Kung Fu

Kung Fu

True power lies within.

Created by Christina M. Kim

On The CW

2021–20233 seasons39 episodes42 min7.5 / 10

An action-driven drama about a young woman using martial arts and Shaolin philosophy to protect her community while pursuing personal redemption and justice.

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.

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Like Kung Fu, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.