Yu Jim-Yuen

Yu Jim-Yuen , also: Yu Chan-Yuan, ( Chinese  于 占 元 , Pinyin Yú Zhànyuán , Jyutping Jyu ⁴ Zim ¹ jyun ⁴ ; * September 5, 1905 , † September 8, 1997 in Los Angeles ) was the head of the Beijing people Theater and acting school in Hong Kong , in which actors such as Jackie Chan (Yuen Lou) , Sammo Hung (Yuen Lung) , Yuen Biao , Yuen Tai , Yuen Wah , Corey Yuen (Yuen Kwai) and Yu So Chow (Yuen Mo) received their hard traditional training in Chinese opera in terms of singing, acrobatics (e.g. Kung Fu ) and acting. In their youth, these seven personalities formed the core of the well-known drama troupe The Seven Little Fortunes or The Lucky Seven ( 七 小 福 , Qī Xiǎofú , Jyutping Cat ¹ Siu ² fuk ¹ ) and were in the opera and theater circles of the 1960s Hong Kong known and dissolved in the early 1970s due to a lack of orders. Yu Jim-Yuen then sought his fortune in the USA and took part in the 1980 film The Old Master ( 師父 出馬  /  师父 出马 ) in the role of Wen Ren-yang .

Yu Jim Yuen died of a heart attack in Los Angeles in 1997.

Web links

• Article "Story of Yu Jim-Yuen" about the master Yu Jim-Yuen (于 占 元) and his acting troupe "The Seven Little Fortunes" - 師父 出馬 - 七 小 福 的 于 占 元 - The Old Master of The Seven Little Fortunes - on metrohk.com.hk - Chinese - [1] , Retrieved April 7, 2016 - Online
• Article on the story of Yu Jim-Yuen (于 占 元) and his acting troupe "The Seven Little Fortunes - 七 小 福" - "于 占 元 的 故事" - on the blog page of blog.kui - chinese - [2] , accessed on April 7, 2016 - Online
• Member list of the former acting company "The Seven Little Fortunes - 七 小 福" - Chinese - [3] , accessed on April 7, 2016 - Online
• YU Jim-Yuen [4] in the Hong Kong Movie Database - Chinese / English - Chinese movie database - hkmdb.com, accessed April 7, 2016 - Online
• Yu Jim-Yuen in the Internet Movie Database (English)