Yukari Ôshima

Acting

Yukari Ôshima

Born

1963-12-31 (62)

Place of birth

Fukuoka, Japan

Known for

Acting

Credits

65 titles

The female martial artist and action actress better known to Western audiences as Yukari Oshima has so far appeared in over 60 Chinese and Filipino films released between 1986 and 1999. Despite being a Japanese national, Yukari has acted in only one Japanese movie, cast as a radio reporter in a special guest appearance. After living and working in the Philippines for a number of years, Yukari returned to Japan and began working in tourism. Her screen legacy of fight scenes are among the most spectacular of all of Asian action cinema. Yukari performed her own action scenes without doubles and actively sought out the forceful reality of full-contact Hong Kong movies as a showcase for her o…

Known for

Kagaku Sentai Dynaman poster
7.9

The Jashinka Empire rises from the depths of the Earth to conquer the world. To stop them, Dr. Kyutaro Yumeno assembles five inventors to his laboratory, Yumeno Invention Laboratory and gives them the power to become Dynamen. Each member has their own goal, but as the Kagaku Sentai Dynaman, they are united to stop the Jashinka Empire in their tracks.

Kagaku Sentai Dynaman

1983

Choudenshi Bioman poster
7.8

Five descendants of the people showered with Bio Particles by Bio Robots five centuries in the past have become Biomen. They transform with the Bio Brace and fight using their Super Electronic Brains on their masks. Their Bioswords are equipped with sword and gun modes.

Choudenshi Bioman

1984

Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky poster
6.8

In 2001, where all correctional facilities have been privatized, martial artist Ricky finds himself victim to the corrupt system, found "guilty" of the manslaughter of an infamous crime boss.

Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky

1991

Sukeban Deka II: Legend of the Iron-Masked Girl poster
6.5

Sukeban Deka II in 1985-1986 starred Yoko Minamino as the second "Sukeban Deka", a mysterious girl with an iron mask named Yoko Godai who takes on the identity of Asamiya Saki after being freed from her mask; She will get the help of two other sukeban: Kyoko "Okyo" Nakamura (Haruko Sagara), and Yukino Yajima (Akie Yoshizawa, from jpop band Onyanko Club which will appear in two episodes).

Sukeban Deka II: Legend of the Iron-Masked Girl

1985

Spiritual Teacher, Kyoko Odagiri poster
5.7

Kyoko Odagiri is a beautiful and charismatic clairvoyant. She is also popular and admired by her fans. Today, Kyoko appears on a popular tv show and display her psychic abilities alongside a popular actor. Her performance goes off splendidly with the audience applauding her performance enthusiastically.

Spiritual Teacher, Kyoko Odagiri

2010

Millionaires' Express poster
6.7

What happens when a glamorous express, with high government officials, wealthy merchants, concubines and a gang of brigands on board, speeds towards the small town of Hanshui, where escaping bank robbers, corrupt officials, and gamblers await? Well, let's just say the Titanic had a smoother maiden voyage.

Millionaires' Express

1986

Film credits

1990s · 44 titles

Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky poster
6.8

In 2001, where all correctional facilities have been privatized, martial artist Ricky finds himself victim to the corrupt system, found "guilty" of the manslaughter of an infamous crime boss.

Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky

1991

Supercop 2 poster
5.7

As a crime wave sweeps through Hong Kong, the police call Jessica Yang, a rising star in the ranks, to help stop a notorious gang of thieves! What Jessica doesn't realize is that her boyfriend – recently discharged from the force – is the leader of this ruthless crime ring!

Supercop 2

1993

Dreaming the Reality poster
7.2

An expert assassin - trained since childhood to be the perfect killer - loses her memory during a mission in Thailand, and ends up in the care of a wry ex-policewoman and her boxing cohort. The equally lethal sister of the assassin pursues her, uncertain of her intentions and whether to kill her.

Dreaming the Reality

1991

1/3 Lover poster
6.7

Everyone seems to be chasing Mona Hsia-Hwang. The opening scene has her being pursued a cornered by a cop, who molests her with his pistol. She gives into his attentions, then shoots him, establishing her credentials as a femme fatale. We then meet Mona's young cousin May, being picked up by Mona's husband's adopted son Li Wai Wai. Wai is the smouldering sullen type, whom May fancies almost immediately. Trouble is, Wai is secretly in love with Mona. Mona tends to the bodily functions of her sick and elderly husband Hwang Fei Hung. Fei Hung has a heart condition, and is under medical orders to avoid excitement. But, with a wife as luscious as Rena M, how is this possible?

