Jimmy Wang Yu
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 28, 1944
- Place of birth
- Wuxi, China
- Died
- April 5, 2022
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.
Movies with Jimmy Wang Yu
- Dragon 2011 · ★ 6.9
- Island of Fire 1991 · ★ 6.2
- The One-Armed Swordsman 1967 · ★ 6.9
- Master of the Flying Guillotine 1976 · ★ 6.7
- Return of the One-Armed Swordsman 1969 · ★ 6.6
- One-Armed Boxer 1972 · ★ 7.1
- Millionaires' Express 1986 · ★ 6.7
- Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks 2019 · ★ 6.7
- The Man from Hong Kong 1975 · ★ 6.6
- Fantasy Mission Force 1983 · ★ 4.8
- The Guillotines 2012 · ★ 5.6
- Killer Meteors 1976 · ★ 4.8
- Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman 1971 · ★ 6.8
- The Chinese Boxer 1970 · ★ 6.2
- Golden Swallow 1968 · ★ 6.4
- The Private Eyes 1976 · ★ 6.4
- Soul 2013 · ★ 6.1
- The Assassin 1967 · ★ 6.4
- The Magnificent Trio 1966 · ★ 6.5
- Return of the Chinese Boxer 1977 · ★ 5.2
- Beach of the War Gods 1973 · ★ 6.2
- Blood of the Dragon 1971 · ★ 6.4
- Temple of the Red Lotus 1965 · ★ 5.0
- Shanghai 13 1984 · ★ 6.1
- The Screaming Tiger 1973 · ★ 6.3
- The One Armed Swordsmen 1976 · ★ 6.8
- Four Real Friends 1974 · ★ 6.3
- The Sword of Swords 1968 · ★ 5.9
- The Twin Swords 1965 · ★ 5.6
- The Trail of the Broken Blade 1967 · ★ 6.0
- One Armed Swordsman Against Nine Killers 1976 · ★ 5.7
- Requital 1992 · ★ 5.6
- The Iron Man 1973 · ★ 6.8
- The Sword and the Lute 1967 · ★ 5.9
- Rage of the Tiger 1971 · ★ 6.0
- Knight Errant 1973 · ★ 5.2
- A Queen's Ransom 1976 · ★ 6.4
- The Deadly Silver Spear 1977 · ★ 5.0
- Asia-Pol 1967 · ★ 7.2
- Dark Society in the East 1993 · ★ 6.7
Movies directed by Jimmy Wang Yu
- Master of the Flying Guillotine 1976 · ★ 6.7
- One-Armed Boxer 1972 · ★ 7.1
- The Chinese Boxer 1970 · ★ 6.2
- Return of the Chinese Boxer 1977 · ★ 5.2
- Beach of the War Gods 1973 · ★ 6.2
- The One Armed Swordsmen 1976 · ★ 6.8
- Four Real Friends 1974 · ★ 6.3
- Tiger & Crane Fists 1976 · ★ 7.3
- The Brave and the Evil 1971 · ★ 6.5
- The Sword 1971 · ★ 7.0