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Yukari Oshima is a Actor and Martial Arts Choreographer Japonaise born on 31 december 1963 at Fukuoka (Japon)

Yukari Oshima

Yukari Oshima
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Birth name Tsumura Yukari
Nationality Japon
Birth 31 december 1963 (60 years) at Fukuoka (Japon)

Yukari Ōshima (大島由加里, Ōshima Yukari, born December 31, 1963), Pinyin: Dàidǎo Yóujiālǐ, born December 31, 1963) is a Japanese actress and martial artist. Oshima (also known as Cynthia) gained prominence in Hong Kong and became the pseudo female counterpart of Jackie Chan in the country, making her a household name in Filipino families during that time.

Born Tsumura Yukari (津村ゆかり) in Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan, to a successful Japanese businessman and fashion designer and to a Chinese woman. Yukari began studying Gōjū-ryū Seigokan Karate at Ennouji Dojo in junior high.

She was one of Japan's brightest female martial artists during the 1980s and one of the leading ladies of the babes and bullets fad of Hong Kong action cinema. She's known as the role "Farrah Cat" in Bioman, which aired not only in Japan originally but also worldwide. She is best known to Western audiences as Yomi in Riki-Oh. After her Hong Kong career dried up, she left for the Philippines in the 1990s and used the stage name Cynthia Luster.

Oshima resides in Fukuoka, Japan, where she has promoted tourism in the city. She is commonly known to Western audiences as the actress in the Marlboro Lite commercials (in the late 1990s).

Usually with

Dick Wei
Dick Wei
(4 films)
Andrew Lau
Andrew Lau
(2 films)
Sammo Hung
Sammo Hung
(1 films)
Yuen Wah
Yuen Wah
(2 films)
Stanley Tong
Stanley Tong
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Yukari Oshima (10 films)

