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Sep 24, 2023 · Jimmy Wang Yu directed 1973 action epic Beach of the War Gods. One of his most underrated movies and an underperformer at the box office, it is based on Akira Kurosawa’s classic Seven Samurai.
Jimmy Wang Yu was born on 28 March 1943 in Shanghai, China. He was an actor and producer, known for Master of the Flying Guillotine (1976), Dragon (2011) and Soul (2013). He was married to Jeanette Lin Tsui.
Apr 6, 2022 · Richa Liz Mathew. Jimmy Wang Yu, star of the 1967 martial arts film, One-Armed Swordsman, died on Tuesday (Apr 5). He was 80. His eldest daughter, Linda Wong, announced the news on social media, writing that her father had died that morning at a hospital in Taipei. "My father was loyal and valued his friends,” wrote Linda Wong, who is a singer.
Wang Zhengquan (born March 28, 1943), better known as Jimmy Wang Yu and Wong Yu-lung, is a Shanghai-born Taiwanese 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 ...
Apr 7, 2022 · Jimmy Wang Yu, a Taiwanese actor who was once one of the biggest stars of martial arts cinema, died Tuesday in a Taipei hospital from an undisclosed illness he battled for six years. He was 79 and ...
Apr 6, 2022 · Jimmy Wang Yu was perhaps best known for his role as the titular character in the 1967 film One-Armed Swordsman. The film would reportedly go on to become first Hong Kong film to make HK$1million ...
