Yukari Oshima

Yukari Ōshima (born December 31, 1963) is a Japanese actress and martial artist. Born Tsumura Yukari in Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan to a successful Japanese businessman and fashion designer and to a Chinese woman. Yukari began studying Gōjū-ryū 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. She resides in Fukuoka, Japan, where she's done work promoting the city for tourism. She is commonly known in Western audiences as the actress in the Marlboro Lite commercials (in the late 1990s).


Filmography
* A Book of Heroes (1986)
* The Funny Family (1986)
* Millionaire's Express (1986)
* Angel (1987)
* Angel's Mission (1988)
* Burning Ambition (1989)
* Close Escape (1989)
* Final Run (1989)
* Framed (1989)
* Kung Fu Wonder Child (1989)
* Lucky Seven 2 (1989)
* A Punch to Revenge (1989)
* Brave Young Girls (1990)
* Midnight Angels (1990)
* Never Say Regret (1990)
* Outlaw Brothers (1989)
* That's Money (1990)
* The Angels (1991)
* Devil Cat (1991)
* Dreaming the Reality (1991
* Godfather's Daughter's Mafia Blues (1991)
* Spiritually a Cop (1991)
* The Avenging Quartet (1992)
* Angel the Kickboxer (1992)
* Beauty Investigator (1992)
* The Big Deal (1992)
* The Direct Line (1992)
* Hard to Kill (1992)
* Fatal Chase (1992)
* Kickboxer's Tears (新龙争虎斗) (1992)
* Lover's Tear (1992) (cameo)
* Mission of Justice (1992)
* Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (1991)
* The Story of the Gun (1992)
* Win Them All (1992)
* Angel of Vengeance (1993)
* Angel Terminators II (1993)
* Ghost's Love (1993)
* Lethal Panther (1993)
* Love to Kill (1993)
* Project S (1993) (cameo)
* Serious Shock! Yes Madam! (1993)
* Ultracop 2000 (1993)
* Xing Qi Gong Zhi Tan Bi (1993)
* Deadly Target (1994)
* His Way, Her Way, Their Ways! (1994)
* Once Upon a Time in Manila (1994)
* Pintsik (1994)
* 1/3 Lover (1995)
* Drugs Fighters (1995)
* Emergency Call '95 (1995) (cameo)
* Power Connection (1995)
* Guardian Angel (1996)
* Challenge (1997)
* Super Cops (1997)
* Tapang Sa Tapang (1997)
* Tiger Angels (1997)
* Vengeance is Mine (1997)
* Gold Rush (1998)
* The Golden Nightmare (1998)
* Leopard Hunting (1998)
* To Kiss is Fatal (1998)
* Digital Warriors (1999)
* Double Sin (1999)
* It Takes a Thief (1999)

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