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You Only Live Twice — Film Location

12 June 1967
You Only Live Twice — Film Location

You Only Live Twice (1967) turned Himeji Castle into the headquarters of Tiger Tanaka’s ninja training school, where 007 is improbably schooled in the arts of stealth. The white, many-gabled keep — Japan’s finest surviving feudal castle and a UNESCO World Heritage site — needed no embellishment to look like the seat of a secret army.

Filming location: quick answers

Where was You Only Live Twice filmed?

The key location of You Only Live Twice (1967) is Himeji Castle in Japan, which became the headquarters of Tiger Tanaka's ninja training school where 007 is schooled in the arts of stealth.

Which castle is in You Only Live Twice?

Himeji Castle — Japan's finest surviving feudal castle and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its white, many-gabled keep needed no embellishment to look like the seat of a secret army.

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