You Only Live Twice (film) Mie Hama were eventually chosen and started taking English classes in the UK. Hama, initially cast in the role of Tanaka's assistant, had difficulty with the language, so the producers switched her role with Wakabayashi, who had been cast as Kissy, a part with significantly less dialogue. Wakabayashi only requested that her character name, "Suki", be changed to "Aki". Filming of "You Only Live Twice" lasted from July 1966 to March 1967. The film was shot primarily in Japan. Himeji Castle in Hyōgo Prefecture was depicted as Tanaka's ninja training camp. His private transportation hub was filmed at the Tokyo
Set piece $5 million to build the freeway set. Notable examples of set pieces include the Snake Pit in "Raiders of the Lost Ark", the Death Star Trench Run from "Star Wars", the storming of the volcano lair in the James Bond film "You Only Live Twice", and the burning oil rig in "There Will Be Blood". Alfred Hitchcock referred to set pieces as crescendoes or "bumps" and tried to put three of them in each of his movies. In "Psycho", these are the shower murder, the murder on the stairs, and the discovery of "Mother". One of the most well known