All language subtitles for Kung Fu S02E06 The Spirit-Helper

[theme music]

[music continues]

Oh, Great Spirit...

...whose voice I hear
in the winds...

...and whose breath I see
in the morning mist.

Oh, come, spirit helper.

Come now...

...with the rising sun.

Oh, shield of sun...

...fulfill my vision quest.

Long have I fasted.

Long have I sent up the arrows
of my prayers to you.

Send your spirit helper...

...to reveal to me
the mysteries...

...you have hidden
in every leaf and rock...

...in every stream
and living creature.

Come, spirit helper.

[trumpet music]

Oh, spirit helper, come.

[wind whistling]

I knew you would come.

You knew?

That is why my father and mother
brought me here.

So that the lord of the heavens
would send you to me, Nashebo...

...to instruct
and to guide me...

...throughout my life.

My prayers have been answered.

The Great One has sent you
to be my spirit helper.

I am not a spirit, Nashebo.

I am a man.

Who am I to question the will
of the Great One...

...if he chooses to send
my spirit helper...

...in the form of a man?

I am sorry...

...Spirit Helper...

...for my weakness.

For five days and nights,
I have fasted without sleep...

...praying that you would come.

You must eat.

You must drink.

I am most fortunate to have
a spirit helper all can see.

They will be able to see you.

Will they not?

All will be able to see me.

And I will be able
to stand up...

...in the councils of my people
and be heard...

...when you have taught
me what it is to be...

...a man.

And what is it to be a man?

To be a man...

...is to be one
with the universe.

But what is the universe?

Rather ask:

"What is not the universe?"

Then it is everywhere.

It is in your eye...

...and in your heart.

As a seed of the peach contains
the fragrance of the flower...

...and the substance
of the fruit.

And the bitter pit at its core?

Even that.

[wind whistling]

This trail. It leads to Masia?

As you know...

...by way of Massopock,
where my father and mother...

...Tenorio and Crucita,
are awaiting us.

Naturally,
you will lead the way.

You call the mountain sacred?

As you know...

...the Great One, wishing to
visit that which he had made...

...cut a small opening
in the sky.

Through it, he pushed rocks,
snow and ice.

Until the mountain grew so high
that he could reach the earth.

As the stepping stone
of the sun chief...

...the mountain is sacred.

Is it not?

It could not be otherwise.

[gunshot]

[firing continues]

[dramatic music]

[man laughing]

No! No!

No.

Mother.

[woman crying]

[gun cocks]

Father.

[gunshot]

[laughing]

Mother!

Father!

Don't kill them!

Murderer!

Father....

My father, come back to me.

If you cannot come back,
my father...

...then pass
to the great beyond.

You are a good son.

What is a son
without a father or mother?

Is not a son the love
of a father and a mother...

...and the life they gave him?

A design of the universe
he must fulfill...

...if he is to be a man.

I can only fulfill
that design...

...with your help.

I must free my mother...

...and avenge my father's death.

My road lies another way.

But I do not yet know
how to be a man.

No longer can my father
teach me so many things.

That is why you came,
Spirit Helper.

Nashebo...

...I am only a man.

If you are, as you say,
also a man...

How, then,
can you not have feelings...

...for a son
with his mother lost to him...

...as I am now.

I need your help.

My father's spirit cannot find
peace in the land of the dead...

...because his murder
has not been avenged.

What is it, grasshopper?

Master Po...

...I have been troubled.

I have sensed that
in you these past days.

While your body
has been healing...

...your spirit has sickened.

It's because I have done nothing
about the murder of my parents.

And what do you propose to do?

Find General Chung. Kill him!

You, a boy, not yet a man...

...against the ruthless warlord
and his soldiers?

If I could find him alone...

...it could be done.

And being done,
what do you derive?

Satisfaction.

[sighs]

Is there now more or less light
in this chamber?

There is less.

Is it not more important
that you find yourself

than a killer of men?

Would your parents not wish you

to go forward
to life and light...

...rather than backward
to death and darkness?

How do I find myself
and the light?

By taking the path
that leads to the truth.

Will you help me walk the path?

[laughing]

I can only point
the way, grasshopper.

You must walk the path yourself.

[dramatic music]

[fire crackling]

You will come with me?

I will come with you.

You are my spirit helper.

[sighs]

My name is Caine.

If that is what you wish
to be called.

It will not be easy.

It may not be possible.

With you...

...all things are possible.

And I will keep my ears sharp
for your instruction.

And do everything you tell me...

...Spirit Helper Caine.

Let us start.

[instrumental music]

[music continues]

It's here we'll rest the horses.

I've got plans
for you too, lady.

Well, to be sure,
I hadn't noticed before.

It's a mighty fine figure
of a woman we have here.

