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Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1993)

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues poster
Genre
action television series
Country
United States
Length
4 seasons, 88 episodes
Rated
12
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 57 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Shaolin monk and his police detective son use kung fu to fight crime in a modern city. The father passes down ancient wisdom while the son applies it to contemporary cases.

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What happens

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues is an action/crime drama series and sequel to the original 1972–75 television series Kung Fu. While the original Kung Fu series is set in the American old west, Kung Fu: The Legend Continues is set in the modern era. It stars David Carradine and Chris Potter as a father and son trained in kung fu – Carradine playing a Shaolin monk, Potter a police detective. The series aired in syndication for four seasons from January 27, 1993, to January 1, 1997, and was broadcast in over 70 countries. Filming took place in Toronto, Ontario. The show was canceled when its producer, Prime Time Entertainment Network (also known as PTEN), ceased operations and no other producer opted to continue the series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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