The Star Who Was Banned From Hong Kong At the Height of His Fame || Jimmy Wang Yu

Before Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, or Jet Li ever became household names, there was Jimmy Wang Yu — the highest-paid martial arts actor in the world, the star of The One-Armed Swordsman, the first Hong Kong film to ever cross a million dollars at the box office. Then, at the peak of his fame, Shaw Brothers Studio legally banned him from working in Hong Kong. Instead of disappearing, he rebuilt his entire career from scratch at a rival studio, wrote and directed a film that basically invented the kung fu genre, and paved the road that Bruce Lee himself would later walk down. This is the story of a swimmer, a soldier, and a rebel who refused to let one lawsuit end his legacy. 🥋 Subscribe for more real stories behind Hong Kong cinema's greatest legends. #JimmyWangYu #OneArmedSwordsman #ShawBrothers #GoldenHarvest #ChangCheh #BruceLee #HongKongCinema #KungFuFilm #MartialArtsLegend #ChineseBoxer