While in Japan, Sean Connery and his wife Diane Cilento were hounded by the international press. During news conferences, the press insisted on referring to Connery as James Bond. Local newsmen attempted to photograph him in a rest room. Thirty extra private security guards were hired to combat the excess noise and hindrance, but even the guards started to take photos. Connery was allegedly photographed on a toilet and the picture published in a Tokyo newspaper. Halfway through filming, Connery announced he would not be returning as James Bond. To ease the tension, the producers removed his contractual obligation to do one more 007 movie, despite offering him one million dollars. After this movie wrapped, Connery was reportedly asked whether he found Japanese women attractive, to which he allegedly replied no, causing many Japanese people to call him bad names. This faux pas turned out to be based on a mistranslation, on a day when Connery was exhausted after an intensive day's filming. Connery didn't go out of his way to be too personable with the interviewer who was aghast that the actor showed up in a casual t-shirt with baggy trousers and sandals, and not wearing a toupée. "Is this how James Bond dresses?" he asked, to which Connery replied tersely "I'm not James Bond, I'm Sean Connery, a man who likes to dress comfortably."

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