Yu So Chow at Hong Kong Avenue of Stars in 2004

Yu So Chow (Chinese: 于素秋; pinyin: Yú Sù Qiū; Yale Cantonese:Jy¹ Sou³ Tsau¹) was born in Beijing on July 9, 1930 to a Peking opera family. She is the daughter of late Master Yu Jim Yuen who ran the Chinese Peking Opera School, the teacher of many well-known actors. Image File history File links YuSoChowpic. ... Image File history File links YuSoChowpic. ... Pinyin (拼音, pÄ«nyÄ«n) literally means join (together) sounds (a less literal translation being phoneticize, spell or transcription) in Chinese and usually refers to HànyÇ” PÄ«nyÄ«n (汉语拼音, literal meaning: Han language pinyin), which is a system of romanization (phonemic notation and transcription to Roman script) for Standard Mandarin. ... The Yale Romanizations are four systems created during World War II by the United States for its soldiers. ...   Beijing? (Chinese: 北京; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Pei-ching; Postal System Pinyin: Peking) is the capital of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ... July 9 is the 190th day of the year (191st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 175 days remaining. ... 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... In Beijing, September 2002 Beijing opera or Peking opera (京剧, pinyin: Jīngjù) is a kind of Chinese opera which arose in the mid-19th century and was extremely popular in the Qing dynasty court. ... Note: Daughters is also a band. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ...

Ms Yu learnt Peking Opera at the age of eight and made her stage debut at the age of nine. She specialized in playing female warrior roles in Peking opera in which she could skilfully demonstrate her footwork by continuously juggling and kicking back twelve red tasselled spears tuo shou (脫手) as seen in one of her famous stage Peking opera The White Snake (白蛇傳) and in a movie made in 1951 Amazon on the Sea (海上女霸王).

She started her acting career in 1948 and had made over 240 films of which were mostly wuxia, kung fu, action, detective and Cantonese opera. She recorded successful box-office and was one of the most popular superstars of the 1960 in Asia and Hong Kong. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Alternative meaning: Kung Fu (TV series) Kung fu or gongfu (功夫, Pinyin: gōngfu) is a well-known Chinese term used in the West to designate Chinese martial arts. ... The term box office can refer to either: A place where tickets are sold to the public for admission to a venue The amount of business a particular production, such as a movie or theatre show, does. ... Superstars is an all-around sportsman and sportswoman competition that pits elite athletes from different sports against one another in a series of athletic challenges resembling a decathlon. ... World map showing location of Asia Asia is the central and eastern part of Eurasia, defined by subtracting Europe from Eurasia. ...

Yu So Chow portrayed as Mongolian Princess, Dick Siu Ching in Wuxia film, The purple lighting sword in 1964

Her first movie was made in 1948, a Mandarin wuxia film called The Kung Fu Couple (宏碧緣 ). In fact she was one of the three actresses in the 50’s who really knew marital arts. Off the screen, she was virtually a heroine, when she was at the age of sixteen, she alone successfully fought off a group of gangsters with only a silky belt on the street in Shanghai. Thus, she could do all the stunts, punch and acrobatic skills by herself in all action films. Her early wuxia pictures from 1948-1957, were in both Mandarin and Cantonese dialogue, stories were mainly to bring out the cooperation of Northern Style and Southern Style of martial arts as seen in The heroine of deadly darts (女俠響尾追魂鏢) in 1956. Image File history File links YuSoChowpic3. ... Image File history File links YuSoChowpic3. ... Mandarin   listen?(Traditional: 北方話, Simplified: 北方话, Hanyu Pinyin: BÄ›ifānghuà, lit. ... Hawaiian State Grappling Championships. ... Shanghai (Chinese: 上海; pinyin: ; Shanghainese IPA: ), situated on the banks of the Yangtze River Delta, is Chinas largest city. ... Look up Acrobat in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Acrobat may refer to— someone who practices acrobatics. ...

