Jimmy Wang Yu was a Hong Kong-Taiwanese martial artist, actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter. Initially a contract player for Shaw Brothers, he rose to fame for his starring role in The One-Armed Swordsman (1967) and its sequels, and was one of the first major stars of martial arts and wuxia cinema.
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Dragon
Island of Fire
The One-Armed Swordsman
Return of the One-Armed Swordsman
Millionaires' Express
Master of the Flying Guillotine
One-Armed Boxer
The Guillotines
Fantasy Mission Force
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
Killer Meteors
The Man from Hong Kong
The Chinese Boxer
Golden Swallow
The Private Eyes
Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman
Eighteen Springs
Soul
Requital
The Assassin
The Magnificent Trio
Return of the Chinese Boxer
Shanghai 13
Beach of the War Gods
Blood of the Dragon
Temple of the Red Lotus
The One Armed Swordsmen
Four Real Friends
The Sword of Swords
The Screaming Tiger
Return of the Tiger
The Trail of the Broken Blade
The Twin Swords
One Armed Swordsman Against Nine Killers
The Sword and the Lute
The Deadly Silver Spear
A Queen's Ransom
Dark Society in the East
Rage of the Tiger
The Beheaded 1000115 credits on file
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Jimmy Wang Yu was a Hong Kong-Taiwanese martial artist, actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter. Initially a contract player for Shaw Brothers, he rose to fame for his starring role in The One-Armed Swordsman (1967) and its sequels, and was one of the first major stars of martial arts and wuxia cinema. At the height of his fame in the 1970s, he was the highest-paid martial arts actor in the world. According to The New York Times, Wang was "the biggest star of Asian martial arts cinema until the emergence of Bruce Lee."
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