History Creator / JimmyWangYu

* ''Film/TempleOfTheRedLotus'' - a trilogy of martial arts movies made by Shaw Brothers, with Wang starring in all three of them
* ''Film/OneArmedSwordsman'' - StarMakingRole

* ''Film/{{Zatoichi}}'' - starred in the {{Crossover}}, ''Zatoichi and the One-Armed Swordsman'', but NOT reprising his role from ''The One Armed Swordsman''

* ''Film/TheChineseBoxer'' - also director
* ''Film/OneArmedBoxer'' - also director

* ''Film/TigerAndCraneFists''[[note]]Best known as the movie that got {{gag dub}}bed into ''Film/KungPowEnterTheFist''[[/note]] - also director

* ''Film/BloodOfTheDragon'' - also known as ''The Desperate Chase''
* ''Film/TheBraveAndTheEvil'' - also director
* ''Film/BoxersOfLoyaltyAndRighteousness'' - also known as ''Shogun Saints''
* ''Film/BeachOfTheWarGods'' - also director
* ''Film/TheGallantDuo'' - a {{Wuxia}} with similarities to ''Film/{{The Killer|1989}}'', where an assassin (Wang) and an Imperial inspector joins forces to take down a common enemy

* ''[[Film/OneArmedSwordsman One Armed Swordsmen]]'' - yes, ''men''. Plural. There's an apparent abundance of one-armed warriors in ancient China, it seems
* ''Film/OneArmedSwordsmanVsNineKillers'' - see? Told you.
* ''Film/OneArmedChivalry'' - yes, this is a genre in Wuxia. Being a hero means you risk losing your arm, it seems.

* ''Film/RageOfTheMaster'' - the climax of this film may have inspired ''Film/KillBill'', with Wang fighting a hundred mooks simultaneously in a setting that resembles House of Blue Leaves

* ''Film/OneBodySpellsCourage'' - an AnthologyFilm consisting of three mini-stories set in different time periods (1970s Shanghai, the Ming Dynasty and 1930s China during the revolution). Wang gets to play ''all three roles''.

* ''Film/AQueensRansom'' - from the same studios that made ''The Man from Hong Kong'' above, reuniting Wang with Creator/GeorgeLazenby

* ''Film/{{Swordsmen}}'' - a remake of ''One Armed Swordsman'', with Wang's role as a RemakeCameo

* ''Film/TigerAndCraneFists'' - also director

Jimmy Wang Yu (王羽; born Wang Zhengquan; March 28, 1943 in Shanghai, China) was a Hong Kong-Taiwanese actor, director and film producer, most popular in the west for his role as the eponymous character in the ''Film/OneArmedSwordsman'' movies as well as ''Film/MasterOfTheFlyingGuillotine''.

* ''Film/TheGallantDuo'' - a {{Wuxia}} with similarities to ''Film/TheKiller'', where an assassin (Wang) and an Imperial inspector joins forces to take down a common enemy

* ''Film/{{Swordsmen}}'' - a remake of ''One Armed Swordsman'', with Wang's role as a RemakeCameo

Jimmy Wang Yu tragically died on 5th April 2022 aged 79 in a Taipei hospital; he had been in delicate health ever since his second stroke in Dec 2015.

Once the highest paid martial arts film actor prior to Creator/BruceLee, Wang Yu's many controversies and celebrity scandals made him a media sensation, from his lawsuit with Shaw Brothers (due to the above-mentioned contract breaking), to him allegedly killing a man in a nightclub brawl (Wang was acquitted on all counts due to lack of evidence) and his affair with actress Jeanette Lin Chui, who was seven years his senior and resulting in Lin Chui's husband committing suicide.

Jimmy Wang Yu (王羽; born Wang Zhengquan; March 28, 1943 in Shanghai, China) was a Taiwanese actor, director and film producer, most popular in the west for his role as the eponymous character in the ''Film/OneArmedSwordsman'' movies as well as ''Film/MasterOfTheFlyingGuillotine''.

Nowadays retired from the action film industry, Wang occasionally made public appearances in the news media only for interviews or talks.

Jimmy Wang is married twice and had three daughters; the eldest is Linda Wong, who is a singer.

According to Creator/ScreenRant, Jimmy Wang-yu is currently the '''[[https://screenrant.com/deadliest-action-stars-body-count-ranked/ deadliest film actor of all time]]''', whose onscreen bodycount reaches up to 2477 victims. The accuracy of its source still remains to be confirmed.

