Yukari Oshima

 

aka CYNTHIA LUSTER! YUKARI OSHIMA'S FILIPINO FILMOGRAPHY

Japanese-born but forged in Hong Kong, Yukari Oshima was married to actor and director Phillip Ko, who is also credited with discovering Oshima and helping to launch her action film career. They married in 1995 and remained together until Ko’s death from prostate cancer on March 30, 2017. While they were widely rumored to have married in secret during their careers and sometimes denied it publicly at the time, biographical records and film registries recognize them as husband and wife. 

Ko's action film career took him to the Philippines for much of the Nineties and Noughties, and Yukari - rechristened the more Western-sounding "Cynthia Luster" for the local market - followed. What follows is a list of films Yukari made in the Philippines, often with her husband as director or co-star...

1992 - Hard To Kill/Interpol Connection

1992 - Fatal Chase (released in a Tagalog version called Kakambal Ko Sa Tapang [1993], also featuring footage later edited into Guardian Angel [1994])  

1992 - Ultracop 2000/Magkasangga 2000

1993 - Lethal Panther 2/Magkasangga Sa Batas

1993 - Kakambal Ko Sa Tapang (edited from Fatal Chase)

1994 - Once Upon A Time In Manila

1994 - Pintsik

1994 - Deadly Target/Fatal Target/Walang Kasukat Sa Tapang  

1994 - Guardian Angel (uses footage from the Tagalog version of Fatal Chase)

1995 - Power Connection/Tapang Sa Tapang/"Courage For Courage"

1996 - Bulaklak Ng Dagat [TV Movie]

1998 - Leopard Hunting

1998 - Sgt. Hidalgo: Bala Ng Katarungan

1999 - The Golden Nightmare    

1999 - Digital Warriors/Lethal Combat/Techno Warriors 2/Xtreme Warriors