Mr Osato is a fictional character in the James Bond film You Only Live Twice. He is a henchman to Ernst Stavro Blofeld and is portrayed by Teru Shimada.

Teru Shimada as Mr Osato.

Osato is the head of Osato Chemicals and Engineering and also a member of SPECTRE. When Bond follows an assassin of his contact Dikko Henderson, he goes to Osato’s company and finds a safe that tells him a few things. Bond then meets Osato and Helga Brandt, his henchman and SPECTRE No 11. Osato then orders his men to kill Bond, who escapes thanks to Aki. 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 Brandt and Osato is left on his own. Osato then attempts to kill Bond by 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 turns over, and kills Aki instead. Both these attempts are 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, but turns it and Osato dies, while Bond escapes.

See also:

• Bond henchmen