The best Yukari Ôshima’s thriller movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Yukari Ôshima’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Yukari Ôshima.
Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky
7/10
Hard man Ricky is incarcerated in a futuristic prison where ultra-violence is his only means of survival in the corrupt, sadistic system. He must battle his way quite literally 'through' the feared 'gang of four', and undergo multiple tortures before facing the governor in one of the goriest climaxes ever seen.
Iron Angels
6.5/10
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.
Dreaming the Reality
6.3/10
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.
Leopard Hunting
5.3/10
A late 90s action vehicle with several Girls with Guns ambitions seen in its casting, most obviously Yukari Oshima.
Angel Mission
5.5/10
An undercover Japanese cop tries to find some girls who have mysteriously disappeared in Hong Kong.
Close Escape
5.7/10
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 (played by Max Mok) can complete medical school.
Beauty Investigator
5.8/10
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.
Drugs Fighters
5.3/10
Yukari Oshima plays a traffic cop who gets promoted to the drug task force and faces Yuen Wah's syndicate.
