The best Jimmy Wang Yu’s drama movies

Jimmy Wang Yu

Jimmy Wang Yu

28/03/1944 (80 años)
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Dragon

Dragon
7/10
A sinful martial arts expert wants to start a new tranquil life, only to be hunted by a determined detective and his former master.

Island of Fire

Island of Fire
5.7/10
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.

The One-Armed Swordsman

The One-Armed Swordsman
7.2/10
  • Genre: ActionDrama
  • Release: 26/07/1967
  • Character: Fang Kang
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 grows up in the school and treasures his father's broken sword and the memory of his father's sacrifice. The other students (including the teacher's daughter) resent him and try to drive him away. The teacher's daughter challenges him to a fight and when he refuses she becomes enraged and recklessly chops off his arm! He retreats, broken and bloody, and is found by a young poor girl living alone who nurses him back to health. Meanwhile, the evil gang who originally attacked the Golden Sword school develops a weapon that renders the Golden Sword useless and starts killing off all of the schools students. Fang Kang eventually recovers with the girl's help but must now face a life with only one arm. Will he be able to recover and live to defend the school as his father did?

Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman

Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman
7.1/10
Zatoichi is a blind massage therapist and swordsman who finds out that something troubling is taking place on the outskirts of town. After discovering who the guilty parties are -- an accomplished Chinese martial artist named Wang Kang and his youthful attendant -- Zatoichi finds them and discovers that the pair's mixed up with a dangerous bunch of terrorist samurai who murdered the boy's parents. Now, Zatoichi must step in to save the day.

The Guillotines

The Guillotines
4.8/10
In the time of the Qing Dynasty, the Emperor Yongzheng created a secret army known as the Guillotines. It was the job of the Guillotines to protect the Emperor by killing anyone who posed a threat to him or his rule. After 348 successful missions to eliminate their target, the 349th assignment proves to be their last.

The Assassin

The Assassin
6.6/10
  • Genre: ActionDrama
  • Release: 22/12/1967
  • Character: Nie Zheng
Yu is a two-armed swordsman who is betrayed by a jealous rival, but initially seeks a life of simple pleasures until an accidental meeting with another patriot sets him back on the road to bloody, brutal vengeance.

Blood of the Dragon

Blood of the Dragon
6.5/10
  • Genre: ActionDrama
  • Release: 08/12/1971
  • Character: Lung Ti / The White Dragon
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.

My Wacky, Wacky World

My Wacky, Wacky World
7.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 16/07/1975
  • Character: Fake villager
My Wacky, Wacky World is a Hong Kong Comedy starring Sammo Hung

Soul

Soul
6.3/10
A-Chuan, a quiet 30-year-old man working as a chef in a Japanese restaurant, collapses suddenly and is rushed to a hospital. His colleagues send him to his father, who resides in the mountains. While there, A-Chuan becomes immobile: he won’t speak, eat or even go to the toilet on his own. One day his father returns from work only to find A-Chuan sitting in the corner with his daughter lying dead in a pool of blood. In an unfamiliar, eerily calm voice, A-Chuan says, “I saw this body was empty, so I moved in.

The Magnificent Chivalry

The Magnificent Chivalry
6.5/10
Hong Kong superstar Jimmy "One Arm Boxer" Wang Yu stars as the Bamboo blade, China's top swordsman. His services are rendered by the Imperial treasury who want him to infiltrate a powerful gang of Highwaymen and get back the stolen silver bullion. After numerous deadly encounters the gang are beaten by the bamboo sword and only the gang leader remains, however he is a lot tougher than was originally bargained for.

The Tattooed Dragon

The Tattooed Dragon
5.6/10
  • Genre: ActionDrama
  • Release: 21/12/1973
  • Character: Tattooed Dragon
Written and directed by Lo Wei for Golden Harvest, this feature stars Wang Yu as a guy known only as The Dragon – he’s got super sharp hearing! He’s also kind of a mysterious tough guy who wanders into a small town where the fine upstanding populace has a recurring problem with some gangsters who have decided to setup a casino in the area. Once the townsfolk start losing all of their money, and then all of their other belongings, and then even their homes it becomes obvious that there’s a scam going on here.

The Deadly Silver Spear

The Deadly Silver Spear
5.9/10
Silver Spear (Jimmy Wang Yu) is a deadly Kung Fu bounty hunter who has been hired to kill three martial arts experts. When the white-haired super-warrior known as The Old Hermit hears about this, he sends some of his own men to put a stop to it. But these newcomers are no match for the mighty bounty hunter, so The Old Hermit sends more, and more, and more, succeeding only in whipping up the raging martial arts maelstrom that is Silver Spear.

My Son

My Son
6.4/10
  • Genre: ActionDrama
  • Release: 26/06/1970
  • Character: Yang Kuo-Liang

The Brave and the Evil

The Brave and the Evil
6.8/10
  • Genre: ActionDrama
  • Release: 01/02/1971
  • Character: Bai Sifeng
Wang Yu stars as the charismatic martial arts master Iron Palm who crosses paths on the road with angry swordswoman Hung (Shang-Kuan Ling Feng, Dragon Inn). She's out to get revenge for her father who was killed by a band of ruthless bandits (Paul Chang Chun, Kenneth Tsang, Sit Hon, and Man Chung San). After their fateful encounter, Iron Palm decides to covertly assist Hung in her quest.

Auntie Lan

Auntie Lan
6.2/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 02/03/1967
  • Character: He You-Wen
A young woman lost her fiancé from the plane clash , later she discover that she becomes pregnant with his baby.She question herself what should she do between keep the child safe until she give a birth or she abortion the child.

Tiger & Crane Fists

Tiger & Crane Fists
6/10
  • Genre: ActionDrama
  • Release: 01/01/1976
  • Character: Ching Sing Chang
Two masters must combine their skills to defeat an evil lord.

My Father, My Husband, My Son

My Father, My Husband, My Son
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 01/01/1974
Taiwanese drama film directed by Pai Ching-jui.

The Professional Killer

The Professional Killer
4.7/10
  • Genre: ActionDrama
  • Release: 10/04/1971
  • Character: Lu He-Gang
Shaw Brothers star Wang Yu plays Ho Gang, a competent swordsman who takes a job as a hired assassin. Though reluctant he ends up becoming highly successful, but he is wary as one of his targets is killed before he can fulfill the contract, leading him to suspect that he is being double crossed.

Doctor's Innocence

Doctor's Innocence
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 11/02/2015
  • Character: Boss Yan

The Two Cavaliers

The Two Cavaliers
6.4/10
Gangster boss Red Rose and his evil gang exploit all regions with their raids and kill everyone that tries to stop them. During one these raids, a group of guards die during a brutal fight. Lung Hao, boss of the company, swears revenge for the murdered men!

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