permit me to introduce myself. My name is Tanaka. Please call me Tiger.

  James Bond : If you're Tanaka, then how do you feel about me?

  Tiger Tanaka : [the code response]  I... love you.

  James Bond : Well, I'm glad we got *that* out of the way.

• Tiger Tanaka : [Three young Japanese women giving Bond a bath]  Your English girls would never perform this simple service.

  James Bond : I think I know one or two who might get around to it.

  Tiger Tanaka : Miss Moneypenny, perhaps?

• Tiger Tanaka : Chasing girls will be the end of you, Bond-san. I have told you that before.

  Aki : He didn't chase her! He did it so that I could get away. He wouldn't touch that horrible girl. You wouldn't, would you?

  James Bond : Oh, heaven forbid.

• Tiger Tanaka : I must say, you have a lot of energy for a dead man, Mister Bond.

• Tiger Tanaka : [after Tiger's helicopter drops an enemy car chasing Bond and Aki into the Pacific ocean]  How's that for Japanese efficiency?

  James Bond : Just a drop in the ocean.

• James Bond : I'd like you to examine these as soon as possible. They're from Osato's safe.

  Tiger Tanaka : This is an order for naval stores. 500 kilos of butter. 50 containers of lox. What is lox?

  James Bond : Oh, it's American name for smoked salmon. But, it's also the technical name for liquid oxygen - which makes rocket fuel.

• Tiger Tanaka : I have much curiosity, Bond-san. What is Little Nellie?

  James Bond : Oh, she's a wonderful girl. Very small. Quite fast. Can do anything. Just your type.

  Tiger Tanaka : A toy helicopter?

  Q : No, it's certainly not a toy! You'll see. We've made one or two improvements since you've used her last. I'll give you the drill.

  Tiger Tanaka : This can only be for children! Don't use it, Bond-san; take my helicopter instead.

• Tiger Tanaka : If Henderson's theory is right, why would a foreign power want to launch missiles from Japan?

  James Bond : Because if ever they were discovered, they could deny all responsibility. Especially if some private organization's doing the work.

  Tiger Tanaka : Osato?

  James Bond : Perhaps.

  Tiger Tanaka : Mister Osato *is* one of the greatest industrialists in Japan.

  James Bond : No, he's merely a front.

  Tiger Tanaka : Who *is* big enough?

  James Bond : SPECTRE.

  Tiger Tanaka : Could be.

• Aki : [into radio microphone]  2-9-4 here. Tiger. Immediate.

  Tiger Tanaka : Come in, 2-9-4.

  Aki : Zero Zero is with me. We are being chased by gunmen. In black sedan. I'm heading south for Highway 2. Arrange usual reception, please.

• James Bond : [into radio microphone]  Tiger, contact M. Tell him to send Little Nellie. Repeat: Little Nellie. Suggest she be accompanied by her father. Most urgent. Understood?

  Tiger Tanaka : Understood.

• Tiger Tanaka : This is our special baby rocket. It's very useful for people who smoke too many cigarettes, like you.

• Tiger Tanaka : [to James Bond, who has just been "captured" with a trap-door and slide which brought him to Tiger's office]  Welcome.

  [He laughs without our seeing his face, making us briefly wonder if this is a villain or an ally] 

  Tiger Tanaka : Welcome to Japan, Mr. Bond. How do you like our country so far?

• Tiger Tanaka : [discussing Osato Chemicals' supertanker, the Ning-Po, which is known to be smuggling rocket fuel]  We shadowed the Ning-Po to the outer islands.

  Aki : It was very dark. Hard to see her all the time.

  Tiger Tanaka : But we know she stopped somewhere. Look at these photos.

  [Tiger hands James photos of the Ning-Po] 

  Aki : Look at the water line.

  James Bond : [noticing the higher water line of the ship in seperate photos]  You're right. Fully laden here, and empty here.

  James Bond : [getting up]  I want to take a look at the island now. Is Little Nellie here?

  Tiger Tanaka : Yes. And her father.

  [James, Aki, and Tiger enter a nearby garage where an agitated and sweating Q is waiting] 

  James Bond : [sarcastically]  Welcome to Japan, Dad. Is my little girl hot and ready?

  Q : [annoyed]  Look, 007, I've had a long and tiring journey, probably to no purpose, and I'm in no mood for your juvenile quips.

• Tiger Tanaka : Bad news from outer space.

  James Bond : Yes; now the Russians are accusing the Americans.

  Tiger Tanaka : Next time, it will mean war.

• James Bond : It's just a ship and a strip of land. It could be anywhere.

  Tiger Tanaka : My men found a microdot on the paper. Enlarge! It says: Photograph taken by female American tourist from coastal vessel. The woman has been liquidated as a routine precaution.

  James Bond : Can we see the photograph again?

  Tiger Tanaka : Of course.

  James Bond : So they killed an innocent tourist for taking this? Can you make it bigger? Ning-Po.

  Tiger Tanaka : Check motor vessel Ning-Po. Full details. All recent movements, and present whereabouts.

  James Bond : What's that on the left?

  Tiger Tanaka : Focus on the left! Aha! Ama. Diving girls.

  James Bond : Can you identify that coastline?

  Tiger Tanaka : Given time, yes.

• Tiger Tanaka : [rushing into Aki's house after hearing gunshots]  Do shita?

  James Bond : She's dead. Poisoned.

• James Bond : ...So what's the plan for me?

  Tiger Tanaka : First, you become Japanese. Second, you train hard and quickly, to become a ninja like us. And third, to give you extra special cover, you take a wife.

  [007 and Aki beam at each other, but Tiger steps between them] 

  Tiger Tanaka : Regretfully impossible. You must marry an *ama* girl, one who is known on the island. The girl I have chosen for you is an agent of mine.

  James Bond : Is she pretty?

  Tiger Tanaka : Pretty? Ha! She has a face like a pig.

  James Bond : To hell with that idea.

  Aki : But this is duty.

• Tiger Tanaka : [007 has just survived an assassination attempt by a SPECTRE agent disguised as one of Tanaka's ninja-trainers]  ... You killed him.

  James Bond : Hmmm; he tried to kill me...

  [DELETED LINE; shows Tiger the SPECTRE assassin's bamboo-staff/spear] 

  James Bond : ... Unless this is standard JSS training equipment, which I doubt.

  Tiger Tanaka : [DELETED LINE; eying the spear]  Hardly, Bond-san.

  [He looks closely at the SPECTRE assassin] 

  Tiger Tanaka : This man is a stranger, from outside.

  [DELETED LINE] 

  Tiger Tanaka : Let me see that, please.

  [One of his men passes him the spear. Tiger wipes some blood from the weapon and raises the blood to his tongue, then spits hard] 

  Tiger Tanaka : ... As I suspected; cyanide.

  James Bond : It's a good thing we're nearly finished here.