Where was You Only Live Twice filmed?
1967 film directed by Lewis Gilbert
You Only Live Twice (1967) was filmed in Gibraltar and Pinewood Studios — 2 recorded filming locations in the United Kingdom. Every one is a filming-location statement on Wikidata, not a guess.
Part of the James Bond film series · the Eon James Bond series
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Filming locations
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🎬 Studios & sets
Pinewood Studios
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
British film studio and television studio situated in Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England
“The sets of SPECTRE's volcano base, including operative heliport and monorail, were constructed at a lot inside Pinewood Studios, at a cost of $1 million.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Gibraltar
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
British overseas territory on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula
Also per Wikipedia's Filming section
Wikipedia’s Filming section names 16 more places. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.
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🏙 Towns & cities
Ginza
🇯🇵 Japan
district of Chūō-ku, Tokyo
“The initial scenes are set in and around the Ginza area.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Kowloon
🇭🇰 Hong Kong
region in Hong Kong
“The opening sequence in Hong Kong used some location footage of a street in Kowloon.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Kagoshima
🇯🇵 Japan
capital city of Kagoshima prefecture
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🏙 Towns & cities
Torremolinos
🇪🇸 Spain
town in the province of Málaga, Spain
“The concluding shots involved explosions, which the Japanese government did not allow in a national park; hence, the crew moved to Torremolinos, Spain, which was found to resemble the Japanese landscape.” Wikipedia
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🏰 Castles & palaces
Himeji Castle
🇯🇵 Japan
Japanese castle complex
“The castle has been featured extensively in foreign and Japanese films, including the James Bond movie You Only Live Twice (1967), and Akira Kurosawa's Kagemusha (1980) and Ran (1985).” Wikipedia
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Tokyo Tower
🇯🇵 Japan
tower in Tokyo, Japan
“Tokyo Tower and the centre of Tokyo can be briefly seen in a sequence where the villains' car is dropped in Tokyo Bay.” Wikipedia
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Kyushu
🇯🇵 Japan
third largest island of Japan
“The shots of the volcano were filmed at Shinmoedake on Kyushu Island.” Wikipedia
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Hotel New Otani Tokyo
🇯🇵 Japan
building in Tokyo, Japan
“The Hotel New Otani Tokyo served as the outside for Osato Chemicals, and the hotel's gardens were used for scenes of the ninja training.” Wikipedia
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Shinmoedake
🇯🇵 Japan
mountain in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Seiganto-ji Temple
🇯🇵 Japan
Buddhist temple in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Nakano-shimbashi Station
🇯🇵 Japan
metro station in Nakano, Tokyo, Japan
“Tanaka's private subway station was filmed at the Tokyo Metro's Nakano-shimbashi Station.” Wikipedia
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Kuramae Kokugikan
🇯🇵 Japan
building in Taito-ku, Tokyo, Japan
“A sumo wrestling match was filmed at Tokyo's sumo hall, the Kuramae Kokugikan; this has since been demolished.” Wikipedia
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Port of Kobe
🇯🇵 Japan
Port in Japan
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Japan National Stadium
🇯🇵 Japan
stadium in Kasumigaoka, Tokyo, Japan
“A car chase using the Toyota 2000GT and a Toyota Crown was largely filmed in the area around the Olympic Stadium used previously for the 1964 Summer Olympics.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Nachikatsuura
🇯🇵 Japan
town in Higashimuro district, Wakayama prefecture, Japan
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🏙 Towns & cities
Minamisatsuma
🇯🇵 Japan
city in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
Places whose own article says it was shot there
3 places whose own Wikipedia article names this film as something shot there, where Wikidata records nothing and this film’s own article does not say so either. The weakest evidence on this atlas: no pin on the map, and nothing in the downloads. Each sentence is quoted whole and linked to the article it came from, so it can be judged rather than taken on trust.
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Hotel New Otani Tokyo Japan
“During this time, the building was a filming location for the 1967 James Bond film You Only Live Twice, where it appeared as the headquarters of Osato Chemical & Engineering Co Ltd, the Japanese front for Ernst Stavro Blofeld's SPECTRE organisation.” Wikipedia
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Shinmoedake Japan
“Shinmoedake was used as a location in 1967 James Bond film, You Only Live Twice, as the volcano in which the villains' secret rocket base is located.” Wikipedia
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Schilthorn Switzerland
“Jordan had previously lost a foot to a helicopter rotor while filming the previous Bond movie You Only Live Twice.” Wikipedia
Recorded only at country level
Wikidata also records this film as shot in Japan, Spain, The Bahamas, without saying where. Those statements are true but unmappable — a pin in the middle of a country would claim something nobody wrote — so they are listed here instead of guessed at.
Also shot in these places
- The Dark Knight 2008
- V for Vendetta 2005
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 2005
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 2010
- Skyfall 2012
- Dr. No 1962
- The Shining 1980
- Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens 2015
- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides 2011
- Doctor Strange 2016
- A Clockwork Orange 1971
- Casino Royale 2006
Set in the same places
Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does You Only Live Twice have?
2 places recorded on Wikidata, and 16 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia, across the United Kingdom.
Was You Only Live Twice filmed at a studio?
Yes. Pinewood Studios, recorded on Wikidata as a filming location.
Which other productions were filmed at the same places?
The Dark Knight (2008), V for Vendetta (2005), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010) and 8 more, each listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, plus places named in the production's own Wikipedia article, which are labelled per Wikipedia. Nothing is scraped from listicles and nothing is generated.