List of James Bond henchmen in You Only Live Twice
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A list of henchman from the 1964 novel and the 1967
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 James Bond
James Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...

 film You Only Live Twice
You Only Live Twice (film)
You Only Live Twice is the fifth spy film in the James Bond series, and the fifth to star Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The film's screenplay was written by Roald Dahl, and loosely based on Ian Fleming's 1964 novel of the same name...

from the List of James Bond henchmen. Other than Irma Bunt, none of these characters were in the novel and Bunt is the only novel henchwoman not in the film.

Irma Bunt

See also: List of James Bond henchmen in On Her Majesty's Secret Service

Irma Bunt made her second appearance in the novel series posing as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Ernst Stavro Blofeld is a fictional character and a supervillain from the James Bond series of novels and films, who was created by Ian Fleming and Kevin McClory. An evil genius with aspirations of world domination, he is the archenemy of the British Secret Service agent James Bond and is arguably...

's wife 'Emmy Shatterhand' while the couple went into hiding in Japan. Conversational exchange between the two suggest that they are in fact, lovers with Bunt seeming deeply in awe of Blofeld. It is Bunt who recognizes Bond, who has disguised himself as a Japanese coal-miner, and reveals his true identity to Blofeld. Prior to Bond and Blofeld's final encounter, Bond knocks her unconscious and escapes the castle after triggering a geyser to destroy the structure; it is later stated that she died as the castle fell.



Hans

Hans is the personal bodyguard
Bodyguard
A bodyguard is a type of security operative or government agent who protects a person—usually a famous, wealthy, or politically important figure—from assault, kidnapping, assassination, stalking, loss of confidential information, terrorist attack or other threats.Most important public figures such...

 of SPECTRE
SPECTRE
SPECTRE is a fictional global terrorist organisation featured in the James Bond novels by Ian Fleming, the films based on those novels, and James Bond video games...

 mastermind Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Ernst Stavro Blofeld is a fictional character and a supervillain from the James Bond series of novels and films, who was created by Ian Fleming and Kevin McClory. An evil genius with aspirations of world domination, he is the archenemy of the British Secret Service agent James Bond and is arguably...

. He is a tall (6 ft 8 inches), muscular blonde man wearing an all-black outfit who never speaks and appears in the film You Only Live Twice
You Only Live Twice (film)
You Only Live Twice is the fifth spy film in the James Bond series, and the fifth to star Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The film's screenplay was written by Roald Dahl, and loosely based on Ian Fleming's 1964 novel of the same name...

, played by Ronald Rich
Ronald Rich
Ronald Rich is a British supporting player best known for his role as Hans, the personal bodyguard of Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the 1967 James Bond film, You Only Live Twice...

 and credited simply as "Blofeld's Bodyguard."

Hans is introduced in the film in the first scene we see of Blofeld's volcano
Volcano
2. Bedrock3. Conduit 4. Base5. Sill6. Dike7. Layers of ash emitted by the volcano8. Flank| 9. Layers of lava emitted by the volcano10. Throat11. Parasitic cone12. Lava flow13. Vent14. Crater15...

 lair. During a meeting between Blofeld and some of SPECTRE's investors who are paying him to start a war between Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

 and the United States of America, Hans is shown feeding Blofeld's pet piranha
Piranha
A piranha or piraña is a member of family Characidae in order Characiformes, an omnivorous freshwater fish that inhabits South American rivers. In Venezuela, they are called caribes...

s. He is also present during the execution of Helga Brandt by the same piranhas. When James Bond
James Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...

 is captured and brought before Blofeld in the control room, Hans moves to stand between his master and 007, effectively blocking Blofeld's face from the camera's view of the villain's face, as per Blofeld's previous film appearances. However Blofeld makes Hans step aside, revealing his scarred visage to Bond for the first time.

During the assault on the volcano lair by Tiger Tanaka's ninja
Ninja
A or was a covert agent or mercenary of feudal Japan specializing in unorthodox arts of war. The functions of the ninja included espionage, sabotage, infiltration, and assassination, as well as open combat in certain situations...

 strike force, Blofeld opts to escape with his life, and here we see how loyal
Loyalty
Loyalty is faithfulness or a devotion to a person, country, group, or cause There are many aspects to...

 Hans is to his employer. Rather than accompany Blofeld, Hans is commanded to remain behind and blow up SPECTRE's rocket ship after it intercepts an American one in space. Hans dutifully obeys, and ends up getting into an extended fight with Bond in Blofeld's office when the British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 agent attempts to get into the control room to blow up the SPECTRE rocket before it captures the American one. The fight ends when Bond throws Hans into the pool with the very same piranhas he'd been seen feeding earlier, and the hulking bodyguard is devoured alive as Bond wishes the fish "Bon appetit!"

