Yu So-chow
Yu So Chow | |
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Cheenese name | 于素 |
Cheenese name | 于素 |
Cheenese name | 于素 |
Born | 9 Julie 1930 Beijing, Cheenae |
Dee'd | 12 Mey 2017 (aged 86) San Francisco, Californie, Unitit States |
Years active | 1948 - 1966 |
Spoose(s) | Mak Bing-wing |
Parents | Yu Jim Yuen |
Yu So Chow (Cheenese: 于素
She stairtit her actin career in 1948 an made ower 240 films in the wuxia, kung fu, action, detective an Cantonese opera genres. Her films wur successfu at the box-office an she wis ane o the maist popular superstarns o the 1960 in Asie an Hong Kong.
Career
[eedit | eedit soorce]Yu learned Peking Opera at the age o aicht an made her stage debut at the age o nine. She specialisit in playin female warrior roles in which she coud skillfully demonstrate her fuitwirk bi continuously jugglin an kickin back twal reid-tasselled tuo shou (
Her first movie wis made in 1948, a Mandarin wuxia film cried The Kung Fu Couple (
Her early wuxia picturs frae 1948 tae 1957 wur in baith Mandarin an Cantonese dialogue, wi stories intendit tae increase cooperation o the Northren Style an Soothren Style o mairtial airts, as seen in The heroine of deadly darts (
Her performances in Cantonese opera wur quite different; she brocht in a mixtur o Peking Opera, in which she performit a lot o fuitwirk, as in Suet Ting Shan an Fan Lai Hua - Meetin on the Weedy River (
Her gowden age o filmin wis aetween 1963 an 1966, when she made at least thirty movies in a year. Despite her fame an her leadin position, she did tak pairt in movies as a villainous wumman, a role uisually rejectit bi ither actresses who wur afraid o damagin their image. Housomeivver, Yu pruivit that her talent in actin wis no limitit tae action films. Her surprise roles in The big revenge pairt 1 an 2 (灕江
She marriet famous Cantonese opera actor, Mak Bing Wing, in 1966. Her last major movie wis filmit in Taiwan (Decree o the fire dragon (
In 2004, Yu wis ane o the celebrities honoured on the Avenue of Stars, Hong Kong. Tae date, Yu still haulds the record amang actresses o makkin mair nor 170 wuxia movies. Tho she did no gain any internaitional awairds afore her retirement (acause Hong Kong wuxia picturs wur acceptit internaitionally only recently), she is recognisit as a "queen" o mairtial airtists an actresses bi her fans for her devotion tae, an excellence in, wuxia films.
Selectit filmografie
[eedit | eedit soorce]- The revenge o the great swordsman Assassin Zhang Wenxiang (
大 俠復仇 記 ) (1949) - The five heroes'deadly spears (
五 虎 斷 魂 槍 ) (1951) - A story of three lovers, pt 1 & 2 (啼笑姻緣
上下 集 ) (1952) - A heroine frae Moont Emei(峨嵋
女 俠 ) (1952) - The dragon-phoenix swordsmen(
龍 鳳 雙 劍 俠) (1957) - The strange hero conquered the dragon(
怪 俠赤屠 龍 ) (1960) - Conqueress(
無敵 楊家將 ) (1961) - The secret beuk, pairt ane (
仙 鶴 神 針 上下 三 集 ) (1961) - The veelage militia, pt 1 & 2 (
魔 鏡 神 珠 上下 集 ) (1962) - The blonde hair monster(
黃 毛 怪人 ) (1962) - The birth o the Monkey Keeng(
馬 騮精出世 ) (1962) - The Road tae the wast(
唐 三藏 取 西經 ) (1962) - Ingentious swords, pt 1 & 2 (
白骨 陰陽 劍 上下 集 ) (1962) - Burning o the Reid Lotus Monastery pt 1 & 2 (
火燒 紅蓮 寺 上下 集 ) (1963) - Valiant Pan An (
武 潘 安 ) (1963) - The iron wild goose pt 1 & 2(
鐵 雁 霜 翎上下 集 ) (1963) - The teeger in huntin(
臥 虎 藏 龍 ) (1963) - Pat cham lau lan sai pat wan (
不 斬 樓 蘭 誓 不 還 ) (1963) - Spring blossoms(
花 開 富貴 錦城 春 ) (1964) - The Flying Fox(
萬 變 飛 狐 ) (1964) - The invincible kid Fang Shiyu(
無敵 神童 方 世 玉 ) (1965) - The aw-powerful flute pt 1 & 2(
簫 聲 震 武林 上下 集 ) (1965) - Hero of midland(
中原 奇 俠) (1966) - Fire dragon an the mythical pearl(
火 龍神 珠 ) (1966) - Heroic days o the Great Ming Dynasty (
斷 臂 神 龍 劍 ) (1966) - The avengers' tale pt 1 & 2 (
鐵血 恩 仇 錄 上下 集 ) (1966)
Freemit airtins
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Offeecial Wab Steid o Yu So Chow Archived 2007-03-28 at the Wayback Machine
- Yu So Chau at Hong Kong Cinemagic Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine