Acting
Jimmy Wang Yu
Born March 28, 1944 Wuxi, China
Biography
Wang Zhengquan, better known as Jimmy Wang Yu and Wong Yu-lung, (born March 8, 1944 - died April 5, 2022) was a Chinese actor, film director, producer and screenwriter. Wang rose to fame in 1967 with his starring role in The One-Armed Swordsman, a martial arts film produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio. The Chinese Boxer (1969), another film he acted in, is credited as the first Hong Kong action film that kickstarted the unarmed combat genre that took Asia by storm in the 1970s.
Directed Films
5.2
Return of the Chinese Boxer
1977·Adventure
6.7
Master of the Flying Guillotine
1976·Fantasy
6.8
The One Armed Swordsmen
1976·Action
7.3
Tiger & Crane Fists
1976·Drama
6.3
Four Real Friends
1974·Action
6.2
Beach of the War Gods
1973·Action
7.0
One-Armed Boxer
1972·Action
7.0
The Sword
1971
6.5
The Brave and the Evil
1971·Drama
6.2
The Chinese Boxer
1970·Action
Also Appeared In
6.8
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
2019·Documentary
6.1
Soul
2013·Drama
5.6
The Guillotines
2012·Action
7.0
Let's Go!
2011·Comedy
6.9
Dragon
2011·Drama
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A Century of Light and Shadow
2005·Documentary
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The Master: Chang Cheh Documentary
2003·Documentary
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The Dragon Man
1997·Horror
6.2
Cinema of Vengeance
1994·Documentary
6.7
Dark Society in the East
1993·Crime
5.6
Requital
1992·Action
7.5
Shogun and Little Kitchen
1992·Comedy