Wong Yu
Date of birth: 1955-10-26
Place of birth: Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China]
Known for: Acting
Also known as: 汪禹, Wong Chi-kuen, Wong Yue, Young Wong Yu, Yung Wong Yue, Wang Yu, Wang Yue, Huang Yu
Biography
Wong Yue (汪禹, 1955–2008) was a Hong Kong martial arts film actor. He starred in many Shaw Brothers Studio films and is known for his comic roles in films with Gordon Liu, such as Dirty Ho, Spiritual Boxer II, 'The 36th Chamber of Shaolin and Eight Diagram Pole Fighter. He is sometimes credited as Wong Yu and as Wang Yu, but is a different person than an older Shaw Brothers star, Jimmy Wang Yu. He was renamed after him as a revenge of producer Shaw against the original Wang Yu. Wong Yue/Wang Yue died on May 16, 2008 from acute pneumonia.
Movie Credits
Executioners from Shaolin
1977-02-16
A couple unite - she is fluent in the crane style of kung fu, he in tiger style. They have a son, bu
Challenge of the Masters
1976-05-07
The Wong family kung fu school gets smacked around by a rival school. Wong Fei-hong gets fed up with
The Flying Guillotine
1975-02-18
The Emperor's armies have developed a new weapon: a thrown blade that can remove someone's head from
Mistaken Identity
1988-10-06
Mistaken Identity is a Hong Kong Crime-Comedy directed by Tsui Siu-Ming and starring Richard Ng.
He Has Nothing But Kung Fu
1977-11-03
He's lost his memory, but not his skill: After a fierce battle with a local tong, Hoi is thrown over
Swift Sword
1980-07-01
Starring a menagerie of established Shaw Brothers' talent like kung-fu comedienne, Wang Yu, female k
The Kid with a Tattoo
1980-06-17
One of Shaw Brothers' most productive directors, Sun Chung's action films had strong tension, snappy
Rouge
1987-12-05
Amid the opulent teahouses of 1930s Hong Kong, a humble courtesan and the wayward scion of a wealthy
Dirty Ho
1979-08-04
A prince enlists a thief to serve as his bodyguard to protect him from assassins.
Lion vs. Lion
1981-02-19
A teacher comes across a secret list of anti-Ching rebel names and quickly becomes a target for Chin
Kid from Kwangtung
1982-02-07
Novice director Hsu Hsia and three other kung-fu designers created this fight-filled tale of young r
The Lady Is the Boss
1983-03-31
Wong Hsia Yuan is an old-fashioned martial arts master who's so behind the times that he'd rather hi
The Kung Fu Instructor
1979-06-16
Two rival clans have unsuccessfully tried to hire the master of the good clan to teach his clan. Not
The Proud Youth
1978-03-30
Sun Chung had made a name for himself directing satirical comedies and modern day crime thrillers wh
The Shy Boy
1983-09-28
Hong Kong movie
Rendezvous with Death
1980-10-17
Sun Chung had been recognized as an expert comedy and crime thriller director, but he was to gain ev
The Bloody Fists
1972-05-17
Yuen Woo Ping, who would in time become one of the world's leading martial arts choreographers, bloc
Spiritually a Cop
1989-12-28
A young man wants to be a Hong Kong police officer but is too short to qualify. However, he doesn't
Blood Ritual
1989-03-09
A woman is sacrificed and her heart is ripped out of her chest. The police are after these Satanic C
Carry On Yakuza
1989-05-11
Charlie Chan is a boxer who goes to Japan to take on a local hotshot in the ring. A gang of yakuzas
Sleeping With Two Sisters
1993-01-01
A bed-ridden wife, a beautiful singer and a young socialite - has one thing in common - one man and
Double Trouble
1984-09-07
To help his sister with her debts, John goes to a pawnshop when robbers rush in. John draws suspicio
The Innocent Interloper
1986-12-04
A goofy schoolteacher stumbles headlong into a counterfeiting ring after he accidentally picks up on
Why Me?
1985-10-29
The tragic story of Fat Cat, a mentally retarded man who endures the mistreatment of the local villa
Power of Love
1993-09-02
A young girl gets a job as a maid to a lecherous old billionaire. During her time there he dies, and
The Seventh Curse
1986-11-22
When Dr. Yuen attempts to rescue a girl about to be sacrificed by the Worm Tribe in the middle of a
The Comedy
1984-01-05
A Mo Lai Tau (Nonsense Comedy) directed by Hong Kong New Wave filmmaker Dennis Yu.
