Aki

Aki, played by Akiko Wakabayashi, is a fictional character in the 1967 James Bond film You Only Live Twice. Aki does not appear in Ian Fleming's 1964 novel. She was originally named Suki in Roald Dahl's screenplay. According to Steven Jay Rubin the character was "Dahl's tribute to the Japanese woman of the Sixties". Suki was cast to be played by Mie Hama, but she had trouble learning English; to solve the problem, she and Wakabayashi, originally cast to play the part of almost-silent Kissy Suzuki, decided to swap their respective roles. Akiko then convinced director Lewis Gilbert to change the name of her character to Aki (meaning Light). In You Only Live Twice Aki is portrayed as a beautiful, intelligent and capable young Japanese...