You Only Live Twice (film) manned spacecraft disappear mysteriously in orbit. With each nation blaming the other amidst the Cold War, Bond travels secretly to a remote Japanese island to find the perpetrators and comes face to face with Ernst Stavro Blofeld, the head of SPECTRE. The film reveals the appearance of Blofeld, who was previously a partially unseen character. SPECTRE is working for the government of an unnamed Asian power, implied to be the People's Republic of China, to provoke war between the superpowers. During the filming in Japan, it was announced that Sean Connery would retire from the role of Bond, but after
You Only Live Twice (soundtrack) "Capsule in Space" as a central segue. The song, "You Only Live Twice", was featured at the end of Mad Men episode "The Phantom". Little Anthony & The Imperials recorded a cover version of the song for United Artists Records. It appeared on their 1967 album, "Movie Grabbers" on the label's Veep Records subsidiary that year, and was released as single from that album. Nancy Sinatra recorded a record chart version of "You Only Live Twice" for Reprise Records that was arranged by guitarist Billy Strange who released several records of cover versions of Bond musical themes. Lee Hazlewood felt