王羽

简介

Wang Yu was a Taiwanese actor, director and screenwriter, born in Shanghai in 1943. He studied martial arts such as karate and tai chi at a young age, and in 1963 joined Shaw Brothers in Hong Kong to begin his career as an action film actor. He rose to stardom in 1967 when director Zhang Che cast him in "The One-Armed Swordsman," which made him a major star. Before the rise of Bruce Lee, Wang Yu was the highest-paid action actor in Hong Kong cinema. In 1971 he moved to Golden Harvest, and appeared in notable films including "Deadly Breaking Sword," "The Deadly Breaking Sword," "The Deadly Breaking Sword," and "The Deadly Breaking Sword." He also directed works including the 1969 kung fu film "Blood of the Dragon." He retired from the film industry in the 1990s and went into business in Taiwan, but returned in 2011 to appear in the film "Dragon" with Donnie Yen, where he suffered a stroke due to exhaustion during the film's promotion but recovered. That same year, he co-founded the Taipei Stunt Directors and Martial Arts Practitioners Union and was elected its first chairman. He suffered another stroke in 2015 at a Thai airport and underwent emergency surgery, and passed away in April 2022 in Taiwan at the age of 79.