Jimmy Wang Yu (王羽; born Wang Zhengquan; March 28, 1943 in Shanghai, China) is a Taiwanese actor, director and film producer, most popular in the west for his role as the eponymous character in the ''Film/OneArmedSwordsman'' movies as well as ''Film/MasterOfTheFlyingGuillotine''.

Jimmy Wang Yu tragically died on 5th April 2022 at age 79 in a Taipei hospital.

* OneManArmy: In 9 out of 10 of his films, Jimmy Wang-yu gets to butcher his way through waves and waves of faceless mooks. This happens in ''Trail Of The Broken Blade'', ''The Assassin'', ''Golden Swallow'', ''The Sword Of Swords'', ''Return Of The One-Armed Swordsman'', ''The Chinese Boxer'', ''The Professional Killer'', ''The Desperate Chase'', ''Rage Of The Tiger'', ''Boxers Of Loyalty And Righteousness'', ''Invincible Sword'' ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrLOyRuebe8 he killed 286 people... onscreen]]), ''Bloody Struggle'', ''Fury Of King Boxer'', ''The Brave And The Evil''... we could spend the whole day makiing this list, but let's just move on.

Born in a rich family, Wang-yu had a long and colorful life, on and off-screen. Prior to landing his career as an actor, he served in the National Revolutionary Army and was a champion swimmer and athlete. At age 24, Wang-yu landed his StarMakingRole, ''The One Armed Swordsman'', and quickly made himself a popular name amongst the various mega-stars in Creator/ShawBrothers' roster of action icons, most prominently in {{Wuxia}} films.

Wang-yu made his directorial debut with ''The Chinese Boxer'', which is often cited as the defining martial arts film responsible for launching the unarmed combat genre, notably involving overpowered main characters (since in the film, Wang-yu is frequently shown killing people with his bare hands just by punching and kicking), and initiating a phenomenon that filled the ranks of many Chinese martial arts associations across Southeast Asia. But due to Wang-yu's rising popularity, he decided to jump ship from Shaw Brothers, causing said studios to completely blacklist him from making films in Hong Kong. At which point Golden Harvest studios sees this as an opportunity to hire Wang-yu into their ranks, with Wang-yu's first film he made for Golden Harvest, ''Film/OneArmedBoxer'' combining elements from both ''One Armed Swordsman'' and ''The Chinese Boxer''.

Once the highest paid martial arts film actor prior to Creator/BruceLee, Wang Yu's many controversies and celebrity scandals made him a media sensation, from his lawsuit with Shaw Brothers, to him allegedly killing a man in a nightclub brawl (Wang-yu was acquitted on all counts due to lack of evidence) and his affair with actress Jeanette Lin Chui, who was nine years his senior and resulting in Lin Chui's husband committing suicide.

Nowadays retired from the action film industry, Wang-yu occasionally made public appearances in the news media only for interviews or talks.

Jimmy Wang-yu is married twice and had three daughters, the eldest, Linda Wong whom is a singer.

!! Jimmy Wang-yu's selected filmography

* ''Film/TempleOfTheRedLotus'' - a trilogy of martial arts movies made by Shaw Brothers, with Wang-yu starring in all three of them

* ''Film/TheGallantDuo'' - a {{Wuxia}} with similarities to ''Film/TheKiller'', where an assassin (Wang-yu) and an Imperial inspector joins forces to take down a common enemy

* ''Film/RageOfTheMaster'' - the climax of this film may have inspired ''Film/KillBill'', with Wang-yu fighting a hundred mooks simultaneously in a setting that resembles House of Blue Leaves

* ''Film/OneBodySpellsCourage'' - an AnthologyFilm consisting of three mini-stories set in different time periods (1970s Shanghai, the Ming Dynasty and 1930s China during the revolution). Wang-yu gets to play ''all three roles''.

* ''Film/AQueensRansom'' - from the same studios that made ''The Man from Hong Kong'' above, reuniting Wang-yu with Creator/GeorgeLazenby

* ''Film/{{Swordsmen}}'' - a remake of ''One Armed Swordsman'', with Wang-yu's role as a RemakeCameo

Once the highest paid martial arts film actor prior to Creator/BruceLee, Wang-yu's many controversies and celebrity scandals made him a media sensation, from his lawsuit with Shaw Brothers, to him allegedly killing a man in a nightclub brawl (Wang-yu was acquitted on all counts due to lack of evidence) and his affair with actress Jeanette Lin Chui, who was nine years his senior and resulting in Lin-Chia's husband committing suicide.