A generation of martial arts superstar "One-Armed Swordsman" Wang Yu died this morning (5th) at the Taipei Zhenxing Hospital at the age of 80.
Wang Yu is a legend throughout his life. He has been in film for more than 40 years and has made nearly 100 works such as "The King of the One-Armed Swordsman".
"One-armed sword king" Wang Yu passed away at the age of 80
Wang Yu has been in film for more than 40 years and has made nearly 100 works including "The One-Armed Swordsman".
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Wang Yu was born in Shanghai in 1943. In the early days of his career in 1963, he mainly worked as a martial arts actor in Hong Kong. In 1967, he was filmed by director Zhang Che in the movie "The One-Armed Swordsman" and became popular, and then made 60 martial arts films including "The One-Armed Swordsman". Can be called the chief martial arts student in the 1960s and 1970s, and is the representative of the first generation of stars in the process of director Zhang Che creating a new wave of martial arts.
Back then, "The One-Armed Swordsman" starring Wang Yu was popular all over Hong Kong and Taiwan, and even Japan was very popular.
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For more than 40 years, Wang Yu has created countless classics. After 1997, Wang Yu faded out of the entertainment industry and turned to business. It was not until 2011 that he returned to the film industry with Chen Kexin's "Martial Arts", and after a stroke, he took over the role of Zhong Menghong directed "Lost Soul". At the age of 70, he was crowned emperor at the Taipei Film Awards. At that time, he joked that he wanted to act again, but he has not acted again since then, and won the Golden Horse Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2019.
After more than 40 years of filming, Wang Yu has created countless classics. After 1997, Wang Yu faded out of the entertainment industry and turned to business. It was not until 2011 that he returned to the film circle with Chen Kexin's "Martial Arts".
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As his daughter Wang Xinping said: "My father is loyal to people and values friends. On and off the screen, his life is a stern chivalrous style." Outside the play, he has a bold personality, and even established the "Taipei City Wushu Guidance and Skills Practitioner Professional" before his death. Union", speaking for the martial arts and stunt doubles in the industry.
In recent years, Wang Yu's physical strength has not been as good as before. In 2011, due to the exhaustion of propaganda and drinking, he suffered a slight stroke and the left side was paralyzed.
At the end of 2015, he fainted at the airport in Thailand and was sent to the doctor. In March 2016, Wang Yu returned to Taiwan by special plane after his condition stabilized. He was recuperating in the hospital.
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