I have here.

You and Saunders backtrack.

I want to be full certain
it's not being followed, we are.

Followed by who?

That third horse we picked up.
It surely belongs to somebody.

Maybe it's just a packhorse.

They won't be asked
of taking any chances

on the "maybe" of it.

I thought you said we had
to rest the horses.

It is what I said, lad.

But you can take the two
Indian mounts, can't you?

Surely, there's been
no one riding them.

They're still as fresh
as the morning dew.

I'm not going
on a wild-goose chase.

Oh, you're not, is it?

[gun cocks]

When you're stronger
and faster...

...and bigger than me,
Diego, my boy...

...then you can give the orders.

Is not that the way of it,
Saunders?

That's what we agreed.

Strongest rules.

Alright, Pike.
Have it your own way.

I purely intend to.

Now get sailing along, will you?

Well...

...just the two of us, it is.

Cozy as a pair of crickets
on the hearth.

That way.

You follow the trail well.

My father taught me many things.

You must teach me the rest.

[birds chirping]

There is game.

Should we stop to take food?

That is for you to decide.

But you must tell me what to do.

Does a man ask another
to show him what to do?

The Comancheros
must also take food.

We will stop for a short time.

What kind of game
would you like?

I do not want to eat game.

But the game here is good.

Birds, squirrel, rabbit.

It is a personal thing,
not to take life.

I too have been taught
to reverence all life.

For there, as you know...

...is nahi:

Soul in all things.

Animals, rocks and trees.

Wind and rain.

Life that is perfect...

...and more free
from the weaknesses of man.

You have been taught well,
Nashebo.

And so, because man is weak...

...the Great One...

...has made all these things
to help him survive.

I understand your thought.

I understand yours too,
Spirit Helper.

You are a spirit...

...and do not have the needs
of a mortal.

We will take other things
from nature.

[instrumental music]

The yampa.

The tubers are strong and sweet.

Tastes good.

-Which one you want?
-You take the flop-hat.

[rifle cocks]

Now.

Ah!

Ah!

What I tell you?

-We better check.
-Why? They're coyote meat.

Come on. Let's get back to Pike.

A bit anxious, ain't you?

I just don't want him staking
a claim on that Indian woman.

Hmm-mm.

[dramatic music]

Spirit Helper?

Spirit Helper Caine?

Spirit Helper?

Spirit Helper,
don't leave me too.

[music continues]

Spirit Helper?

Spirit Helper Caine?

Spirit Helper,
are you still with me?

[chuckles]
I am with you.

Ah!

You were communing
with the Great Spirit.

That is how you healed yourself.

It was only a scab wound.

You do not need the poor
medicine that I have brought.

I do not know this plant.

It is parethea.

This part of the root...

...is for wounds such as yours.

May I add this
to my medicine pouch?

I am honored.

You see?

Now it is you
who are teaching me.

-Diego!
-Hey, Pike, how are you?

-Diego!
-Hi, hello!

Welcome home, Pike.

Sure like the looks
of them vittles you brung.

Hey, where you guys been?
Haven't seen you in a long time.

Hey, what you got there, huh?

Pike, how'd things go?
How'd things go, Pike?

I'll be telling you
all about it later.

Right now it's a drink
I'm needing.

And later, the soft comfort
of a woman's arms...

...after a cruel and rocky
journey to perdition and back.

[all laughing]

-She's mine, Pike.
-Yours, is she now?

I'm taking her for my share
of the loot.

It is grand expectations
you have, Diego.

Is it better than me
you are, then...

...that you be giving the orders
and doing the taking?

[horse neighs]

Is it worth it, lad?

Aye.

[gun cocks]

[gunshots]

Ah!

Diego, my lad,
the living truth of it...

...is you always did your
learning the hard way.

[dramatic music]

It is a fort.

Nashebo, what are you doing?

My duty.

Avenge my father's death, so
that his spirit may find peace.

Did you not tell me
the Indian reveres all life?

Yes.

And you believe the Great One
gave life to us all?

Only he could.

Then what man has the right
to take from another...

...the gift given
by the Great One?

[[dramatic music]

Out of the way!

General Chung demands
rice for his forces!

What is in your thought,
grasshopper?

That is the man who killed
my mother and my father.

Revenge is a double-edged sword.
It cuts both ways.

Either Chung's soldiers
will kill you,

or you'll destroy yourself...

...by the certain suicide
of your spirit.

[sighs]
Grasshopper, the wheel of life

is turned inexorably
by the infinite stars.

And so it is, the truth
will not be cheated.

Consider General Chung reduced

to stealing some few bags
of rice.

Is not the wheel crushing him?

Is not an abyss opening
at his feet?

Is not his path, which he treads
with his own feet...

...leading to an eternal grave?

