Jimmy Wang Yu
Country: Taiwan
Total Credits at Criticker: 73 (Actor), 14 (Director), 7 (Writer)
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A cop goes undercover to infiltrate a deadly prison where a team of mercernaries is being assembled. (imdb)
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After a corrupt general occupies his village and terrorizes his family, San Te (Chia Hui Liu) vows revenge and leaves home to study the ancient fighting arts. He becomes a monk at the mythical Shaolin Temple, where he learns the secrets of all 35 chambers in a rigorous seven-year apprenticeship. But when he proposes a 36th chamber to teach the masses to defend themselves, he's cast out of the temple in this Shaw Brothers kung fu classic.
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Similar to "The Dirty Dozen" or one of that nature. Japan is trying to take over the world and the generals of the allied forces trying to stop the Japanese have been taken prisoner (imdb)
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The one-armed boxer is stalked by a vengeful flying guillotine expert, after his disciples were killed in the first 'One-Armed Boxer' film... (imdb)
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A legendary figure in Japan is Zatoichi - the blind masseur with healing hands and a swift sword.
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An evil gang attacks the Chi school of Golden Sword Kung Fu. One student sacrifices his life to save his teacher and his school, his dying wish is that his son be taken in as a student. Young Fang Kang (Jimmy Wang Yu) grows up in the school and treasures his father's broken sword and the memory of his father's sacrifice... (imdb)
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RETURN OF THE ONE-ARMED SWORDSMAN (1968) is a direct sequel to ONE-ARMED SWORDSMAN (1967), a seminal Hong Kong martial arts film that, unlike earlier swordplay films with Wang Yu (e.g. TWIN SWORDS, MAGNIFICENT TRIO), placed the emphasis on technique and training in order to defeat a superior enemy. (IMDB Comments)
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A drunken monk recruits a young magician to recapture an escaped evil sorcerer.
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Golden Swallow is living peacefully with her "friend" by a waterfall. She has seemingly given up her death-dealing ways but soon she is accused of going on a bloody rampage against an evil clan. As it turns out, the actual culprit is an old beau named Silver Roc who is impersonating her to draw her out into the open. A complicated love triangle develops as her affections are torn between the two men while all three must also deal with the evil kung-fu clan. (imdb)
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Mi Wei is a local hero named after "Killer Meteors", his secret weapon which makes him invincible. However, when "Immortal" Wa Wu Bin, another powerful local character seeks his assistance, "Killer Meteor" will face the greatest and the deadliest challenge of his life. (imdb)
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The Far East and the Land Down Under are about to have a head-on collision in this action drama. Fang is an undercover detective from Hong Kong sent to Australia to crack open the operation of a Sydney mob boss named Wilton and he puts his skills as a martial arts master to work as he sets up Wilton for a literaly explosive finale. (dvd cover)
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After his schoolmate and master is killed and he loses an arm, student Tien Lung has to learn the art of one-arm boxing. (imdb)
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A bad guy walks into a town, kicks some children's toy ball away and challenges the students of a kung fu school to show what they're made of. (The Deuce)
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White Dragon must get a list with the names of rebel supporters to Prince Ma Tung, the leader of the rebellion. Trying to stop him in his mission is the evil Prime Minister, who naturally wants the list in order to crush his opposition. Adding another complication is the fact that Ma Tung wants to kill White Dragon in revenge for the humiliation Tung's father suffered in a duel against White Dragon years earlier. (imdb)
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As the reign of the Ming Dynasty comes to a close, a corrupt magistrate draws the vengeance of three fearless warriors in this kung fu epic from director Chang Cheh. Tired of being exploited and overtaxed by the current magistrate, the citizens of a small community band together to prepare a petition to a visiting minister... (allmovie.com)
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In wake of the First Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895), a group of Japanese warlords calculate that the best way to prepare an invasion of the rest of China from their southern Manchuria staging ground. They form an alliance with General Tao, a major power broker in the kingdom, prompting other Chinese generals to rally against him. (imdb)
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Ti Lung is the Nameless Swordsman bent on defeating the faceless King of Swords to claim the title, and the glory, for himself. Hordes of fighters lunge from the shadows to cut down the mysterious challenger. Even a cunning seductress takes a stab at him in a revealing bath house assassination. It is said that a man s weapon reflects his utmost dreams, desires and fears. A warrior with no name and one motive has a soul as merciless as cold steel. (amazon.com)
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A Hong Kong mobster's sister is working with authorities on their investigation into her own brother's plot to assassinate the Queen.
