ABlofeld hijacks an American space capsule, for which the Americans blame the Soviets. He then hijacks a Soviet space capsule, for which the Soviets blame the Americans. Finally, he intends to hijack another American space capsule, only this time, he will blow up the capsule, along with his own rocket, leading the Americans to believe that the Soviets have retaliated. After the Americans and the Soviet annihilate each other in the war that will surely follow, another country will step forward as the new world power. This other country is unnamed, but two of its agents are seen talking with Blofeld and are presumed to be Chinese. They have supplied SPECTRE with equipment ("I compliment you on your equipment." says Blofeld) and are paying SPECTRE to use it ("I compliment you on the way you handle it." the agent replies). Blofeld asks for $100 million in gold (dollars presumably being worthless after WWIII) in advance, despite agreeing that SPECTRE would only get paid after war broke out.
QWhat exotic places does Bond visit in this movie?
AUnlike most Bond movies, James does not do a lot of globetrotting in You Only Live Twice. In the precredit opener, he is "murdered" while in Hong Kong, and his body is buried at sea. It's all a ruse, however, so that he can go undercover in order to learn who is hijacking both American and Soviet space capsules. Since they have radar evidence that the hijacking rocket landed in the Sea of Japan, Bond is sent to Tokyo to make contact with the local MI6 operative, Dikko Henderson (Charles Gray), and Japanese secret service leader "Tiger" Tanaka. Tanaka sends Bond to the docks in Kobe to look over the Ning-po, where he learns that Osato Chemicals is about to ship a large supply of LOX (liquid oxygen) to Shanghai, China. After learning that SPECTRE is behind the hijackings and may be operating from the small island of Matsu, located somewhere between Kobe and Shanghai, Bond has his appearance altered to make him look Japanese, and he is sent to Matsu where he is "married" to Kissy Suzuki, a local girl who is also a Japanese secret service operative. It becomes their job to more closely investigate the island.
QWhy does Tanaka keep referring to Bond as Bond-san?
AAdding -san to the end of a person's name is a sign of respect in Japanese. It is much like using "Mister" in English. If your name is Richard Harris, for example, you might be referred to as "Harris-san."
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