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Jimmy Wang Yu

Mar 28, 1944 - Apr 05, 2022 (78 years old) in 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.

Known For

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Island of Fire
Kui / Lucas
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Dragon
The Master
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Golden Swallow
Silver Roc Xiao Pang
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Fantasy Mission Force
Captain Don Wen
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Shanghai 13
Black Hat
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The Beheaded 1000
Executioner Ren De-Tie
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Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
Self (archive footage)

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