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The saga of the one-armed swordsman draws to a surprising close in this effort co-written by and starring Shaw Brothers screen-legend Jimmy Wang Yu. When an entire syndicate of killers threatens to destroy the legacy of the one-armed swordsman, blood is drawn and skulls are cracked until the skillful hero finally reveals the secret to his remarkable swordsmanship. (allmovie.com)
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An executioner beheads his 1000th criminal, and unleashes a demon army headed by an evil witch called the Blood Lotus. (imdb)
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Chivalrous, noble swordsman Fang Junzhao goes on a search for Miss Liu's childhood sweetheart, the self-exiled fugitive Li Yue...
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Swordsman Nie Zheng assasinates Premier Han Kui not for revenge, politics or justice, but a higher purpose to be.
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A sinful martial arts expert wants to start a new tranquil life, only to be hunted by a determined detective and his former master.
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An impregnable man with an iron claw is killing strong Chinese martial artists to pave the way for the Japanese occupation. The only way to combat him is by combining the Tiger and Crane schools that have been split for years. Can they overcome their differences and rivalries in time?
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The martial world is now awash in one-armed knights, who aren't inclined to make any permanent alliances among themselves. (imdb)
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When the Japanese massacre the people of his fishing village, the Chinese hero of this Kung Fu epic (Jimmy Wang Yu) heads to Japan seeking vengeance! (hkcinemagic.com)
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Political intrigue at its most exciting! The powerful Shanghai 13 has been secretly infiltrated by a band of traitors. Only Mr. Kao has the information to destroy the traitorous sects but they will stop at nothing to kill him before he can get to Hong Kong. (kungfumovies.net)
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Madame Green Plum's daughter will marry one of the four men who have gathered at the Jade Palace. The lucky man who makes her his wife will be the last one standing as a surreal Kung-Fu battle ensues including gravity-defying moves, incomprehensible obstacles laid by Madame Green Plum, and a man thrown into the fray who appears to be a vampire. (allrovi.com)
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Jimmy Wang Yu returns in his greatest adventure since the "One Armed Swordsman." Wang Yu must protect an army General from treachery while on an important mission. He must not only move fast but think and outwit the enemy as well. (hkcinemagic.com)
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With a cast list that includes Jimmy Wang Yu, Chin Ping, Lo Lieh and Ivy Ling Po, you can expect lots of hard-edged action in The Twin Swords. Jimmy Wang Yu, the star of such martial arts hits like One-Armed Swordsman, plays Kwei Wu who happens upon a kidnapping with his wife Kan Lien-chu (Chin Ping) at the Red Lotus Temple. Kan sends Kwei to go for reinforcements while she stays to fight the kidnappers. Fortunately, the mysterious Scarlet Maid (Ivy Ling Po) is surreptitiously helping her. (hkcinemagic.com)
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The superlative U.S. TV documentary The Art of Action declared that this film was clearly the foundation for a new era in Hong Kong martial arts drama. It created a sensation throughout Southeast Asia due to its unique combination of exciting action scenes and a stellar cast of established stars and new favorites. It also broke box office records and inspired two equally important sequels; The Twin Swords and The Sword and the Lute. (hkcinmeagic.com)
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Kwei Wu (Jimmy Wang Yu) and his partner (Chin Ping) are homeward bound to destroy the "Phoenix Lute," a deadly weapon which accurately shoots poisonous needles up to 500 paces and can only be destroyed with the Kan curved sword. It's like a Western sword-and-sorcery film on drugs, featuring high-flying, frenetic paced swordplay. (hkcinemagic.com)
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A band of evil Japanese martial artists want to possess all the dragon herb in a small Chinese village. It's up to fugitive loner and ace karate fighter Jang Wu-dip to stop these nefarious marauders. (imdb)
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When a case of gold is stolen in transit, the surviving member of an escort party, Sung (Kam Kong), tries to recover it. He initially turns to Master Wu (Chen Sing), who unfortunately develops a drinking problem after getting out of prison for accidentally killing someone. He has since felt guilty about that. Wu's friend Hung (Chang Yi) decides to help Sung and enlists a conman, Sau Pau (Jimmy Wang Yu), who has come upon some evidence. (hkcinemagic.com)
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Jimmy Wang Yu and Chan Sing headline this vintage actioner about a violent gangster whose men are riding roughshod over the townsfolk. But when they go too far, they incur the wrath of their vengeful victims. (kungfudvdworld.com)
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Whistling sailor Wang Hai-Lung (Jimmy Wang Yu), nicknamed Number Seven, brawls with a bar full of drunken Japanese bullies but is such a hot-head, he kills an innocent bystander. On the run, he becomes a stowaway aboard a Japanese ship but is discovered by a vicious gang of gang of drug smugglers. They force Wang to deliver a letter warning about police patrols to their cohorts in Kyoto, but the note also reads: kill the messenger. (moviesdatacenter.com)