1/3 Lover

1993

The Avenging Quartet poster
6.6

A female Chinese cop teams up with a lady kung-fu master to stop two female Japanese gangsters from stealing a valuable painting.

The Avenging Quartet

1993

A Serious Shock! Yes Madam! poster
6.2

In this action packed Hong Kong Yes Madam installment two friends in the police force are in love with the same man. After a certain incident one of them goes crazy and does everything she can to kill her former friend.

A Serious Shock! Yes Madam!

1993

Kickboxer's Tears poster
7.5

A kickboxer is killed in the ring by a dirty opponent who works for a syndicate. The sister of the dead kickboxer vows revenge by facing off against both the dirty kickboxer and the crime syndicate.

Kickboxer's Tears

1992

Beauty Investigator poster
5.8

A serial killer is loose in Hong Kong, murdering hostesses from high class night clubs. As punishment for their flaky style and lack of discipline, two young policewomen are assigned to work undercover as hostesses to catch the sadist. While solving that crime, they discover who's behind some of the city's drug trade. In trying to halt this enterprise, which they undertake without orders, they must face the crime lord's Japanese hit woman.

Beauty Investigator

1992

Mission of Justice poster
5.6

Two agents are assigned to break up a gang involved in counterfeiting, slavery and drug smuggling.

Mission of Justice

1992

Angel Terminators 2 poster
6.3

When teens help a friend who's been forced into prostitution they upset some very dangerous people. With the help of a renegade cop a bloody war ensues with tragic consequences.

Angel Terminators 2

1992

Ghost's Love poster
6.0

A young woman, Sin Yun, dates Wu Tian - a gangster. He drugs her and has intercourse, then turns her over to his gang. When she resists, they beat her to death and dump her body in Lake Tian. Her spirit returns to haunt Wu Tian. The ghost also contacts her sister and enters the body of another young woman who has been killed.

Ghost's Love

1993

Lover's Tear poster
8.5

A cop in the Hong Kong anti-smuggling unit goes to mainland China to retrieve some confiscated contraband. His real objective, though, is to arrest the boss of the smuggling ring. His goal is endangered, though, when he falls for the gang boss' daughter.

Lover's Tear

1992

Lethal Panther 2 poster
6.0

An Interpol agent and a Chinese cop team up to track down a murderous gangster.

Lethal Panther 2

1993

Devil Girl 18 poster
10.0

Demons escape from hell on a mission to devour the essence of 49 individuals of extreme masculinity or femininity.

Devil Girl 18

1993

No artwork available
NR

A newly married bride's blissful life is suddenly shattered when her home is invaded by a group of thieves who murder her husband and take turns sexually assaulting her. As the years pass and the police come up with no leads, she decides to turn herself into a living weapon and track down the men who destroyed her happiness.

Vengeance Is Mine

1997

Midnight Angel poster
6.7

Three sisters become vigilantes when a cop boyfriend is murdered by a brutal druglord.

Midnight Angel

1990

Outlaw Brothers poster
7.2

Frankie Chan and Max Mok are high-class car thieves whose sticky fingers get them in trouble with some gangsters, and then some really nasty gangsters. Tough policewoman Yukari Oshima wants to put the thieves behind bars, but realizes that by working together against the gangsters they can both benefit more.

Outlaw Brothers

1990

Brave Young Girls poster
4.5

Yukari Oshima stars as a Japanese Interpol officer investigating the triads for drug smuggling and recruits some young girls coerced into prostitution by the gangs to gather incriminating evidence. However, when the girls are caught for selling out their bosses, Yukari Oshima hatches a plan to get them out which culminates in an exhilarating extended fight sequence.

Brave Young Girls

1990

Never Say Regret poster
6.0

After being framed for drug smuggling and imprisoned in Mainland China, Yukari’s character faces a death sentence after an escape attempt. She is befriended in prison by Clare Wai’s character, and a mission to rescue her is launched from HK. Although the team initially succeeds by impersonating Mainland police, the escape plan misfires and they must flee on foot to the border, fighting a series of battles with the pursuing militia.

