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Jimmy Wang Yu's appearances in classic Shaw Brothers wuxia films such as Golden Swallow and One-Armed Swordsman in the 1960s saw him become Hong Kong's biggest martial arts star. But by 1970, he wanted to forge a new path as a director. Wang's big idea was to focus on unarmed combat rather than swordfighting, and his hit directorial debut Chinese Boxer is credited with starting the craze in Hong Kong for kung fu films, which replaced wuxia movies at the box office. In a controversial move, Wang broke his contract with Shaw Brothers and moved to fledgling rival studio Golden...
