Jimmy Wang Yu (Director)

Reviews of movies from director Jimmy Wang Yu

Looking for reviews of films directed by Jimmy Wang Yu? Cinafilm has a total of 159 reviews across 2 movies directed by Jimmy Wang Yu.

Movies from this director have generally received positive reviews and hold an average rating of 72%.

Master of the Flying Guillotine is Jimmy Wang Yu's highest rated movie, with a score of 75% based on 157 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Jimmy Wang Yu is One-Armed Boxer, with a score of 69% based on 2 reviews.

Director Biography

Wang Zhengquan (born March 28, 1943), better known as Jimmy Wang Yu (Chinese: 王羽) and Wong Yu-lung, is 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.

Jimmy Wang Yu has directed films starring Lung Fei, Hsueh Han, Shan Mao and Wong Wing-Sang.