| Kung Fu | |
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| Genre | |
| Created by | |
| Starring | |
| Theme music composer | Jim Helms |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 62 + pilot (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Jerry Thorpe |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 48-51 minutes |
| Production company | Warner Bros. Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | February 22, 1972 |
| Release | October 14, 1972[2] – April 26, 1975[3] |
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Kung Fu is an American action-adventure martial arts Western drama television series starring David Carradine. The series follows the adventures of Kwai Chang Caine, a Shaolin monk who travels through the American Old West, armed only with his spiritual training and his skill in martial arts, as he seeks Danny Caine, his half-brother.[4][5]
Many of the aphorisms used in the series are adapted from or derived directly from the Tao Te Ching, a book of ancient Taoist philosophy attributed to the sage Lao-tzu.[6][7][8]
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- ^ "Season 3 air dates". IMDb. Archived from the original on November 15, 2020. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
- ^ Weber, Bruce (June 5, 2009). "David Carradine, Actor, Is Dead at 72". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 15, 2020. Retrieved August 17, 2010.
- ^ Pilato, Herbie J. (1993). The Kung Fu Book of Caine. The Complete Guide to TV's First Mystical Eastern Western. Charles E. Tuttle Company. pp. 14, 200. ISBN 0-8048-1826-6.
- ^ Jonathan Herman (2013). Taoism For Dummies. John Wiley & Sons. p. 182. ISBN 9781118423981.
- ^ "The Tao of Kung Fu - a philosophy of life that is not about fighting". Kung Fu Fitness and Defense. Archived from the original on December 5, 2014. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
- ^ "We only know good because of evil". Tao of Kung Fu. Archived from the original on November 15, 2020. Retrieved December 1, 2014.