Director: Jimmy Wang Yu

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Birthday: 1944-03-28
Born in: Wuxi, China
Biography: 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.

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Island of Fire

Someone in a prison run by a corrupt warden fakes the deaths of convicts to later use them as expendable assassins. A police officer is sent into the prison to gather evidence of the corruption.
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Island of Fire

1990

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Master of the Flying Guillotine

A one-armed martial arts master is being stalked by an Imperial assassin, the master of two fighters killed in the previous film. When the One-Armed Boxer is invited to attend a martial arts tournament, his efforts to lay low are unsuccessful, and the assassin soon tracks him down with the help of his three subordinates: a Thai boxer, a yoga master, and a kobojutsu user.
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Master of the Flying Guillotine

1976

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Heart of Dragon

A policeman forsakes his dream of world travel to care for a mentally impaired brother, who is later kidnapped by gangsters.
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Heart of Dragon

1985

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The Beheaded 1000

An executioner beheads his 1000th criminal, and unleashes a demon army headed by an evil witch called the Blood Lotus
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The Beheaded 1000

1993

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One-Armed Boxer

A martial-arts student learns the iron fist and death grip techniques to avenge his teacher's death.
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One-Armed Boxer

1972

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The Chinese Boxer

Lei Ming, a noble young martial arts student who doesn't know the meaning of giving up. He faces a treacherous, blood-thirsty Japanese karate expert, which leads to many memorable battles as well as several unforgettable training sequences.
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The Chinese Boxer

1970

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The One Armed Swordsmen

The martial world is now awash in one-armed knights, who aren't inclined to make any permanent alliances among themselves.
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The One Armed Swordsmen

1976

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Eighteen Springs

In 1930s Shanghai, a young office girl falls in love with a factory worker in the same company.
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Eighteen Springs

1997

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The Tantana

A Buddhist lama and an evil wizard battle for the Palace of Heaven.
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The Tantana

1991

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