Yu Jim Yuen

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This is a Chinese name; the family name is Yu

Yu Jim Yuen (5 September 1905 – 8 September 1997) (于占元; pinyin Yu Zhanyuan) was the master of the Peking Opera School in Hong Kong from which Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Yuen Qiu and Corey Yuen received their training. He was also the father of early wuxia actress Yu So Chow, who appeared in more than 150 movies, but his only was The Old Master (師父出馬), in 1979, as Wen Ren-yang. He died of a heart attack in Los Angeles, California, United States.

[edit] See also

• Beijing opera
• Seven Little Fortunes

[edit] External links

• Yu Jim Yuen at the Internet Movie Database
• The Old Master