The Spiritual Boxer
1975-11-28
Wang Yu plays Hsiao Chien, a con artist vagabond who uses his kung fu skills and parlor tricks to co
The Shadow Boxing
1979-02-15
Lau Kar-leung returns to the success of his first directed film, "The Spiritual Boxer," which also s
Tales of a Eunuch
1983-03-24
The story follows a "loveable" rascal as he gambles and gets into various bits of trouble with outla
Wits of the Brats
1984-05-24
Tou Kuan, a spoiled affluent kid, travels with pal Mai Song to Beijing to challenge 3 Masters to imp
Crazy Shaolin Disciples
1985-03-30
Following a raid led by a deadly Manchu enforcer (Lo Lieh), rebels Hong Si Kuan (Lo Meng), Fong Sai
Gossip Street
1974-05-17
The place to be is flat number 8 on the second floor of the Gossip Street apartment building, where
The Criminals
1976-01-16
An anthology film featuring three true-crime stories that took place in Hong Kong in the early 1970'
Winner Takes All
1982-02-12
Patrick Tse is the thief of thieves whose family is long retired from the robin hood lifestyle for 1
Notorious Eight
1981-09-03
A group of secret agent gambling heroes put the squeeze on some gangsters who are cheating the publi
The Golden Lotus
1974-01-17
Golden Lotus is based, in part, on Jin Ping Mei, a famous erotic novel of ancient China. Li Han-Hsia
How to Choose a Royal Bride
1985-01-01
Emperor Kangxi's mother tries to marry him with the daughter of an official, but she's too strong-wi
The Big Sting
1982-05-07
If the Three Stooges had been Chinese, with one a woman, this could very well have been one of their
The Battle for the Republic of China
1981-10-09
Patriotic extravanganza concerning early 20th century political events in Taiwan (i.e. the Republic
Girl with the Diamond Slipper
1985-07-25
Two hopeless housebreaker brothers, Ah Chi and Fatty, steal a diamond that had already been earmarke
The Flying Mr. B
1985-03-28
A professor accidentally creates a pill that essentially makes him Superman. Soon everybody, from a
The Master Strikes Back
1985-01-19
In The Master Strikes Back, Hong Kong's Steadicam pioneering director Sun Chung brings back legendar
Spirit of the Raped
1976-03-13
A Shaw Brothers production featuring a supernatural tale of revenge. Liu Miao-Li suffers a string o
Cuties Parade
1975-12-24
A romantic Shaw Brothers musical.
Big Brother Cheng
1975-07-16
Shaw Brothers' number one action hit of 1975, and deservedly so. The character of one-man kung-fu dy
Young Passion
1974-10-12
A romantic melodrama about an affair between a 16-year-old boy and a neglected wife.
Take Care, Your Majesty
1983-08-12
shaw production
Mercenaries from Hong Kong
1982-12-22
Ti Lung plays a Vietnam vet who's now an 'honourable' mercenary-for-hire taking on an assignment tra
Challenge of the Gamesters
1981-04-30
A forerunner to the new wave gambling films, this is one of Wong Jing's first hits--before he would
The Tea House
1974-10-19
Chen Kuan-Tai is Big Brother Cheng, a former refugee who runs a local teahouse in Hong Kong. Respect
The Young Avenger
1980-01-01
A young man ekes out a living by robbing graves and peeing in jars.
The Snake Prince
1976-07-31
Snake Prince (Ti Lung) is wandering with his snake buddies when he happens upon a beautiful maiden (
That's Adultery!
1975-01-01
Renowned director Li Han-hsiang writes and directs the anthology film of four sexy , salacious and s
Emperor Chien Lung
1976-06-02
Emperor Chien Lung, bored with imperial traditions, disguises himself as a commoner to experience a
Dirty Kung Fu
1978-11-16
Gao Jai is a young man with minimal Kung Fu skills who spends his time spotting wanted criminals, th
Dress Off for Life
1984-11-17
Chen Yuen, a professional boxer, goes into hiding when his career takes a nose dive. His loneliness
Kung Fu Zombie
1981-10-01
A criminal comes to town in order to kill Billy Chong over a past dispute. But instead of getting hi
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
1978-02-02
During the Qing Dynasty, a fishmonger is killed by the reigning Manchu government for supporting the
The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter
1984-02-17
The Yangs are betrayed by a government official conspiring with the Mongols. All of the Yang family
Framed
1989-11-30
Simon Yam plays a cop that has just been released from jail after serving some years there. He claim
Godfather's Daughter Mafia Blues
1991-10-31
Lung comes from China to Hong Kong in search of a new life and fortune. He is employed as a security
The Adventures of Emperor Chien Lung
1977-06-03
Emperor Chien Lung uses disguises to experience life among his subjects.
Handsome Siblings
1992-12-11
One hundred seventy years ago, a wise monk made a section of land known as the Villians Valley, a sa
Thirteen
1974-03-19
Shih Hsin-chiao (Ling Yun) is a journalist who trained under mentor Lu Tao-jan (Chin Han). Lu's daug
The Last Tempest
1976-02-21
Despite Kuang Hsu's enthronement as the last reigning Emperor of China, his ability to rule effectiv
It's All in the Family
1975-03-08
Danny Lee is Hsu Chih-yuan, the youngest son of strict patriarch Hsu Hui-tang (Cheng Miu). A sailor,
Indecent Beast
1994-01-01
Wei Zeng Jing, the president of a company, maintains an extramarital relationship with a beautiful g
Facets of Love
1973-04-05
This story is centering around a Ming Dynasty brothel that steams with secret erotic myths, trysts a
The Young Vagabond
1985-01-02
A martial artist must train incessantly to defeat the brutally powerful thief called Centipede.
Easy Money
1994-11-17
Four people form an unlikely alliance to sting a three-man credit-card scam operation. Behind the fr
Dragons Forever
1988-02-11
A hot-shot lawyer is hired by a Hong Kong chemical plant to dispose of opposition to their polluting
Wong Fei Hung Series : The Final Victory
1996-06-01
In late Qing, restless and upheavals occurred everywhere in China. So Hat Yee, the leader of a patri
Wong Fei Hung Series : The Suspicious Temple
1996-01-06
Shaolin Temple, not only was the sacred place amongst the monks, but also regarded as the Chinese ma
Hong Kong 73
1974-04-24
As the Heng Seng Index reaches unprecedented heights, people from all walks of life go stock specula
一脱求生
1984-11-17