Kung Fu (2021)

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True power lies within.

A quarter-life crisis causes a young Chinese-American woman to drop out of college and go on a life-changing journey to an isolated monastery in China. But when she returns to find her hometown overrun with crime and corruption, she uses her martial arts skills and Shaolin values to protect her community and bring criminals to justice…all while searching for the assassin who killed her Shaolin mentor and is now targeting her.

• Released: 2021-04-07
• Genres: Action & Adventure, Drama
• Seasons: 3, 39 episodes
• Episode length: 42m
• Network: The CW
• Status: Canceled
• TMDB rating: 7.5/10 from 321 votes

Created by Christina M. Kim.

Top cast

• Olivia Liang as Nicky Shen
• Tan Kheng Hua as Mei-Li Shen
• Eddie Liu as Henry Yan
• Shannon Dang as Althea Shen
• Jon Prasida as Ryan Shen
• Gavin Stenhouse as Evan Hartley
• Vanessa Kai as Pei-Ling Zhang
• Tony Chung as Dennis Soong
• Yvonne Chapman as Zhilan
• JB Tadena as Sebastian

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Kung Fu

• United States: stream on HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home
• Canada: buy on Apple TV Store
• Australia: buy on Apple TV Store, Fetch TV

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