Tetsurô Tanba: Tiger Tanaka

You Only Live Twice

Tiger Tanaka

Tiger Tanaka: My friend, now you take your first civilized bath.
James Bond: Really?
[Bond is surrounded by four young Japanese women wearing only white bras and panties]
James Bond: Oh, I like the plumbing.
Tiger Tanaka: Place yourself entirely in their hands, my dear Bond-san. Rule number one: is never do anything yourself - when someone else can do it for you.
James Bond: And number two?
Tiger Tanaka: Rule number two: in Japan, men come first, women come second.
James Bond: I just might retire to here.

[Being bathed by Tanaka's women]
Tiger Tanaka: You know what it is about you that fascinates them, don't you? It's the hair on your chest. Japanese men all have beautiful bare skin.
James Bond: Japanese proverb say, "Bird never make nest in bare tree."

James Bond: Do you have any commandos here?
Tiger Tanaka: I have much, much better. Ninjas. Top-secret, Bond-san. This is my ninja training school.

Tiger Tanaka: I must say I am disappointed with the ease with which I could pull you in. The one thing my honourable mother taught me long ago was never to get into a car with a strange girl. But you, I'm afraid, will get into anything. With any girl.

Tiger Tanaka: You like Japanese sake, Mr. Bond? Or, would you prefer a vodka martini?
James Bond: Oh, no. I like sake. Especially when it's served at the correct temperature: 98.4 degrees fahrenheit like this is.
Tiger Tanaka: For a European, you are exceptionally cultivated.

Tiger Tanaka: ...You are James Bond, aren't you? I am so very pleased to meet you Bond-san. I really am. Permit me to introduce myself. My name is Tanaka. Please call me Tiger.
James Bond: If you're Tanaka, then how do you feel about me?
Tiger Tanaka: [the code response] I... love you.
James Bond: Well, I'm glad we got *that* out of the way.

Tiger Tanaka: [Three young Japanese women giving Bond a bath] Your English girls would never perform this simple service.
James Bond: I think I know one or two who might get around to it.
Tiger Tanaka: Miss Moneypenny, perhaps?

Tiger Tanaka: Chasing girls will be the end of you, Bond-san. I have told you that before.
Aki: He didn't chase her! He did it so that I could get away. He wouldn't touch that horrible girl. You wouldn't, would you?
James Bond: Oh, heaven forbid.

Tiger Tanaka: [after Tiger's helicopter drops an enemy car chasing Bond and Aki into the Pacific ocean] How's that for Japanese efficiency?
James Bond: Just a drop in the ocean.

James Bond: I'd like you to examine these as soon as possible. They're from Osato's safe.
Tiger Tanaka: This is an order for naval stores. 500 kilos of butter. 50 containers of lox. What is lox?
James Bond: Oh, it's American name for smoked salmon. But, it's also the technical name for liquid oxygen - which makes rocket fuel.

Tiger Tanaka: I have much curiosity, Bond-san. What is Little Nellie?
James Bond: Oh, she's a wonderful girl. Very small. Quite fast. Can do anything. Just your type.
Tiger Tanaka: A toy helicopter?
Q: No, it's certainly not a toy! You'll see. We've made one or two improvements since you've used her last. I'll give you the drill.
Tiger Tanaka: This can only be for children! Don't use it, Bond-san; take my helicopter instead.

Tiger Tanaka: If Henderson's theory is right, why would a foreign power want to launch missiles from Japan?
James Bond: Because if ever they were discovered, they could deny all responsibility. Especially if some private organization's doing the work.
Tiger Tanaka: Osato?
James Bond: Perhaps.
Tiger Tanaka: Mister Osato *is* one of the greatest industrialists in Japan.
James Bond: No, he's merely a front.
Tiger Tanaka: Who *is* big enough?
James Bond: SPECTRE.
Tiger Tanaka: Could be.

Aki: [into radio microphone] 2-9-4 here. Tiger. Immediate.
Tiger Tanaka: Come in, 2-9-4.
Aki: Zero Zero is with me. We are being chased by gunmen. In black sedan. I'm heading south for Highway 2. Arrange usual reception, please.

James Bond: [into radio microphone] Tiger, contact M. Tell him to send Little Nellie. Repeat: Little Nellie. Suggest she be accompanied by her father. Most urgent. Understood?
Tiger Tanaka: Understood.

Tiger Tanaka: This is our special baby rocket. It's very useful for people who smoke too many cigarettes, like you.

Tiger Tanaka: [to James Bond, who has just been "captured" with a trap-door and slide which brought him to Tiger's office] Welcome.
[He laughs without our seeing his face, making us briefly wonder if this is a villain or an ally]
Tiger Tanaka: Welcome to Japan, Mr. Bond. How do you like our country so far?

Tiger Tanaka: [discussing Osato Chemicals' supertanker, the Ning-Po, which is known to be smuggling rocket fuel] We shadowed the Ning-Po to the outer islands.
Aki: It was very dark. Hard to see her all the time.
Tiger Tanaka: But we know she stopped somewhere. Look at these photos.
[Tiger hands James photos of the Ning-Po]
Aki: Look at the water line.
James Bond: [noticing the higher water line of the ship in seperate photos] You're right. Fully laden here, and empty here.
James Bond: [getting up] I want to take a look at the island now. Is Little Nellie here?
Tiger Tanaka: Yes. And her father.
[James, Aki, and Tiger enter a nearby garage where an agitated and sweating Q is waiting]
James Bond: [sarcastically] Welcome to Japan, Dad. Is my little girl hot and ready?
Q: [annoyed] Look, 007, I've had a long and tiring journey, probably to no purpose, and I'm in no mood for your juvenile quips.