---
name: "Bruce Yu"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bruce-yu"
fi1m_id: "bruce-yu"
imdb_id: "nm0950469"
tmdb_id: 74201
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "1 January 1961"
died: "28 July 2022"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-30T21:28:02.499441+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Bruce Yu

## Identity

Bruce Yu

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bruce-yu
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bruce-yu
- **IMDb ID:** nm0950469
- **TMDB ID:** 74201
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0950469/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/74201

Costume designer. Born 1 January 1961 in Hong Kong, British Crown Colony. Died 28 July 2022.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 1 January 1961, Hong Kong, British Crown Colony
- **Died:** 28 July 2022
- **Active:** 1992–2021
- **Also known as:** Chui Ga-On, Bruce Yiu, Yu Ka-On, Bruce Yu Ka-On
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 86 (1), 2020s 66 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0950469/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/74201

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Limbo*](https://film.one/film/limbo.md) (66)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Bruce Yu Ka-on (余家安), also credited as Bruce Yu or Yu Ka-on, was a Hong Kong production designer, art director and costume designer. He worked extensively in Hong Kong cinema from the 1990s onwards.

His credits include production design on *The Mermaid* (2016), *Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons* (2013), *Blind Detective* (2013), *Running on Karma* (2003) and *Breaking News* (2004), and art direction on *The Heroic Trio* (1993) and *Mulan: Rise of a Warrior* (2009). He also contributed to costume design on *Limbo* (2021). Yu was a multiple winner of the Hong Kong Film Award for his work.

He died on 28 July 2022.

*Sources: imdb.com, hkonscreen.org, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Limbo* (2021), Fi1m 66, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/limbo.md)
- *Hard Boiled* (1992), Fi1m 86, Costume Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/hard-boiled.md)

## Complete filmography (46)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Mad Fate* (2023), Production Design, In Memory Of
- *Limbo* (2021), Costume Design — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/limbo.md)
- *The Mermaid* (2016), Production Design
- *Don't Go Breaking My Heart 2* (2014), Production Design
- *Blind Detective* (2013), Production Design
- *Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons* (2013), Production Designer, Production Design
- *The Four* (2012), Production Designer
- *Romancing in Thin Air* (2012), Production Designer, Production Design
- *The Woman Knight of Mirror Lake* (2011), Production Design
- *Don't Go Breaking My Heart* (2011), Production Designer
- *Love in Disguise* (2010), Costume Design
- *Mulan: Rise of a Warrior* (2009), as Art Direction
- *Playboy Cops* (2008), Thanks
- *Breaking News* (2004), Production Design
- *Running on Karma* (2003), Production Design
- *Turn Left, Turn Right* (2003), Production Design
- *Second Time Around* (2002), as Art Direction
- *Wu Yen* (2001), as Art Direction
- *A War Named Desire* (2000), as Art Direction
- *Gen-X Cops* (1999), Production Designer
- *A Hero Never Dies* (1998), as Art Direction
- *Hold You Tight* (1998), as Art Direction
- *Eighteen Springs* (1997), as Art Direction
- *Beyond Hypothermia* (1996), as Art Direction
- *Shanghai Grand* (1996), as Art Direction
- *A Moment of Romance III* (1996), as Art Direction
- *Only Fools Fall in Love* (1995), as Art Direction · Costume Design
- *Family Affairs* (1994), as Art Direction
- *Heroic Trio 2: Executioners* (1993), as Art Direction
- *The Mad Monk* (1993), as Art Direction
- *The Heroic Trio* (1993), as Art Direction
- *Fight Back to School 3* (1993), Makeup Supervisor
- *Justice, My Foot!* (1992), Costume Designer
- *Lucky Encounter* (1992), Costume Designer
- *Hard Boiled* (1992), Costume Designer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/hard-boiled.md)
- *Fruit Punch* (1991), Costume Design
- *A Bite of Love* (1990), Costume Designer
- *Bullet in the Head* (1990), Costume Designer
- *The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon* (1990), Costume Design
- *Happy Together* (1989), Costume Designer
- *All About Ah-Long* (1989), Costumer
- *The Big Heat* (1988), Costume Designer
- *Fatal Love* (1988), Costume Design
- *Seven Years Itch* (1987), Costume Design
- *City on Fire* (1987), Costume Design
- *A Better Tomorrow* (1986), Costume Design

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