Jimmy Wang Yu
20Movies
10.0 Best Rating
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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Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | My Wacky, Wacky World | Fake villager | HIT | |
| 1972 | Furious Slaughter | Ma Yung Shen | HIT | |
| 1973 | A Man Called Tiger | Chin Fu | HIT | |
| 1973 | The Tattooed Dragon | Tattooed Dragon | HIT | |
| 1972 | Iron Fist Adventure | - | HIT | |
| 1993 | The Beheaded 1000 | Executioner Ren De-Tie | HIT | |
| 1972 | One-Armed Boxer | Yu Tien-Lung | HIT | |
| 2011 | Let's Go! | Mr Hon Yu | HIT | |
| 2011 | Dragon | The Master | HIT | |
| 1973 | The Iron Man | - | HIT | |
| 1967 | The One-Armed Swordsman | Fang Kang | HIT | |
| 1971 | Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman | Wang Kang | HIT | |
| 2019 | Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 1986 | Millionaires' Express | Master Wong | HIT | |
| 1975 | The Man from Hong Kong | Fang | HIT | |
| 1969 | Return of the One-Armed Swordsman | Fang Gang | HIT | |
| 1976 | Master of the Flying Guillotine | Liu Ti Lung / The One-Armed Boxer | HIT | |
| 1966 | The Magnificent Trio | Lu Fang | HIT | |
| 1976 | The One Armed Swordsmen | Fong Ping / One-armed Swordsman | HIT | |
| 1993 | Dark Society in the East | - | FLOP |