Jimmy Wang Yu
Birthday: 1944-03-28
Place of Birth: 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.
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The Man from Hong Kong
Australian authorities arrest a man believed to be connected to the Sydney criminal underworld and s...
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Golden Swallow
Golden Swallow revolves around the further adventures of its title character. This time around, she ...
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The Chinese Boxer
Lei Ming, a noble young martial arts student who doesn't know the meaning of giving up. He faces a t...
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Shanghai 13
A patriot finds evidence that the government is collaborating with a foreign power. If the people kn...
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The Magnificent Trio
A wandering swordsman named Lu Fang who is returning from battle discovers that several farmers have...
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Return of the One-Armed Swordsman
Eight demon swordsmen and their gang have spread menace across many sword teaching schools. The stud...
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One-Armed Boxer
A martial-arts student learns the iron fist and death grip techniques to avenge his teacher's death....
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Dragon
A sinful martial arts expert wants to start a new tranquil life, only to be hunted by a determined d...
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The Iron Man
In 1944 Chang Chin's father was murdered by the Japanese with the help of Ching Tang and Fan Hsi-Sha...
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The One-Armed Swordsman
A noble swordsman, whose arm had been chopped off, returns to his former teacher to defend him from ...
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The Assassin
Yu is a two-armed swordsman who is betrayed by a jealous rival, but initially seeks a life of simple...
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The Sword and the Lute
The adventures of a young married swordfighting couple, Lianzhu and Gui Wu, and the swordfighting me...
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Knight Errant
Taiwan taxi driver Jimmy Wang Yu has good intentions -- he wants to pay for an operation to help his...
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The Master: Chang Cheh Documentary
One of the greatest, prolific and most influential action directors in history Chang Cheh! Document...
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The Screaming Tiger
Rare was the film in 1973 that incorporated the star's name in the title. One of the few such films...
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Big Leap Forward
1978 Hong Kong comedy Big Leap Forward aka Tian jiang heng cai, directed by Kuen Yeung, starring Jim...
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The Sword of Swords
A noble swordsman fights to recover the magical blade that has protected his country for centuries a...
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The Great Hunter
Wang Yu plays a military captain who forms a bond with orphaned Chia Ling. Together they comb the Ta...
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Temple of the Red Lotus
Jimmy Wang Yu plays a young kid who heads off to Dragon Valley to meet the childhood friend who was ...
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The Trail of the Broken Blade
Chivalrous swordsman Jun-zhao goes in search of a fugitive named Li Yueh in order to reunite him wit...
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Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
The fantastic story of how an ancient martial art, Chinese kung fu, conquered the world through the ...
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The Lantern Street
The Lantern Street is a taiwanese Martial Arts movie starring Jimmy Wang Yu....
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Fast Fists
The man, the legend, the hero known as Jimmy Wang Yu returns in his greatest adventure since the One...
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The Twin Swords
Gui Wu happens upon a kidnapping with his wife Gan Lian-zhu at the Red Lotus Temple. Lian-zhu sends ...
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The Guillotines
In the time of the Qing Dynasty, the Emperor Yongzheng created a secret army known as the Guillotine...
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The Magnificent Chivalry
Hong Kong superstar Jimmy "One Arm Boxer" Wang Yu stars as the Bamboo blade, China's top swordsman. ...
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Let's Go!
Siu Sheung (Juno Mak) is a solitary and frustrated young man. He works as a delivery boy at a small ...
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Clash of the Professionals
Clash of the Professionals, 1985, Jimmy Wang Yu. Taiwan. Action....
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Tiger Boy
Tiger Boy, an itinerant young knight-errant bent on revenge for his father's death 15 years earlier ...
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The Private Eyes
The kingpin of the Manix Private Detective Agency and his fellow detective solve cases together....
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Millionaires' Express
What happens when a glamorous express, with high government officials, wealthy merchants, concubines...
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Island of Fire
Someone in a prison run by a corrupt warden fakes the deaths of convicts to later use them as expend...
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One Armed Swordsman Against Nine Killers
Watch WANG YU as a one-armed savior battling the local goons in this martial arts classic. He has so...
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A Man Called Tiger
A young man suspects his father's suicide was actually a murder committed by gangsters. Using his ex...
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Blood of the Dragon
White Dragon must get a list with the names of rebel supporters to Prince Ma Tung, the leader of the...
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Killer Meteors
Mi Wey is a local hero named after "Killer Meteors", his secret weapon which makes him invincible. H...
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The One Armed Swordsmen
The martial world is now awash in one-armed knights, who aren't inclined to make any permanent allia...
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Return of the Chinese Boxer
In wake of the First Sino-Japanese War 1894-1895, a group of Japanese warlords calculate that the be...
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Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman
Zatoichi is a blind massage therapist and swordsman who finds out that something troubling is taking...
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Furious Slaughter
When a martial arts expert discovers the existence of an illegal slave trade in the 1930s, he goes t...
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Master of the Flying Guillotine
A one-armed martial arts master is being stalked by an Imperial assassin, the master of two fighters...