Her remarkable wuxia films were mostly based on kung fu novels namely Burning of the Red Lotus Monastery Pt 1 & Pt 2 (火燒紅蓮寺) in 1950, The Golden Hairpin Pt 1 & Pt 3 (碧血金釵) in 1963, Buddha’s Palm Pt 1 to Pt 4 (如來神掌) in 1964 and The Burning of Pingyang City (火燒平陽城) in 1965. DeFoes Robinson Crusoe, Newspaper edition published in 1719 A novel (from French nouvelle, new) is an extended fictional narrative in prose. ...

Yu So Chow portrayed as Mu Gui Ying in Cantonese Opera The Conqueress in 1961

Her performance in Cantonese opera was quite different in which she brought in a mixture of Peking Opera, in which she performed a lot of footworks as in Suet Ting Shan and Fan Lai Hua - Meeting on the Weedy River (蘆花河會母) in 1961, Giving birth on the bridge – the White serpent (斷橋產子) in 1962 and How Zhong Wuyan Conquered the West (鍾無艷掛帥征西) in 1962. Image File history File links YuSoChowpic2. ... Image File history File links YuSoChowpic2. ...

She also played a male leading as seen in movies Execution of Lui Po at Pak Moon Lau (白門樓斬呂布) in 1961, Two hunters in a pursuit (文武狀元爭彩鳳) in 1962 and The beauties (陣陣美人威) in 1964.

Apart from action films, she did a few rare contemporary and melodrama namely Midsummer night’s romance (夏夜之戀) in 1953, Bachelors beware (溫柔鄉) in 1960 and Two mouthy ladies from the north and south (南北鐵咀雞) in 1965. Poster for The Perils of Pauline (1914). ...

Her golden age of filming was between 1963-1966 when she had made at least thirty movies in a year. Despite her fame and leading position, she did take part in movies as a bad lady, a role usually rejected by other actresses who were afraid of damaging their images. However, Ms Yu proved that her talent in acting was not limited to action films. Her surprise roles in The big revenge part 1 and 2 (灕江河畔血海仇) in 1963 and Heaven, Hell and Crystal Palace (天堂地獄水晶宮) in 1965 did not rocket her popularity nor upset her fans but on the hand won the hearts of the audience. A golden age is a period in a field of endeavour where great tasks were accomplished. ... A Redstone rocket, part of the Mercury program A rocket is a vehicle, missile or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of fast moving exhaust gas from within a rocket engine. ... Popularity is the quality of being well-liked or common. ...

She was married to a famous Cantonese opera actor, Mr Mak Bing Wing in 1966. Her last movie was filmed in Taiwan Decree of the fire dragon (血火龍令) in 1968 and had made a guest appearance in Secret agent no.1 (神探一號) in 1970. Soon after that she was completely retired from the limelight.

She is now settled in San Francisco with her three children. This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ...

In 2004, Ms Yu is one of the celebrities honoured on the Hong Kong Avenue of Stars. To date, Ms Yu is still on the top record of making more than 170 wuxia movies among other actresses. Though she has not gained any international award before her retirement (because Hong Kong wuxia pictures are accepted internationally recently), she deserves a credit as a remarkable Queen of marital artist and actress by her fans for her devotion and brilliant success in wuxia films. For the 1998 movie, see Celebrity (1998 movie). ...

Selected filmography

• The revenge of 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 from Mount 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 book, part one (仙鶴神針上下三集) (1961)
• The village militia, pt 1 & 2 (魔鏡神珠上下集) (1962)
• The blonde hair monster（黃毛怪人) (1962)
• The birth of the Monkey King（馬騮精出世) (1962)
• The Road to the west（唐三藏取西經) (1962)
• Ingentious swords, pt 1 & 2 (白骨陰陽劍上下集) (1962)
• Burning of the Red 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 tiger in hunting（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 purple lighting sword（萬變飛狐) (1964）
• The invincible kid Fang Shiyu（無敵神童方世玉) (1965）
• The all powerful flute pt 1 & 2（簫聲震武林上下集)（1965）
• Hero of midland（中原奇俠) (1966）
• Fire dragon and the mythical pearl（火龍神珠) (1966)
• Heroic days of 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)

External links

• Official Web Site of Yu So Chow
• Yu So Chau at Hong Kong Cinemagic