Never Say Regret

1990

Angel of Vengeance poster
4.0

In the vein of HARD BOILED and NAKED KILLER comes this action-crime thriller in which two young women caught in a power struggle among a trio of mobsters must struggle to survive in a world run by vice and corruption.

Angel of Vengeance

1993

Kinkyu Yobidashi: Emergency Call poster
7.0

The North General Hospital in the Tondo district of Manila was as busy as a battlefield. Hideyuki Harada, an intern on duty at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, worked without having time to breathe. It was six years ago that Harada decided to become a doctor. Harada, who worked at the Manila branch of a Japanese trading company, was supposed to marry a junior at the university, Masami, when she returned to Japan, but she told her that she was married to Harada's best friend, Isomura, a sergeant at a large hospital.

Kinkyu Yobidashi: Emergency Call

1995

Godfather's Daughter Mafia Blues poster
6.5

Lung comes from China to Hong Kong in search of a new life and fortune. He is employed as a security officer by Lee at a night club that he runs. When Lee’s partner dies, his business is endangered by his partner’s son, Soufu. As retribution, Lee’s daughter May, hurts Soufu. Soufu’s anger gets the best of him, and he murders Lee. May must now make the next move in this deadly game of chess, and asks Lung to help her avenge Lee’s death. Lung hesitantly agrees, and the hunt is on to give Soufu exactly what he deserves!

Godfather's Daughter Mafia Blues

1991

The Golden Nightmare poster
8.0

To get back his wealth and reputation, young Shoichi (LIN Hoi) decided to make a plan for seeking buried treasure in the Philippines which is made during World War II while his Dad (Japanese military officer) was is charge to ask a Chinese coolie group to bury valuables like golds. He also knows the map is at two escaped guys both own half of it. Shoichi subsequently goes to the Philippines and PRC to get the map but in vain. The Chinese map portion is in the hands of an old guy taken care by young cop WANG Chin (Annie WU Sun-kwan). The old guy is being hurt by Shoichi while WANG started the investigation. Finally they find out the facts that the treasure contains Chinese national treasures. PRC Gov't decided to send WANG Chin and Dr. LI (MOK Siu-chung) to the Philippines to reclaim these treasures which led by a Philippine local guy (CHOW Man-kin). However, the whole treasure process is a nightmare .....

The Golden Nightmare

1999

Devil's Love poster
6.0

Three Mainland cops -Wu Ma and two assistants – come to HK to look for some crooks who are illegally procuring women for brothels from the Mainland. The two HK cops who are assigned to work with them are Waise Lee and Yukari Oshima. Later a Taiwanese cop also joins them and the friction between the three groups is evident – but in the end of course all three Chinas must work together to capture the bad guys!

Devil's Love

1993

Cinema of Vengeance poster
6.2

A documentary study of martial arts films and their leading protagonists. Included are profiles of such artists as Bruce Lee, Cynthia Rothrock, Jackie Chan, Jean-Claude Van Damme and John Woo favorite Chow Yun-Fat.

Cinema of Vengeance

1994

Leopard Hunting poster
5.0

A late 90s action vehicle with several Girls with Guns ambitions seen in its casting, most obviously Yukari Oshima.

Leopard Hunting

1998

Gold Rush poster
NR

Thieves steal a large shipment of gold in mainland China before being robbed themselves. The detectives investigating the case follow the thieves to Hong Kong and team up with an undercover officer to retrieve the gold and apprehend the criminals. But when one of criminals turns out to be a childhood friend of one of the cops, things get complicated.

Gold Rush

1999

Hard To Kill poster
4.8

INTERPOL CONNECTION (aka HARD TO KILL) centers on two Hong Kong cops who settle their differences toward one another while struggling to focus on their mission. The unusual dynamic duel go out to track down notorious drug dealer but find themselves in a number of unexpected situations. They eventually get help from a beautiful Japanese police officer who is skilled in the art of combat, and the three go out to take down the drug lord and his army of gangsters.

Hard To Kill

1992

The Big Deal poster
6.0

The "Saint" is a secret group comprised of a martial arts master and his two oddball daughters. They were brought to this earth to uphold justice by robbing from the rich and giving to the poor.

The Big Deal

1992

Drugs Fighters poster
5.5

Yukari Oshima plays a traffic cop who gets promoted to the drug task force and faces Yuen Wah's syndicate.

Drugs Fighters

1995

Eastern Heroes: The Video Magazine - Volume 1 poster
9.0

Eastern Heroes: The Video Magazine - Volume 1 is a Documentary on Hong Kong cinema.

Eastern Heroes: The Video Magazine - Volume 1

1995

That's Money poster
6.4

Hong Kong Action-Comedy starring Max Mok and Kara Hui, also known as Lethal Angels 2 and Born to Fight 3.

That's Money

1990

Guardian Angel poster
5.5

Rosa, Candy, and Lisa are Interpol officers trained to stage an offensive war against international drug smugglers. However, Rosa is forced against her will to carry out this killing assignment by the ambitious Chan, who had saved her life. This forces Rosa to hunt down the enemies before she becomes the hunted herself. Merciless combat action and high-flying kickboxing from Oshima prove that this "Guardian Angel" can be devilishly fearless!

Guardian Angel

1994

The Story of the Gun poster
8.0

The police forces are on a mission to stop gunrunners dealing between Hong Kong and mainland China. Leading them is Hong Kong Superintendent Lau Chen Fai along with officer Sophia and a Shenzhen cop Kau. Leading the gunrunners is Master Tian, Lin Lo Hung, daughter of a communist official, and Shaw Lon from Taiwan.

The Story of the Gun

1992

Tiger Angels poster
NR

Fearing that her businessman father might get kidnapped for ransom, Sally hires her best friend Oshima to be his bodyguard. When the unthinkable terror finally becomes a reality, both goes deep into the tiger's den to fight the gangsters and save the hostage.

Tiger Angels

1997

Fatal Chase poster
10.0

Tung/Torres, a vicious Filipino-Chinese drug dealer in Hong Kong, is caught by Chief Inspector Leung. Cynthia and Lung is tasked to deport him back to the Philippines for prosecution. But once they arrive, Dion is rescued by his boss/godfather, Tiger, leaving Cyntha and Lung with more than their responsibility to deal with Sgt. Franco, their Manila counterpart. Tiger, the coldly ambitious leader of the local gang, who builds an empire of crimes in Manila, has determined to eliminate anyone who will hinder his way of making money. They include Lung and Cynthia, Sgt. Franco and his partner, Billy, and Tiger's rival gang leader Mr. Tang. Between Lung and Sgt. Franco, it is a case of conflict at first sight; However, when Billy and Cynthia are brutally killed in the line of duty by the deadliest killers sent by Tung and Tiger, Lung and Franco finally get together and will stop at nothing to launch a mission against the baron and to fight for justice with unexpectedly violent results.

Fatal Chase

1992

Super Cops poster
NR

Hoping to find their uncle in the big city, siblings Siu-Tong and Chee-Loy end up offending the local gangsters and attracting the drug traffickers. As if luck would have it, they are now the Interpol's best friends, as the police wants their assistance in trapping the bad guys at a triad banquet gathering…

Super Cops

1998

Angel the Kickboxer poster
NR

An FBI agent leads the rescue of her father, who's been kidnapped by the coveter of a nuclear device.

Angel the Kickboxer

1993

Sgt. Hidalgo: Bala ng Katarungan poster
7.0

A cop returns to his hometown to fight the corrupt mayor.

Sgt. Hidalgo: Bala ng Katarungan

1998

Power Connection poster
7.0

Ray is a Manila cop who travels to Hong Kong on assignment. He searches for his girl friend Lina, and finds her - addicted to drugs. Heung Lan, his ex-partner, is an undercover Hong Kong cop investigating weapons smuggling. She provokes the smugglers by intercepting several shipments in Hong Kong, leading to several good, although brief fights. The drug smuggler kills Lina, and Ray swears vengeance. The head of the gang then returns to the Philippines, and with him, the action shifts back to the Philippines. The lady cop gets more than what she hoped for.

Power Connection

1995

To Kiss Is Fatal poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

To Kiss Is Fatal

1998

Gambling Ghost Are Ready poster
9.0

The ghost of a gambling master (Wu Ma) returns to earth to help his granddaughter (Yuraki Oshima) to win the annual competition organized by the gambling master of the current year who is the killer of her parents and grandfather.

Gambling Ghost Are Ready

1991

Deadly Target poster
7.0

Two Hong Kong cops on leave to Manila take on a group of arms dealers.

