Jimmy Wang Yu, once a superstar of multiple Asian martial arts genres, died on Tuesday. He was 79. News of his death in a Taipei hospital was posted on social media by Wang’s daughter Linda ...

Wang left acting in 1997, but returned in 2011 with the film Wu Xia. His final film was the 2013 horror classic Soul. He was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2019 Golden Horse Awards ...

The martial arts star Jimmy Wang Yu at the Cannes Film Festival in 2011. His success in the 1960s paved the way for stars like Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan. Credit... Guillaume Horcajuelo/EPA, via ...

Jimmy Wang Yu, Taiwanese Martial Arts Film Star, Dies at 80 “His heroic spirit will be deeply missed,” said director Ang Lee. Jimmy Wang Yu battles crime lord George Lazenby in a scene from ...

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 ...

The biggest action star in Asian cinema in the 1960s, Jimmy Wang Yu’s success in films such as One-Armed Swordsman and The Chinese Boxer paved the way for fellow martial arts actors including ...

Jimmy Wang Yu passed away peacefully at the Taipei Zhenxing Hospital at the age of 80 after a six-year battle with declining ... Wang co-directed the film with Hong Kong movie mogul Lo Wei, ...

As an actor, Jimmy Wang Yu is best known for his roles in the groundbreaking One-Armed Swordsman, the superior wuxia film Golden Swallow, and for writing, directing and starring in The Chinese ...

Wang Zhengquan (born March 28, 1943), better known as Jimmy Wang Yu and Wong Yu-lung, is a Chinese actor, film director, producer and screenwriter. Wang rose to fame in 1967 with his starring role ...

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 ...

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 ...