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Jimmy Wang Yu stars in his first major modern-day role, in the same year he revolutionized martial arts cinema in One-Armed Swordsman. Here he has both his arms, and he's going to need them to survive the homicidal desires of Japanese gold smugglers. To spice things up even further, there's femme fatales, damsels-in-distress, and even killer strippers. From the first bomb to the final corpse (crushed by gold bars), this is a camp classic of amazing proportions. (hkcinemagic.com)
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The evil villain Chow Yi Fei (played by Paul Chang Chung) and his men make all their fortunes by fighting and robbing gold from any escorts who pass through the big road (nobody will dare take the shortcut down the small road). Polly's character is related to one of the defeated escorts, and Wang Yu's character is linked somehow with the main pirate Chow, as you will find out... (rarekungfumovies.com)
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When a martial arts expert discovers the existence of an illegal slave trade in the 1930s, he goes to great lengths to overthrow it. (allrovi.com)
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Movie with 3 medium lenght features : "The Stranger", "Prodigal Son" and "The Revenger" (hkcinemagic.com)
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During the Southern Sung Dynasty, General Ngok Fei was summoned back to the Imperial City from the war front , where his army is about to crash the Chins in a decisive battle. Minister Chun Kui soon has framed and kept under house custody at the Tai Lei Temple. Swordfighters from everywhere arrived in an attempt to save General Ngok.
However, their plan leaked out because they were trailed by two spies. In a hasty move, they stormed the temple, but suffered heavy casualties. (hkcinemagic.com)
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An elite crime-fighting unit in the court of the Chinese emperor relies on flying swords to defeat their enemies. (imdb)
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A murderous swordsman works for Eunuch Ho, a courtier who once saved his life. This loyalty becomes tested when he learns that Ho may have killed his father.
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In this vintage martial arts adventure, Huo-shan (Jimmy Wang Yu) is a cabbie in Hong Kong who needs to raise money to pay for a medical treatment that could restore his sister's sight. While Jimmy's father tries to help, he often causes more trouble than he's worth, especially when he attempts to defend his hot-headed son. One day, dad manages to anger the wrong people, and three brothers with excellent fighting skills are demanding to even the score with Jimmy. (allmovie.com)
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Getting in trouble with local gangsters, the titular character (played by the awesome Tse Gam-Guk) is the head of a kung fu family and herself specializes in internal strength. Yep, it gets a pay off but when we're looking through the less than glass state of the widescreen print at hand here, it's easy to make the determination that when the bashing is so non-distinctive and not dangerous in the least, we've got a problematic genre entry on our hands. (sogoodreviews.com)
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Jimmy Wang Yu stars as a gallant knight, feared the nation over for his deadly prowess with the bamboo blade. When the Emperor's seal is stolen by the notorious Black Tiger gang, Wang is sent to infiltrate the gang and recover it at any cost. (shaolinchamber36.com)
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A young man, Chin Fu, suspects his father's suicide was actually a murder committed by gangsters. With his expertise in martial arts, Chin Fu is hired as a strong arm man by a rival gang of the gangsters whom he suspects are responsible for his father's death. His new- found connections with the underworld provide him with knowledge and opportunity to uncover the truth about his father's death. (imdb)
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After being beaten in a chess game by The Saint of Chess, the 13 Worms agree to grant the chess master's daring request to rescue a captive Princess. (themoviedb.org)
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Dating back for more than a thousand years, the story of the Eight Immortals, or Pa Hsien, is one of the most popular and culturally revered myths of Chinese culture. From appearing in priceless works of art dating from the 10th century, to the popular culture of today, The Eight Immortals is an action-packed story that truly cannot die. (hkcinemagic.com)
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The Warring States Period was a time of regional conflict as warlords sought to annex their neighbors and consolidate power across China. Set amidst this backdrop, "Fire Bulls" is an epic tale of the survival of a people and the heroism of one man. As the Yen army gathers on the outskirts of Chi seeking to gobble up its neighbor, the people of Chi are faced with the fall of the capital. (hkcinemagic.com)
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Tattooed Dragon, a wandering knight, is injured after recovering the charity fund from a gang of bandits. He manages to escape, but then falls in faint at a riverside, but he's saved by a farmer Yeung, who lives with a dog in his hutch near the river, making a living by raising ducks. Leung, the leader of the gang, is mad at Dragon when he knows what happened. (hkcinemagic.com)