As played by Ronald Rich
Ronald Rich
Ronald Rich is a British supporting player best known for his role as Hans, the personal bodyguard of Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the 1967 James Bond film, You Only Live Twice...

, Hans' appearance as an imposingly tall, tough, steel-eyed blond enforcer recalls Robert Shaw
Robert Shaw (actor)
Robert Archibald Shaw was an English actor and novelist, remembered for his performances in The Sting , From Russia with Love , A Man for All Seasons , the original The Taking of Pelham One Two Three , Black Sunday , The Deep and Jaws , where he played the shark hunter Quint.-Early life...

's characterization of the menacing and ruthless blond SPECTRE
SPECTRE
SPECTRE is a fictional global terrorist organisation featured in the James Bond novels by Ian Fleming, the films based on those novels, and James Bond video games...

 assassin, Red Grant, in From Russia with Love
From Russia with Love (film)
From Russia with Love is the second in the James Bond spy film series, and the second to star Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Released in 1963, the film was produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, and directed by Terence Young. It is based on the 1957 novel of the...

, and later characters Erich Kriegler from For Your Eyes Only
For Your Eyes Only (film)
For Your Eyes Only is the twelfth spy film in the James Bond series and the fifth to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. It marked the directorial debut of John Glen, who had worked as editor and second unit director in three other Bond films. The screenplay by Richard Maibaum...

, Necros from The Living Daylights
The Living Daylights
The Living Daylights is the fifteenth entry in the James Bond series and the first to star Timothy Dalton as the fictional MI6 agent 007. The film's title is taken from Ian Fleming's short story, "The Living Daylights"...

, and Stamper from Tomorrow Never Dies
Tomorrow Never Dies
Tomorrow Never Dies is the eighteenth spy film in the James Bond series, and the second to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Bruce Feirstein wrote the screenplay, and it was directed by Roger Spottiswoode. It follows Bond as he tries to stop a media mogul from engineering...

.



Helga Brandt

Helga Brandt was played by Karin Dor
Karin Dor
Karin Dor is a German actress who became popular in the 1960s playing heroines in Edgar Wallace and Karl May movies. She starred in the James Bond movie You Only Live Twice and the Alfred Hitchcock movie Topaz.Dor was born as Kätherose Derr. She was married to George Robotham, a U.S...

 as a minor villain and a henchwoman of Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Ernst Stavro Blofeld is a fictional character and a supervillain from the James Bond series of novels and films, who was created by Ian Fleming and Kevin McClory. An evil genius with aspirations of world domination, he is the archenemy of the British Secret Service agent James Bond and is arguably...

 in the James Bond
James Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...

 film You Only Live Twice
You Only Live Twice (film)
You Only Live Twice is the fifth spy film in the James Bond series, and the fifth to star Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The film's screenplay was written by Roald Dahl, and loosely based on Ian Fleming's 1964 novel of the same name...

. She is Number 11 in the SPECTRE
SPECTRE
SPECTRE is a fictional global terrorist organisation featured in the James Bond novels by Ian Fleming, the films based on those novels, and James Bond video games...

 hierarchy and poses as a secretary to Mr. Osato, a SPECTRE operative posing as an industrialist.

Bond first meets Brandt (whose first name is never mentioned in the film) when he comes to meet Osato. She and Osato arrive via helicopter. After being introduced to Bond, she offers him a glass of champagne, which he politely turns down. When Bond leaves, Osato orders Brandt to kill 'Mr. Fisher'. Later at the Kobe
Kobe
, pronounced , is the fifth-largest city in Japan and is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture on the southern side of the main island of Honshū, approximately west of Osaka...

 docks, Bond is captured and taken to see her on board the freighter Ning-Po. Knowing that she will be killing Bond later, she allows herself to be seduced by him, pretending to defect to his side. During the "interrogation", 007 lies saying that he is an industrial spy and offers Helga $150,000 to help him escape back to Tokyo. (He intended to obtain this kind of money from the value of Osato's recipe for creating monosodium glutamate, which is worth twice this amount). The next day, while travelling in a Meyers 200
Meyers 200
The Meyers 200 was a single-engined light aircraft produced in the US in the 1950s and 1960s.-Design:It was the brainchild of Al Meyers and was a development of his Meyers 145 design. The holder of a number of speed records in its class, the Meyers 200 is widely admired for its clean lines, and is...

