Kung Fu: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

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.

Series details

• Title: Kung Fu
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Action, Adventure
• Premiere date: 2021-04-07
• Final broadcast date listed: 2023-03-08
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: The CW
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.5/10
• TVMaze ID: 32355
• IMDb ID: tt7475590
• TVDB ID: 382272

Cast and credited roles

• Jon Prasida — Ryan Shen
• Shannon Dang — Althea Shen-Soong
• Eddie Liu — Henry Yan
• Tzi Ma — Jin Shen
• Kheng Hua Tan — Mei-Li Shen
• Olivia Liang — Nicky Shen
• Gavin Stenhouse — Evan Hartley
• Yvonne Chapman — Zhilan
• Vanessa Kai — Pei-Ling Zhang
• Tony Chung — Dennis Soong
• J.B. Tadena — Sebastian Cailao
• Vanessa Kai — Xiao / The Alchemist

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2021-04-07; final listed air date 2021-07-21; episode order: 13.
• Season 2: premiered 2022-03-09; final listed air date 2022-06-15; episode order: 13.
• Season 3: premiered 2022-10-05; final listed air date 2023-03-08; episode order: 13.

Source and licence

Adapted from Kung Fu on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.