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Beach of the War Gods
In the waning days of the Ming dynasty, Japanese marauders raid villages on the Chinese coast. A wa...
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A Queen's Ransom
A Hong Kong mobster's sister is working with authorities on their investigation into her own brother...
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Rage of the Master
Tiger Wong (Jimmy Wang Yu) is a student of martial arts who made a promise to his late father never ...
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The Deadly Silver Spear
Silver Spear (Jimmy Wang Yu) is a deadly Kung Fu bounty hunter who has been hired to kill three mart...
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Seaman No. 7
When a sailor accidentally kills a Japanese man in a bar room brawl, he tries to escape the law by h...
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The Two Cavaliers
Gangster boss Red Rose and his evil gang exploit all regions with their raids and kill everyone that...
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Boxer, Lover, Lawyer
Brothers Zhengxiong and Zhenghan lost their father in their early years. The brothers have been depe...
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The Lion's Heart
Drug trafficker Yu Shan returns home after 13 years to move a big shipment for his boss Kuang. But h...
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The Hero
A village under the thumb of a band of thugs recruits a hero to help fight them off....
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Fury of King Boxer
Jimmy Wang Yu leads revolutionaries against the Manchus featuring his trademark huge fights....
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Auntie Lan
The contemporary issue of single mothers is sensitively handled in this melodrama as a young woman m...
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Asia-Pol
Yang Ming Xuan intercepts a truckload of contraband, but the criminals stage a brazen helicopter att...
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My Son
Jimmy Wang Yu gets to flex his dramatic muscles in this contemporary Lo Chen drama. Wang is a detect...
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The Brave and the Evil
Wang Yu stars as the charismatic martial arts master Iron Palm who crosses paths on the road with an...
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Fantasy Mission Force
A force of loners and fighters is put together to try and rescue the generals and save the war effor...
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The Tattooed Dragon
Written and directed by Lo Wei for Golden Harvest, this feature stars Wang Yu as a guy known only as...
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The Thundering Ninja
A Ninja Organisation and the C.I.A are fighting each other for the plans for a missile....
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The Invincible Sword
During the Sung dynasty, Ch'in Kuei, a corrupt premier, orders the arrest of Yüeh Fei, an heroic gen...
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One Arm Chivalry Fights Against One Arm Chivalry
The story centers on a secret society that plots to overthrow the Qing Dynasty and resume the Ming m...
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Queen of Fist
Local gangsters apply pressure to the wrong family when they realize that the leader of the family i...
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Dark Society in the East
A story about the activities of Southeast Asian Mafia gangs in Shinjuku. Ryosuke Kano is an ex Frenc...
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Boxers of Loyalty and Righteousness
Warlord Yu Ming gained great power for himself. Anyone he suspected of disloyalty was jailed or murd...
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Tiger & Crane Fists
Two masters from rival Kung Fu schools must combine their skills to defeat an evil Japanese lord....
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The Criminal
A court justice finds himself in a bad spot when the criminal case that he hears involves members of...
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The Gallant Duo
A merciless professional killer is hired by an evil court official to get rid of his opponents. Soon...
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The Sword
This Film Centers On A Famous Sword, A Master Swordsman, And A Young Fighter Obsessed With A Persona...
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The Black Friday
Wang Yu as a pimp with redeeming qualities — concern for a hospitalised sister and love for a "good"...
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A Century of Light and Shadow
Revisit 100 years of Chinese cinema through the RTHK TV program A Century of Light and Shadow. Aired...
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Four Real Friends
When a case of gold is stolen in transit, the surviving member of an escort party, Sung tries to rec...
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The Rebel Boxer
Believing that her brother has been murdered, a martial artist (Nancy Yen) sets out to avenge him....
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The Joy of Spring
The film tells the story of Xing Yonghui, a rich girl who has fun with her painter boyfriend Du Shao...
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The Gallant
In this martial arts anthology film, Wang Yu plays three different characters, each of whom must emp...
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Soul
Chuan, a quiet 30-year-old man working as a chef in a Japanese restaurant, collapses suddenly and is...
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Requital
A young Taiwanese man after being released from prison starts his life as a gangster. He goes to Hon...
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Shogun and Little Kitchen
Bo is the owner of an old building in Hong Kong. He sublets his building to other people, and even t...
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Iron Fist Adventure
An action-packed, flamboyant kung-fu adventure, based around a double revenge tale. The hero Kwan, s...
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The Invincible
After mistakenly helping Chang-qing, the sister of ruthless Mongol chieftain Liang escape capture by...
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Cinema of Vengeance
A documentary study of martial arts films and their leading protagonists. Included are profiles of s...
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The Beheaded 1000
An executioner beheads his 1000th criminal, and unleashes a demon army headed by an evil witch calle...
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Revenge Of Kung Fu Mao
A housewife is searching for her errant husband as he seeks revenge on his killers....
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The Professional Killer
Shaw Brothers star Wang Yu plays Ho Gang, a competent swordsman who takes a job as a hired assassin....
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