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The Three Kingdoms period begins as the walled fortress of Hsin Yang falls to invaders. Centered around this historical event, The Last Days of Hsin Yang follows the escape of the prince of Hsin Yang as he hides with a small family and escapes from the sacked and burning city. Epic battle scenes employ hundreds of extras, and forest swordplay is reminiscent of House of Flying Daggers. (amazon.com)
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Kung Fu Hip Hop is a warm touching story of 3 adults who have bravely pursuing of their dreams and how they overcome all challenges ahead of them in the dancing world. It all starts off with a dance competition which the 3 main characters are taking part in. From there the story continues to show their creativity and passion for music and dance along with what happens in the dance competition. (mydramalist.com)
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A rich landowner has an affair with a poor girl and gets her pregnant. He refuses to marry her, and on a cold night the woman and baby freeze to death. They return as ghosts to haunt him. (The Movie Database)
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Agent No 1, a super sleuth from Chungking, is sent to Nanjing to investigate the murder of a Japanese general, which leads to even more intrigue and skullduggery. (youtube)
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Jimmy Wang Yu plays a bad young misfit working as a gigolo, surrounded by women who can't wait to get their gear off and do the horizontal tango with him. Of Course, most of them are older women, who pay for his outstanding tango. His sister is just as bad as him, and the naive rich girl, who likes him regardless of his bad image. Soon trouble comes knocking from the mob and Jimmy sees them off. (youtube)
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The story begins with a feud between two families in the early days of the Republic of China. One family side's with the Japanese and the other is totally wiped out. Enter our hero who resolves to wreak revenge on the murderous traitors -- its furious kung fu fighting all the way! (Wu Tang Collection)
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Ti Si-guan, captain of the 6th Union Brotherhood, vows to uncover the conspiracy behind who killed his former captain ten years ago. As he uncovers the truth, he becomes entangled in the plot, which is far bigger than he imagined. (imdb)
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Kung fu superstar Yu Tien Lung stars as a Chinese doctor's assistant who fights the morphine-dealing criminals who run a Japanese nightclub with magnificent effect. (Wu Tang Collection)
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A girl who witnesses the brutal murder of her grandfather plots revenge on the killers who are involved in an opium smuggling ring. Unbeknownst to them, she becomes "The White Butterfly Killer," unleashing her deadly kung fu power. (imdb)
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Two swordsmen undertake the task of escorting a noble woman up country and across very harsh terrain. During the time they spend together the two swordsmen start falling for the woman and they start to resent each other. However, a common enemy helps fix the broken bond between them. From Taiwan a first class award winning swordplay film. (Wu Tang Collection)
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AKA Royal Fist;
Jimmy Wang Yu arrives at his aunt's home at a frontier town; he ends up marrying his cousin and defeating an entire garrison of warlord's troops when they try to launch an attack on the mining valley he lives in. (Wu Tang Collection)
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Jimmy Wang Yu plays a ruthless coldblooded swordsman out for vengeance in this thrilling swordplay epic from Taiwan. (Wu Tang Collection)
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AKA Shogun Saints; Warlord Yu Ming gained great power for himself. Anyone he suspected of disloyalty was jailed or murdered. He himself was a notorious killer, having personally betrayed his friend General Yip and then slaughtered his entire family. But the General's son escaped to tell the tale, and spent a lifetime learning all the martial arts, with the sole aim of one day killing his evil enemy Yu Ming. Only first he must lure him away from his private army of martial... (Wu Tang Collection)
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Jimmy Wang Yu drifts into a sleepy town in south west China where he starts to cause trouble in the hopes of unmasking a big time opium smuggler, who's been operating in the region. To help him in his quest is the lovely, but deadly Chia Ling a local opera singer with vengeance on her mine. (Wu Tang Collection)
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AKA Brotherly Love; He leads a Kung Fu school and earns his money by the way as stuntmen for various film studios. His brother Charlie Chin is lawyer. Both are in love with the same girl.
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A village under the thumb of a band of thugs recruits a hero to help fight them off. (imdb)
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A father tricks his three daughters into joining him on a mountain excursion to search for food. Deceiving his children, the father is actually searching for a hidden treasure relayed to him by an old monk.
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The contemporary issue of single mothers is sensitively handled in this melodrama as a young woman must decide whether she will tell the new man in her life the real truth or forever remain the child’s auntie Lan.
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