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Thanks James Bond always comes with a lot of action.I enjoyed it very much.
8 months after the murder of his wife Tracy at the end of "On Her Majesties Secret Service" he has gone from M's best man to the dregs of the service. Although he is in full force in his pacing and plotting and character development, part of what is missing is the setting. If this is the first Bond book you've read, it is highly enjoyable but if you are well familiar with the books by Fleming, this will be a little disappointing. Most people are familiar with the films of James bond, agent 007, licensed to kill, but the novels written by Ian Fleming can be very different from the books that provide their names. James bond is still in effect with all his prowess but the world he is moving in, compared with earlier books, is empty and unfulfilling. This is actually one of Fleming's weaker outings for Bond.
He is go to Japan and convince the head of the Japanese Secret Service to share with Great Britain their decrypts of top secret Soviet messages. But Fleming did not know Japan and this is reflected in his writing, details that are common in other books are lacking here. The reader truly gets a feel of the casinos, the beaches, the hotels and the streets. The problem is that post WW2 the United States views Japan as its private preserve and does not like poachers.The rather more serious problem is that Bond does not have much to bargain with and when it is quickly revealed that the Japanese are not interested in his one bargaining chip he is left with very little to go on.What he has is his own life and skills, and in return for these magic decrypts, Japan requires Bond to kill a Swiss botanist named Dr. Fleming knew France, Jamaica and the United States well and this carries over in his descriptions of the places.
Certainly this is the case in "You only Live Twice." Both the film and the book are set in Japan but beyond that they part ways quickly.In the book James Bond is nearly finished. During the Second World War was deeply involved in the planning and control of British and American espionage units and his writing carries the flavor of how things really work, a far cry form the gadgets and gizmos of the films, However part of the charm of the books is his descriptions of the places where Bond's missions take him. This is acceptable. M, considering his dismissal is prevailed upon to give Bond one last chance.Bond is promoted out of his beloved 00 section and transferred to the diplomatic branch with the code number 7777, and given a near impossible mission. Shatterhand, a man of evil intent and deed who, for political reasons the Japanese police cannot move against but a gaijan whose arrest if he fails cannot be tied to the government.
When HIMEJI castle popped up from screen I could not contain my chuckles. Verdict: Neatly describing good old Japan with the exception of Ninja. Particularly the idea that the secret specter base is located under the crater pond of an active volcano SHINMOEDAKE part of KIRISHIMA volcanic range in KYUSHU was fascinating.
I suspect Bond strictly followed a Japanese agent Tanaka's advice to become a real Japanese though. Rating: 90 out of 100. Could have used more subtitles for local language and let Bond show his achievement of language skill courses in Cambridge.On the whole really enjoyable both in plot and actions.
It is very fun to watch the Bond film in which some of the beautiful locations of my country were shown. As Japanese samurai movie fans know well, HIMEJI castle is often used in samurai dramas as a substitute of Edo castle which had had similar strucrure. James Bond being a Japanese not that convincing enough.Recommended for Ninja movies and action movies fans as well as Bond movie fans.
And views of major volcanoes in Kyushu including Aso and Sakurajima. It is indeed a fitting place for modern ninjas.
I was refunded my money because the Third party seller did not have it in stock.
This in fact should be what every Bond movie strives for, alas they all fall short. No mistakes, this film does not play in anyway, perfect from beginning to end--- as a 007 movie should be. Perfect like well-cut diamond this is the real McCoy. I believe after watching almost all the Bond films, this is the one masterpiece from beginning to end in this genre. There were no mistakes, no farcical annoyances like you find in Roger Moore's or modern Bond films.
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