Ranking EVERY James Bond Henchman From Worst To Best
61. Miss Taro (Dr No, 1962)
Though the sultry Miss Taro is rather lovely - and evidently does an excellent job at caring for her nails - she doesn’t prove to be much use as a henchwoman.
As secretary to the villainous Professor Dent, Miss Taro’s duties inevitably involve spying and helping to dispose of bothersome intruders like James Bond. Almost immediately, she is shown to be unequal to the task; Bond rumbles her for her clumsy attempts at eavesdropping within seconds of meeting her.
From there, she’s little more than 007’s plaything as James Bond outmanoeuvres her at every turn - and it’s not long before they’re in bed together. While Taro is tasked with keeping Bond at her home in time for Dent to come and murder him, she somehow allows 007 to convince her to go out for dinner.
When the “taxi” arrives, she is quickly deposited in the back of the vehicle, which turns out to be a police car. Bond even manages to get in a jibe about her nail varnish, receiving a gob of spit in the face for his trouble. That’s about the most harm Miss Taro ever manages to do to Bond; she's simply not cut out for fieldwork.