KUNG FU WONDER CHILD (1986)

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KUNG FU WONDER CHILD (1986)

Yukari Oshima

Half way through the movie, Yukari has medicine applied to a wound to her chest, and pulls her top partially down, as two of her followers look on in awe. This is in direct contrast to the image she would portray throughout most of her career, and it’s weird that it happens in a movie aimed at kids!

KUNG FU WONDER CHILD (1986)


Yukari Oshima

Yukari Oshima

Yukari fights a Chinese vampire, wearing a white dress that shows her powerful legs when she kicks. Limited wire work (for her) and instead a lot of high kicking acrobatic fighting. Unfortunately this is probably the closest to a normal Yukari fight scene we see in the movie.

KUNG FU WONDER CHILD (1986)

Kung Fu Wonder Child (1986, Taiwan)

The best thing about this comedy/supernatural/wuxia is of course Yukari Oshima - this is one of her earliest Hong Kong roles (actually Taiwan) - and though she’s entertaining here, and provides some solid action, this is very much a kid’s movie.

FUNNY FAMILY (1986)

Funny Family (1986, Taiwan)

The special effects are cheesy but fun - it's like a cartoon come to life - with people flying around, ghosts, vampires, etc. If I had seen this as a kid, I'd have probably loved it, though as an adult it's all a bit amateurish and goofy (vampires falling down face first into dog poop, bare butts getting bitten, etc.).

FUNNY FAMILY (1986)

Funny Family (1986, Taiwan)

Yukari is wearing some kind of tattoo application on her arms, I suspect, to ramp up her Japanese heritage in this part. Her characters name is Tempura.

She doesn’t have a single line of dialogue!

FUNNY FAMILY (1986)

Yukari Oshima

A full hour and 8 minutes into the movie Yukari finally shows up, as a tattooed Japanese athlete named ’Tempura’, the opponent in the tennis match and then the boxing challenge. I kinda like this look! Her fight with Pauline Lan, though short, is a highlight of the movie as Yukari is a ball of super energy - kicking, punching, jumping off the ropes - the camera may be a bit under-cranked here, but the action is still furious and fun.