, however, she parachutes out after dropping a magnesium
Magnesium
Magnesium is a chemical element with the symbol Mg, atomic number 12, and common oxidation number +2. It is an alkaline earth metal and the eighth most abundant element in the Earth's crust and ninth in the known universe as a whole...

 flare (disguised as a tube of lipstick) onto the floor, leaving Bond to try and control the diving plane; he manages an emergency landing, narrowly escaping before the plane blows up . Later at Blofeld's volcano lair, the villain calls Brandt and Osato to his quarters. At first, Blofeld accused Osato of failing to kill Bond but, displeased with Number 11's failures, Blofeld feeds her to his school of piranha
Piranha
A piranha or piraña is a member of family Characidae in order Characiformes, an omnivorous freshwater fish that inhabits South American rivers. In Venezuela, they are called caribes...

s when she walks onto the trapdoor bridge suspended over the pool leading to Blofeld's quarters.

According to Karin Dor, who is a natural brunette, the producers wanted a "blonde, blue-eyed, tall German
Germany
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 girl (to play Helga Brandt) and they ended up with me". As a compromise, the filmmakers dyed Dor's hair red for the movie.

Even though there was no Helga Brandt in the novels, Brandt was the name of Emilio Largo
Emilio Largo
Emilio Largo is a fictional character and the main antagonist from the James Bond novel Thunderball. In the novel he is depicted, according to the British stereotypes about Italians, as a large, heavyset, olive-skinned, powerful man exuding animal charm, with the profile of a Roman emperor, and...

's mechanic in the book Thunderball.



Mr. Osato

Mr. Osato is a fictional character in the James Bond
James Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...

 film You Only Live Twice
You Only Live Twice (film)
You Only Live Twice is the fifth spy film in the James Bond series, and the fifth to star Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The film's screenplay was written by Roald Dahl, and loosely based on Ian Fleming's 1964 novel of the same name...

. He is a henchman to Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Ernst Stavro Blofeld is a fictional character and a supervillain from the James Bond series of novels and films, who was created by Ian Fleming and Kevin McClory. An evil genius with aspirations of world domination, he is the archenemy of the British Secret Service agent James Bond and is arguably...

 and is portrayed by Teru Shimada
Teru Shimada
Teru Shimada was an acclaimed Japanese-American actor who was cast most famously as Mr. Osato, a SPECTRE agent in the 1967 James Bond film, You Only Live Twice. His film career began in 1932 with the Night Club Lady. He appeared with Peter Lorre in the 1939 classic Mr. Moto's Last Warning...

.

Mr. Osato is the head of Osato Chemicals and Engineering and also a member of SPECTRE. When Bond follows an assassin of his contact Henderson, he goes to Osato's company and finds a safe that tells him a few things. Bond then meets Mr. Osato and Helga Brandt, his henchwoman and SPECTRE No.11. Osato orders his men to kill Bond, who escapes thanks to Aki
Aki (James Bond)
Aki, played by Akiko Wakabayashi, is a fictional character in the 1967 James Bond film You Only Live Twice.- Creation :Aki does not appear in Ian Fleming's 1964 novel. She was originally named Suki in Roald Dahl's screenplay...

. Osato then captures Bond, and leaves him with Helga, for her to kill. Bond manages to survive again. Osato is then seen with Helga talking to their boss, Ernst Stavro Blofeld, about Bond. Blofeld gives Osato and Brandt the strictest order to kill Bond; however, Blofeld decides to kill Helga as a warning. Osato watches in horror as a screaming Brandt is eaten alive by piranhas, and he is then left on his own to carry out Bond's execution.

Osato attempts to kill Bond by using a fake ninja who has a knife but Bond outsmarts him. The other way is by dropping poison into his mouth while he is asleep, which because he turned over, killed Aki instead. Both these attempts were carried out by his henchmen, and Osato is at the end scene. Bond is captured by Osato and Blofeld. Blofeld takes his gun and points it at Bond while uttering the words "This is the price of failure," but then turns the gun and shoots Osato instead.

Actor Teru Shimada also played a Japanese businessman named 'Mr. Osato' in The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour
The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour is a CBS television situation comedy. The show is a collection of occasional specials rather than a regular series and originally served as part of Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse...

episode "The Ricardos Go to Japan".



SPECTRE #3

SPECTRE #3 is a fictional character in the James Bond
James Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...

 film You Only Live Twice
You Only Live Twice (film)
You Only Live Twice is the fifth spy film in the James Bond series, and the fifth to star Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The film's screenplay was written by Roald Dahl, and loosely based on Ian Fleming's 1964 novel of the same name...

. He is a henchman to Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Ernst Stavro Blofeld is a fictional character and a supervillain from the James Bond series of novels and films, who was created by Ian Fleming and Kevin McClory. An evil genius with aspirations of world domination, he is the archenemy of the British Secret Service agent James Bond and is arguably...

 and is portrayed by Burt Kwouk
Burt Kwouk
Burt Kwouk OBE , born Herbert Kwouk, is an English actor of Chinese descent, known for many television appearances and for his role as Cato in the Pink Panther films.-Career:...

