The Invincible Sword Lobbycard Set

Reel East is proud to celebrate the career of the OTHER great action hero of the 1970s with The Jimmy Wang Yu Collection.

A native of Jiangsu, Wang Yu was raised in Shanghai, and relocated to Hong Kong in 1960. There Wang became a champion water polo player, and attracted the attention of director Chang Cheh when he became involved in a televised poolside brawl. He was signed to a contract by Shaw Bros, and came into his own when directed by the leading action film-maker of the day, Chang Cheh.

Chang Cheh directed Jimmy Wang Yu in the ground-breaking actioner ‘One-Armed Swordsman’, a huge success that established Wang as the pre-eminent swordplay hero of his day. In 1970, Wang Yu directed and starred in ‘The Chinese Boxer’, a film that revived fist-and-foot, rather than swordplay, action. Its success paved the way for the return to Hong Kong of another kung fu expert, Bruce Lee.

After producer Raymond Chow left Shaw Bros to form his Golden Harvest company, Wang Yu followed suit, breaking his contract and relocating to Taiwan, where he set up his own production base. It was from there that Jimmy produced, directed and starred in a string of films, many of which were distributed by Golden Harvest.

Wang Yu returned to his swordplay action roots for ‘The Invincible Sword’, in which he co-starred with Taiwanese action ace Chang Yi and with Hsu Feng, female lead from King Hu’s epic ‘A Touch of Zen’. Director Hsu Teng-hung had first worked with Wang Yu at Shaw Bros, and the pair recreated the same full-blooded style of bladed combat.

Reel East is proud to share this rare set of twelve (12) original lobbycards, printed by Golden Harvest to promote the original theatrical release of the film. These hard to find items feature the original Golden Harvest studio logo.