You Only Live Twice (film) declined the offer to direct, but accepted after producer Albert R. Broccoli called him saying: "You can't give up this job. It's the largest audience in the world." Peter R. Hunt, who edited the first five Bond films, believed that Gilbert had been contracted by the producers for other work but they found they had to use him. Gilbert, producers Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, production designer Ken Adam and director of photography Freddie Young then went to Japan, spending three weeks searching for locations. SPECTRE's shore fortress headquarters was changed to an extinct volcano after the team learned that the
Chikara You Only Live Twice that at You Only Live Twice, the Spectral Envoy would take on BDK, represented by Ares and the debuting duo of Schnitzler and Nøkken. Also announced for the event is a singles match between Jervis Cottonbelly and the debuting Juan Francisco de Coronado, better known from WiF!, and a four-way elimination tag team match between 3.0 (Scott Parker and Shane Matthews), Gekido (17 and deviAnt), Pieces of Hate (Jigsaw and The Shard) and the Throwbacks (Dasher Hatfield and Mark Angelosetti). In Chikara, teams need three points, or three back-to-back wins, in order to be eligible to challenge for the promotion's