 (who previously appeared as Red Chinese
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

 agent Mr. Ling in Goldfinger
Goldfinger (film)
Goldfinger is the third spy film in the James Bond series and the third to star Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Released in 1964, it is based on the novel of the same name by Ian Fleming. The film also stars Honor Blackman as Bond girl Pussy Galore and Gert Fröbe as the title...

).

SPECTRE #3 is Blofeld's apparent technical liaison
Liaison job
Liaison jobs are jobs that "link" two or more specialties. For example, "systems analyst" jobs work with customers and management to understand and document their automation needs and then transfer such information to computer programmers, who turn the collected information into working software...

. He is witnessed overseeing the rocket launching/retrieving operations. During the attack against Blofeld's volcano lair by Tiger Tanaka and his ninjas, #3 is killed. Precisely how and when is never shown, but when SPECTRE #4 and the remaining technicians evacuate the control room, #3 is shown dead at his console. Likely he was killed by an explosion from one of the malfunctioning computer terminals.


SPECTRE #4

SPECTRE #4 is a fictional character in the James Bond
James Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...

 film You Only Live Twice
You Only Live Twice (film)
You Only Live Twice is the fifth spy film in the James Bond series, and the fifth to star Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The film's screenplay was written by Roald Dahl, and loosely based on Ian Fleming's 1964 novel of the same name...

. He is also henchman to Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Ernst Stavro Blofeld is a fictional character and a supervillain from the James Bond series of novels and films, who was created by Ian Fleming and Kevin McClory. An evil genius with aspirations of world domination, he is the archenemy of the British Secret Service agent James Bond and is arguably...

 and is portrayed by Michael Chow
Michael Chow Man-Kin
Michael Chow Man-Kin is a Canada-born Hong Kong-based actor.-Filmography:* Son of the Dragon - Bo* Forever Yours - Lou Jao* Love Trilogy - Li Caishun* Fate Fighter * Kung Phooey! - Art Chew...

.

SPECTRE #4 is first seen in the film at Osato Chemicals, apparently posing as Mr. Osato's secretary. He spies on Bond during his meeting with Osato and Helga Brandt. Later, #4 is shown assisting SPECTRE #3 in the control room of Blofeld's volcano lair. After #3 is killed during the ninja attack on the lair, #4 orders the control evacuated, leading the surviving guards and technicians through Blofeld's office and out a secret escape door. This provides Bond with a means of getting up to the control room to stop the interception of the second American spacecraft by SPECTRE's rocket.

What became of SPECTRE #4 (and, for that matter, the technicians with him) following this is unknown. Presumably they escaped from the lair before its destruction.



Assassin

Assassin in Bedroom is a henchmen for Mr. Osato, portrayed by David Toguri
David Toguri
David Toguri is a Canadian choreographer and actor.-Chorgrapher credits:*Peter's Friends *Memphis Belle...

.

He is sent to kill Henderson before he tells Bond about the Osato Chemicals being involved in SPECTRE's plans. After Henderson dies, Bond chases the assassin and kills him with his own switchblade
Switchblade
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. Seeing a getaway car is near, Bond takes the assassin's clothes and mask and climbs into the backseat so the driver takes him to the assassin's origins.


Car Driver

Car Driver is a fictional character in the James Bond
James Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...

 film You Only Live Twice
You Only Live Twice (film)
You Only Live Twice is the fifth spy film in the James Bond series, and the fifth to star Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The film's screenplay was written by Roald Dahl, and loosely based on Ian Fleming's 1964 novel of the same name...

. He is a chauffeur/bodyguard to Mr. Osato and portrayed by professional wrestler Peter Fanene Maivia
Peter Maivia
Fanene Leifi Pita Maivia was a American Samoan professional wrestler better known as "High Chief" Peter Maivia. He was head of the famous Samoan wrestling family...

.

He was assigned to drive an assassin (David Toguri
David Toguri
David Toguri is a Canadian choreographer and actor.-Chorgrapher credits:*Peter's Friends *Memphis Belle...

) to Henderson's house. Later, the assassin is killed by Bond, who takes his clothes and mask so the Car Driver would lead him to their headquarters (Osato Chemicals). The Car Driver carries the body to Osato's room, and when he takes off the mask, discovers it isn't his partner. Bond takes his gun but the Car Driver disarms him, and the two start fighting. The fight only finishes when Bond hits Car Driver in the head with a statue, which breaks in half. Bond then hides him in the freezer.

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