Jimmy Wang Yu(1943-2022)

Actor
Producer
Director

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Jimmy Wang Yu and Jia-Min Li in Swordsmen (2011)

A village craftsman who saves a shopkeeper from two notorious gangsters finds himself under investigation by a detective who becomes convinced that his subject's martial-arts mastery belies a hidden history of training by one of the regionÂ’s vicious clans.

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Swordsmen (2011)

Jimmy Wang Yu was born on 28 March 1943 in Shanghai, China. He was an actor and producer, known for Le bras armé de Wang Yu contre la guillotine volante (1976), Swordsmen (2011) and Shi hun (2013). He was married to Jeanette Lin Tsui. He died on 5 April 2022 in Taipei, Taiwan.

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Awards
- 4 wins & 5 nominations total

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Known for

Jimmy Wang Yu in Le bras armé de Wang Yu contre la guillotine volante (1976)

Le bras armé de Wang Yu contre la guillotine volante

7.3

Liu Ti Lung, The One-Armed Boxer(as Yu Wang)

1976

Takeshi Kaneshiro and Donnie Yen in Swordsmen (2011)

7.0

The Master (Jiaozhu)(as Jimmy Yu Wang)

2011

Shi hun (2013)

6.3

Wang(as Yu Wang)

2013

Jimmy Wang Yu in Le roi du kung-fu attaque (1972)

Le roi du kung-fu attaque

6.8

Yu Tien Lung(as Yu Wang)

1972

Credits

Actor

Shi hun
6.3
- Wang (as Yu Wang)
- 2013
Guillotines
4.8
- Gong-E
- 2012
Let's Go!
5.1
- Mr. Hon Yu (as Yu Wang)
- 2011
Swordsmen
7.0
- The Master (Jiaozhu) (as Jimmy Yu Wang)
- 2011
Kyokutô kuroshakai
6.5
- Hong - Yan-Sheng (as Yu Wang)
- 1993
Wu hu si hai
6.6
- Wei's hired assassin (as Yu Wang)
- 1992
Huo tou fu xing
4.8
- Lam Chung Yuen (as Yu Wang)
- 1992
Qian ren zhan
5.9
- Executioner Ren De-Tie (as Yu Wang)
- 1991
Island of Fire
5.7
- Kui
- Lucas (as Wang Yu)
- 1991
Shanghaï Express
6.9
- Master Wong Kei Ying (as Yu Wang)
- 1986
Chuang jiang
6.9
- (as Yu Wang)
- 1985
Shang Hai tan: Shi san tai bao
6.1
- Black Hat (as Yu Wang)
- 1984
La Mission fantastique
4.6
- Don Wen (as Wang Yu)
- 1983
Guningtou da zhan
5.4
- (as Yu Wang)
- 1980
Tian jiang heng cai
- (as Yu Wang)
- 1978

Producer

Sang yat doh luen si
- producer (as Yu Wang)
- 1997
Ban sheng yuan
6.8
- producer (as Yu Wang)
- 1997
Mi zong wei long
5.2
- producer (as Yu Wang)
- 1991
Qian ren zhan
5.9
- executive producer (as Yu Wang)
- 1991
Island of Fire
5.7
- executive producer
- supervising producer: production planner (as Wang Yu)
- 1991
Le chant de l'exil
7.4
- producer (as Yu Wang)
- 1990
Zui du fu ren xin
- producer (as Yu Wang)
- 1986
Chuang jiang
6.9
- producer (as Yu Wang)
- 1985
Nu Shao Lin si
5.7
- supervising producer (as Yu Wang)
- 1979
Karaté à mort pour une poignée de soja
6.4
- producer (as Jimmy Wong Yu)
- 1977
La vengeance de l'homme à un seul bras
5.2
- producer (as Yu Wang)
- 1976
Da jiang nan bei
6.2
- supervising producer (as Yu Wang)
- 1975
Ye nu liang
- producer (as Yu Wang)
- 1972

Director

Karaté à mort pour une poignée de soja
6.4
- Director (as Jimmy Wong Yu)
- 1977
Le doigt de Wang Yu
6.3
- Director (as Yu Wang)
- 1977
Le Tigre Indomptable
6.0
- Director (as Yu Wang)
- 1976
Le bras armé de Wang Yu contre la guillotine volante
7.3
- Director
- 1976
Du bi shuang xiong
6.2
- Director (as Yu Wang)
- 1976
L'homme de Hong Kong
6.6
- Director (Hong Kong version, as Yu Wang)
- 1975
Si da tian wang
6.3
- Director (as Yu Wang)
- 1974
Le Dieu de la guerre
6.8
- Director (as Yu Wang)
- 1973
Wang Yu fait rougir le fleuve Jaune
5.1
- Director (as Yu Wang)
- 1972
Le roi du kung-fu attaque
6.8
- Director (as Yu Wang)
- 1972
Hei bai dao
6.8
- Director (as Yu Wang)
- 1971
Karaté à mort pour une poignée de soja
6.8
- Director (as Yu Wang)
- 1970

Videos5

Streaming Passport to China

Streaming Passport to China

Trailer

Trailer

Trailer

U.S. Version

One-Armed Boxer

One-Armed Boxer

Personal details

Official site
- France's national library catalogue
Alternative names
- Jimmy Yu Wang
Born
- March 28, 1943
- Shanghai, China
Died
- April 5, 2022
- Taipei, Taiwan(complications from a stroke)
Spouse
- Jeanette Lin Tsui1969 - 1975 (divorced, 3 children)
Children
- Linda Wong
Publicity listings
- 1 Interview

Did you know

Trivia
Made his directing debut and acted in "The Chinese Boxer" ('Long hu dou (1970)') (his last film with Shaw), the first real kung fu movie (non-swords, only bare hand and kicks fighting), a new genre in HK action movies. It become a new box office success and paved the way for the future Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan for such a genre.

Nickname
- The Asian Steve McQueen

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