Jimmy Wang Yu
An image from The One-Armed Swordsman, one of the productions that also features Jimmy Wang Yu.
Jimmy Wang Yu

Jimmy Wang Yu

March 28, 1944 — Wuxi, China

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.

Dragon

Dragon

2011

Island of Fire

Island of Fire

1990

Master of the Flying Guillotine

Master of the Flying Guillotine

1976

The One-Armed Swordsman

The One-Armed Swordsman

1967

Return of the One-Armed Swordsman

Return of the One-Armed Swordsman

1969

One-Armed Boxer

One-Armed Boxer

1972

The Man from Hong Kong

The Man from Hong Kong

1975

Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman

Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman

1971