Deadly Target

1994

The ONANIE Club 3: Perverted Office Lady poster
2.0

The office lady is living with her older brother. She gets along well with her brother's wife, so she has no plans to live alone. Meanwhile, her brother has been transferred to America for a while. The night before he leaves, the couple have intense sex, as if they are reluctant to say goodbye for a while...

The ONANIE Club 3: Perverted Office Lady

1990

1980s · 13 titles

Millionaires' Express poster
6.7

What happens when a glamorous express, with high government officials, wealthy merchants, concubines and a gang of brigands on board, speeds towards the small town of Hanshui, where escaping bank robbers, corrupt officials, and gamblers await? Well, let's just say the Titanic had a smoother maiden voyage.

Millionaires' Express

1986

Iron Angels poster
6.6

Yeung’s poppy fields are torched by a law enforcement task force, she retaliates by ordering police officials assassinated. The Angels break into Yeung’s corporate offices, eventually tracing her headquarters. After Alex Fong’s character is captured and held by Yeung, the Angels mount an assault to rescue him. A complex sub-plot involving an armored car bullion robbery eventually leads the Angels to a final showdown with Yeung and her men.

Iron Angels

1987

A Punch to Revenge poster
6.4

A crippled man with an invalid son, is so greedy that he forces his wife into prostitution. Then, he makes a deal with a crime boss to pull a big heist and invites his friends from China to help. Meanwhile, Miss Fan (Yukari Oshima), the social worker who attends to Eddy, takes a liking to police officer Peter Lee (Ben Lam). The heist goes awry, and the couple gets involved in bringing the bad guys to justice. A tale of betrayal and revenge, in which law prevails at a great personal cost of its agents.

A Punch to Revenge

1989

Kung Fu Wonder Child poster
7.8

A clan leader's spirit essence is captured by an evil wizard and it's up to the Kung fu Wonder Child and her friends to save the day.

Kung Fu Wonder Child

1986

Burning Ambition poster
6.9

This is director/martial arts star Frankie Chan's unofficial remake of the Kinji Fukasaku film SHOGUN'S SAMURAI (1978). Instead of Japanese samurai in a period setting, we get modern day Chinese gangsters battling each other for the position left vacant after the mysterious death of their head honcho.

Burning Ambition

1989

Spiritually a Cop poster
7.0

A young man wants to be a Hong Kong police officer but is too short to qualify. However, he doesn't let that stop him: he goes around impersonating an officer, investigating crimes and busting criminals. One day, he interrupts a bank robbery (by three men in drag), gets shot in the process and dies. When the case is assigned to a female investigator, he returns as a ghost to lend a hand at solving the robbery.

Spiritually a Cop

1989

Choudenshi Bioman: The Movie poster
6.2

Bioman must rescue two boys who possess an ancient treasure map that leads to Biobase, making them targeted by Gear.

Choudenshi Bioman: The Movie

1984

Framed poster
7.3

Simon Yam plays a cop that has just been released from jail after serving some years there. He claims he is innocent of all charges, and was in fact "framed".

Framed

1989

A Book of Heroes poster
6.8

When a crime lord moves in on Hong Kong territory, conflicts ensues. Soon a shipment of gold bars disappears, and many go for the gold. Three women use their martial arts skills to take down the baddies. Super cool fights, kicks, shapes and mad stunts.

A Book of Heroes

1986

Final Run poster
5.2

This is Midnight Angel without the female caped-crusaders. Once again, Yukari Oshima steals the show as she seeks revenge against the drug overlord who killed her fiancee.

Final Run

1989

Close Escape poster
7.3

Knowing that he's dying from cancer, Lam feels a responsibility to come up with sufficient funds quickly so that his younger brother Wai-leong can complete medical school.

Close Escape

1989

Angel's Mission poster
5.8

An undercover Japanese cop tries to find some girls who have mysteriously disappeared in Hong Kong.

Angel's Mission

1989

Magnificent 7 Kung-Fu Kids poster
6.0

7 kid ninjas try to return a diamond to its rightful owner. But while trying to return the diamond, the ninjas become crossed up with an Asian mob. One of the ninjas gets kidnapped, and the others search frantically for her and fights against the mob.

Magnificent 7 Kung-Fu Kids

1989

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