Colonel Sun (film)

Colonel Sun is a 1975 animated spy film and the tenth in the produced by, and the third to star  as the fictional  agent. Directed by and based on  by  under the pseudonym of, it is the first fully animated film in the James Bond film series. It sees the fictional British Secret Service operative James Bond and his mission to track down the kidnappers of M, his superior at the Secret Service. During the mission he discovers a communist Chinese plot to cause an international incident. Bond, assisted by a Greek spy working for the Russians, finds M on a small Aegean island, rescues him and sets off to kill the two main plotters: Colonel Sun Liang-tan and a former Nazi commander, Von Richter.

Colonel Sun was released in the United States on 31 October 1975 and the United Kingdom on 5 November, to generally positive reviews from critics, who praised Bakshi's direction, animation, voice performances and the soundtrack.

Plot
Kidnappers violently take the Secret Service chief M from his house and almost capture James Bond, who is visiting. Intent on rescuing M, Bond follows the clues to Vrakonisi, one of the Aegean Islands. In the process, Bond discovers the complex military-political plans of Colonel Sun of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. Sun had been sent to sabotage a Middle East détente conference which the Soviet Union is hosting. He intends to attack the conference venue and use M and Bond's bodies to blame Great Britain for the disaster, leading to a world war. Bond meets Soviet agents in Athens and they realise that not only is a third country behind the kidnap, but that there is a traitor in the organisation. An attack on the Soviet headquarters kills all the agents except Ariadne Alexandrou, a Greek Communist. As he is dying, the Soviet leader encourages Bond and Ariadne to work together to prevent an international incident.

Ariadne persuades Litsas, a former Second World War resistance fighter and friend of her late father, to help them by telling him about the involvement in the plot of former Nazi, Von Richter. Trying to find M and Colonel Sun, Bond is nearly captured by the Russians, but is saved by Litsas. Finally, Bond finds Sun's headquarters, but is knocked out by one of Sun's men; Bond learns that Von Richter will use a mortar to destroy the conference venue and that Bond will be tortured by Sun, before his inevitable demise. Sun tortures him brutally, until one of the girls at the house is ordered by Sun to caress Bond fondly. In the process she cuts one of Bond's hands free and provides him with a knife. She tells Sun that Bond is dead: when examined Bond stabs Sun. He then frees other captives who help Bond stop Von Richter. However Sun survives the stab wound and kills several of the other escapees. Bond tracks down Sun and kills him in the confrontation. The Soviets thank Bond for saving their conference, offering him the Order of the Red Banner for his work, which he politely turns down.

Voice cast

 * as, an MI6 agent.
 * as Colonel Sun Liang-tan, a member of the Special Activities Committee of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
 * as Von Richter, former Nazi commander.
 * as Ariadne Alexandrou, Bond's love interest.
 * as "", Bond's superior and the head of MI6.
 * as, M's secretary.
 * as, MI6 Chief of Staff.
 * as, the head of MI6's technical department.
 * John McCurry as Niko Litsas