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Jimmy Wang Yu

Jimmy Wang Yu

Acting · 1944–2022 · Wuxi, China

IMDb

19 titles in this catalog with a median Balasaur Score of 62. The 1960s rate best: median 70 across 3 titles. Jimmy Wang Yu appears most often alongside Lung Fei (5 titles), Chang Cheh (4), Hsueh Han (3).

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.

Acting 88

Directing 11

Production 8

Writing 6

Crew 2