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Actress

Legendary Amazons, 1h48
Directed by Frankie Chan
Genres Drama, War, Action
Actors Richie Ren, Cecilia Cheung, Cheng Pei-pei, Liu Xiaoqing, Yukari Oshima, Kathy Chow
Roles 2nd Lady Yang / Zou Lanying
Rating44% 2.221942.221942.221942.221942.22194
The film is set in early 11th century China during the reign of Emperor Renzong of the Song dynasty. The emperor neglects state affairs and indulges in personal pleasures, while the government sinks into corruption and war continues to rage on at the borders of the Song dynasty. The Song dynasty is being invaded by the armies of the rival state of Western Xia.
Project S
Project S (1993)
, 1h44
Directed by Stanley Tong
Origin Hong kong
Genres Thriller, Martial arts, Comedy thriller, Kung fu, Action, Adventure, Crime, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films
Actors Michelle Yeoh, Yu Rongguang, Jackie Chan, Athena Chu, Louis Fan, Bill Tung
Roles Red Fighter
Rating60% 3.046713.046713.046713.046713.04671
Wah et Cheng sont les deux meilleurs officiers des forces spéciales chinoises. Après une intervention musclée couronnée de succès, Wah est mutée à Hong Kong et se sépare de son amant qui reste sur le Continent. Luttant contre un gang local de braqueurs très violents, elle a la surprise de retrouver Cheng qui lui avoue être tenté par la voie du crime et de l'argent facile. Ce dernier prépare en secret l'attaque d'une des banques les mieux protégées de la ville...
The Avenging Quartet, 1h33
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Cynthia Khan, Moon Lee, Carlo Chin, Yukari Oshima, Lee Siu-kei
Roles Oshima
Rating53% 2.686132.686132.686132.686132.68613
A man flees China with a painting that contains a list of Japanese officials from WWII. His girlfriend (Cynthia Khan) follows him. The Japanese send a woman (Yukari Oshima) to Hong King to retrieve the painting, where she is joined by a friend (Michiko Nishiwaki) and they both team up to find him.
Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky, 1h31
Directed by Simon Nam
Origin Hong kong
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Horror, Crime, Martial arts
Themes Prison films, Sports films, Films about suicide, Martial arts films, Political films, Dystopian films
Actors Louis Fan, Yukari Oshima, Frankie Chan, Gloria Yip, Tetsurō Tanba, Lam Suet
Roles Huang Chung / West Block
Rating69% 3.497563.497563.497563.497563.49756
The plot closely follows the events depicted in the original Japanese comic and its anime adaptation, with some minor modifications in certain instances.
Godfather's Daughter Mafia Blues, 1h31
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Yakuza films, Gangster films
Actors Yukari Oshima, Mark Cheng, Ken Lo, Dick Wei, Bryan Leung
Roles Amy
Rating53% 2.6823152.6823152.6823152.6823152.682315
Wai (Mark Cheng), a new immigrant from mainland China, works at a fish raft with his friend Nam (Benny Lai). In China, Wai served in the People's Liberation Army's special forces where he wss trained intensively in Chinese Kung Fu. One time during a misunderstanding, Wai meets Lee Wah-yu (Alex Man), mastermind of a financial group and triad, and becomes Lee's follower.
Close Escape, 1h33
Genres Drama, Thriller, Martial arts, Action, Crime, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films
Actors Max Mok, Michael Miu, Aaron Kwok, Yukari Oshima, Dick Wei, William So
Roles Migi
Rating56% 2.8427852.8427852.8427852.8427852.842785
Lam Wai Tung has cancer. In order to raise money for his younger brother Wai Leung to study medicine overseas, he robs some diamond for smuggler Chiu Ying Kau. After the robbery, he hides the real diamonds himself and gives fake diamonds to Chiu, which he then finds out and kills Tung. In order to recover the diamonds, Chiu sets a scheme and makes Leung a murder suspect and arranges his Japanese female subordinate Miko to save him and hide him and nurse his gunshot wounds. Under Miko's attentive treatment, Leung heals and they establish a profound friendship.
Iron Angels
Origin Hong kong
Genres Thriller, Martial arts, Action, Adventure, Crime, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Moon Lee, Yukari Oshima, Alex Fong, Hwang Jang-lee, David Chiang, Peter Yang Kwan
Roles Yeung
Rating64% 3.2421453.2421453.2421453.2421453.242145
After Interpol destroys a mass of Thai opium fields, the drug lords strike back by viciously murdering the officers in charge of the drug raid. In response, the cops hire the mercenary Angel Organization whose leader, John (David Chiang), sends crack agents—Angel #01 Saijo (Hideki Saijo), Moon (Moon Lee) and Elaine (Elaine Lui). Their first act is to seize a massive drug shipment with the help of an American secret operative, Commander Alex Fong (Alex Fong). This inevitably invokes the rage of frighteningly fierce Madam Yeung (Yukari Oshima) who recently grabbed the mantel of power after killing her predecessor. After a series of tussles with Madam Yeung, Saijo finds himself buried alive in an armored car while Moon and Elaine settle their score with their nemesis kung fu style.
The Millionaires' Express, 1h41
Directed by Sammo Hung
Origin Hong kong
Genres Martial arts, Comedy, Action, Western, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Rail transport films, Martial arts films
Actors Yuen Biao, Sammo Hung, Rosamund Kwan, Hwang Jang-lee, Peter Ho-sun Chan, Carlo Chin
Roles Japanese Ninja
Rating68% 3.4419253.4419253.4419253.4419253.441925
Ching Fong-Tin (Sammo Hung) goes to Russia to steal goods from the Russian soldiers. Unfortunately he is caught and the soldiers make him strip his clothes down to his underwear. They force him to wear a brassiere and the head of a mop as a wig, and he is made to dance for their amusement. However, he makes his escape, grabbing his grenades as he goes, and throws one into the cabin. Fook Loi (Kenny Bee) catches Ching and lectures him about his crimes. Ching tries to escape, but in the scuffle, he and Fook end up rolling into a snowball. In the final moments after they both got out of the snowball, Fook tries to look for Ching and is taken by surprise when he jumps down from a tree, grabs his clothes and rushes off back to his hometown.

Team

Cutie Honey, 1h34
Directed by Hideaki Anno, Shingo Araki
Origin Japon
Genres Martial arts, Comedy, Action, Martial arts
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films
Actors Eriko Sato, Jun Murakami, Mayumi Shintani, Ryō Kase, Kyūsaku Shimada, Suzuki Matsuo
Roles Other
Rating62% 3.1008553.1008553.1008553.1008553.100855
Honey Kisaragi, modeste employée de bureau très naïve, est en fait une gynoïde capable de se transformer en Cutie Honey, la Guerrière de l'Amour. Quand Sister Jill et son organisation criminelle Panther Claws apparaît, Cutie Honey s'oppose à elle. Elle sera aidée par une inspectrice, et un mystérieux journaliste.