Meanwhile, the mourning Romanov family have gathered at the hotel and are fighting over who will become the next patriarch. Bond, disguised as a Jamaican millionaire, arrives at “Casino Royale” in a hotel at the Royale-les-Eaux on the Atlantic coast of France. Bond’s mission is to use his gambling skills to beat him and cut off his source of funds, and then to take him alive and force him to divulge any information he possesses. Le Chiffre was forced into a corner during May 1968 after spending funds sent by the Soviet organization to The Red Army League, and now he plans to recover a fortune at a casino. After they are suppressed, the radicals merge into an underground organization that calls itself “The Red Army League.”Īt MI6, the pinnacle of British Secret Intelligence Service, secret agent James Bond, code name “007,” receives an order to neutralize a Soviet spy known as Le Chiffre. In Paris, anti-establishment protests known as “May 1968” break out, mainly among students and workers.

It’s 1968 and the world is in the grip of the Cold War centered on the United States and the Soviet Union.

Recently, there've been news about a Japanese theatre company named Takarazuka Revue which is adapting 'Casino Royale' to a play, with Japanese actress Sukuho Makaze as Bond.

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