You Only Live Twice (1967)

How to sum up the plot on this on this one? How about James Bond and a bunch of ninja's battle space piracy in Japan. Yes that sounds odd, but I'd say its an accurate description for this 5th James Bond picture. You Only Live Twice is also the Bond movie with the volcano base, has James don yellow face, and Donald Pleasence serve as the model for the look later appropriated by Dr. Evil. The screenplay here was written by Roald Dahl, which perhaps explains much of the strangeness. **1/2