You Only Live Twice

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James Bond novel novel

You Only Live Twice is a 1964 James Bond spy novel by Ian Fleming that follows 007 on a mission in Japan involving a mysterious "Garden of Death" and his arch-enemy Ernst Stavro Blofeld.

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Surface form Occurrences
You Only Live Twice (1967 film) 1
You Only Live Twice (film) 1
You Only Live Twice (novel) 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf James Bond novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
antagonist Ernst Stavro Blofeld ⓘ
author Ian Fleming ⓘ
character Ernst Stavro Blofeld ⓘ
James Bond ⓘ
Kissy Suzuki ⓘ
M ⓘ
Miss Moneypenny ⓘ
Tiger Tanaka ⓘ
chronologicalOrderInSeries 11 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
coverArtist Richard Chopping ⓘ
featuresOrganization Secret Intelligence Service ⓘ
surface form: MI6

Spectre ⓘ
surface form: SPECTRE
featuresSpyAgency Secret Intelligence Service ⓘ
filmDirector Lewis Gilbert ⓘ
filmReleaseYear 1967 ⓘ
filmScreenplayBy Roald Dahl ⓘ
filmStars Sean Connery ⓘ
firstEditionFormat hardcover ⓘ
followedBy The Man with the Golden Gun ⓘ
franchise James Bond ⓘ
genre spy fiction ⓘ
thriller ⓘ
hasAdaptation You Only Live Twice self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: You Only Live Twice (1967 film)
hasMottoInText You only live twice: Once when you are born and once when you look death in the face ⓘ
hasTitleOrigin Japanese proverb-inspired phrase ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainCharacter James Bond ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person ⓘ
notableElement Bond's mission in Japan ⓘ
Garden of Death ⓘ
partOf Ian Fleming's James Bond canon ⓘ
precededBy On Her Majesty's Secret Service ⓘ
protagonist James Bond ⓘ
publicationDate 1964 ⓘ
publisher Jonathan Cape ⓘ
series James Bond ⓘ
setting Garden of Death ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
Tokyo ⓘ
theme death ⓘ
identity ⓘ
revenge ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

James Bond → appearsIn → You Only Live Twice ⓘ
this entity surface form: You Only Live Twice (novel)
Q → appearsIn → You Only Live Twice ⓘ
subject surface form: Q (James Bond)
this entity surface form: You Only Live Twice (film)
On Her Majesty's Secret Service → follows → You Only Live Twice ⓘ
The Man with the Golden Gun → follows → You Only Live Twice ⓘ
You Only Live Twice → hasAdaptation → You Only Live Twice self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: You Only Live Twice (1967 film)
Ian Fleming → notableWork → You Only Live Twice ⓘ
John Barry → notableWork → You Only Live Twice ⓘ
this entity surface form: You Only Live Twice (score)
Sean Connery → notableWork → You Only Live Twice ⓘ