Yuka Mizuno
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Biography
Another true find -- she was a little dynamo, who displayed some very good skills. To hang with Gordon Liu is no easy feat, but she seemed to hold her ground pretty well. In Shaolin Challenges Ninja, she was a menace (mostly to statutes and walls), who had no problem engaging in a battle with her husband or anyone else, who thought they could take her on. After this film, she should have have offers pouring in, to cast her in upcoming films. Yet, it was not meant to be.
A striking beauty, who used to Model in Japan, before her stint as actress. She was hid under so much makeup, that you couldn't see just how pretty, she really was. Somewhere along the way, she picked up some pretty impressive skills. Among the (9) actors Liu Chia-Liang invited from Japan, she was the only female. She had only 3-years acting and Karate experience. Though she did Television in Japan, it was mostly Commercials (Cosmetics, Clothing, etc). Outside of her other film (Impossible Woman) she all but disappeared, from the movies scene.
Liu Chia-Hui companied her to watch “Shaolin 36 Chambers" in the boss's testing room. In order to thank his hospitality she invited Chia-Hui to have Japanese meal in her apartment. But next day Chia-Hui was diarrhea because of that meal.
"Do you learn karate?"
"Three years."
"Because it is interesting?"
"No, it is for a TV series. Karate is suitable for the female."
"You understand Chinese?"
“I know a lot of Chinese characters."
"Do you have friends here?"
"Yes, Mr. Xiben whole family is my friends."
Xiben used to be a photographer in Shao Company. He was the teacher of director Hua Shan.