Kung Fu (1972) (TV)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.7/10   

Director:

Jerry Thorpe

Escritores:

Howard Friedlander (writer)
Ed Spielman (story)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

22 febrero 1972 (USA)

Género:

Del Oeste | Acción

Plot:

After avenging the death of his teacher, a Shaolin monk flees China to the American West and helps people while being pursued by bounty hunters.

Plot Keywords:

Shaolin | Shaolin Monk | Kung Fu | Caucasian Actor Playing Asian Character | Shaolin Temple

Premios:

Nominated for Golden Globe.

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Side-note

Reparto

David Carradine	...	Caine
Barry Sullivan	...	Dillon
Albert Salmi	...	Raif
Wayne Maunder	...	McKay
Benson Fong	...	Han Fei
Richard Loo	...	Master Sun
Keye Luke	...	Master Po
Philip Ahn	...	Master Kan
Victor Sen Yung	...	Chuen
Robert Ito	...	Fong
James Hong	...	Hsiang
Radames Pera	...	Young Caine
Roy Jenson	...	Fuller
John Leoning	...	Master Teh
David Chow	...	Little Monk

También conocida como:

The Warrior (USA) (working title)

Duración:

75 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.33 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Locaciones de Filmación:

Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park - 10700 W. Escondido Canyon Rd., Agua Dulce, California, USA

Compañía:

Warner Bros. Television

Trivialidades:

According to Bruce Lee's wife, Linda Lee Cadwell, the concept of the Kung Fu series was conceived by Bruce, and met with the producers for countless hours to shape the show. But the producers did not offer the role to Bruce Lee since they did not feel that the American audience (at that time) would accept a Chinese actor as a lead, therefore looked for a Caucasian actor to fill the role.

Citas:

Caine: Is it good to seek the past, Master Po? Does it not rob the present?
Master Po: If a man dwells on the past, then he robs the present. But if a man ignores the past, he may rob the future. The seeds of our destiny are nurtured by the roots of our past.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in The Tao of Caine: Production and Beyond (2003) (V)

Side-note

'KUNG FU was a martial arts show about an asian drifter who was part american the irony was BRUCE LEE was originally slated to star but was deemed not asian enough'

It was actually because Bruce Lee was asian that he wasn't chosen to perform. They dressed up an American to look as Asian as possible and hired asian martial artists to perform the kicks and moves.