If I am to be a man...

...must I not avenge my father?

If you are to be a man...

...must you not act
to save your mother's life?

How can I save my mother?

We must think of a way.

[sighs]

Spirit Helper,

you are remembering
the legend of Ship Rock?

Tell it to me.

You wish to see if I have
learned my lessons well?

Long ago, on a towering rock
called Ship...

...were the last of our people.

Giant birds of prey built nests
on the summit of Ship Rock.

Their most-liked food
was the children of our people.

One day, Maniboso,
the son of Sky Chief...

...saw the plight of our people
and took pity.

But there was no way
to ascend to Ship Rock.

So he took the magical hide
of the white buffalo...

...and put it across
his shoulders,

arms outstretched
from north to south.

The wind carried
him high, high up,

until he could reach the peak.

There he killed the birds
with the knife

of lightning given him
by his father.

Can you not do that,
Spirit Helper...

...fly down and kill them
with the knife of lightning?

I cannot.

We do not have the magical hide
of the white buffalo.

I did not think of that.

But you have shown me a way.

[guitar music]

Wine!

[speaking in foreign language]

Play something lively.

[upbeat guitar music]

It is now.

They cannot kill you.

I hope not.

But you, you Spirit Helper, you
are protected by the heavens.

[guitar music continues]

[guitar music continues]

[mimicking Indian chant]

[rustling]

[chanting continues]

What's the matter, lassie?
Seen a ghost, have you?

[gun cocks]

[guitar music continues]

Huh.

[chuckles]

Come, come, lassie.

Come on, me little redskin!

On with the dance.

Ha-ha!

Oh, Crucita, me love...

...you dance like
the prettiest princess...

...in all of Ireland.

Wine for everybody.

There's no more wine.

There are two more bubbling
casks in me tent.

Holding out on us, huh?

Look, they say, sirs:

"To the victor goes the spoils."

[hen clucking]

Don't be frightened.

-Nashebo sent me.
-Nashebo?

-Where is my son?
-He's waiting for you to come.

[gun cocks]

And what is it we have here?

Bejabbers! A Chinaman it is!

Come through the center
of the earth, have you?

Now, where is it you think
you're going with her?

I have come to take
a mother to her son.

Well...

...a proud sort of man.

Turn around, lad.

I'd be have to telling you
to say your prayers...

...if you wasn't a heathen.

Of course, the only thing
you're getting here, bucko...

...is a terrible,
tearing bullet in the head.

-Hey, who's this, Pike?
-Keep walking.

I said, keep on walking.

[screaming]

Aye, lad. Good. Good.

[hollering]

[gun cocks]

Give it up, Chinaman.

Strip him and stake him out.

It's the slow, slow death rising

in his gorge I want him
to be tasting.

To the victor go the spoils.

-Nashebo!
-Mother!

Hold it!

You know him, do you, lass? Aye.

Looks like we found
another heathen.

Aye. There I was thinking you
told me...

...you got them
back there on the trail.

-What should I do with him?
-Same as the Chinaman.

They come in together.
Let them go out together.

Spirit Helper, my father's
spirit is still restless.

My mother is their captive.

I have failed.

Why did you not help me?

Nashebo.

You ask...

...I help you be a man.

You have not failed in that.

I too am only a man.

Spirit Helper Caine...

...how is it,
in man's form as you are...

...that you do not feel
the terrible teeth of the cold?

Is the spirit of a man...

...sustained by food...

...or warmed by outer garments?

You have other spirits
within you.

What do you mean?

[shuddering]
The marks on your arms.

The spirit of the snake
for the power of lightning...

...and the spirit
of the mountain lion

for the power of strength.

It is a dragon and a tiger.

Even more powerful medicine.

Nashebo.

They are only symbols.

[shuddering]

Your final test,
the urn of the two symbols:

The dragon and the tiger.

When you can walk
in this corridor,

the inner path
to the outer world...

...and can push the urn aside
with your forearms...

...you will bear its markings

with you for the rest
of your life.

Hundreds of pounds
of burning coal and iron.

How can I, master...

...having only the strength
of a man and the weaknesses?

It is because you are a man

that you can do this,
grasshopper.

I do not understand.

As the softest clay, in time,
becomes the hardest brick...

...a fragile leaf, a diamond...

...as a stream of fiery ore
freezes into unbending iron...

...so too may a man
ascend to himself.

How?

By slowly forging the chi
within yourself...

...the bond between
the finite and infinite...

...the inner essence
of your spirit,

and the limitless power
of the universe.

How can I do this?

You will have found
your strength...

...and the source
of your survival.

You will be free.

Well, how is it with them two?

I can't figure it. Colder than
the North Pole last night.

That Chinaman looks like
he slept under six blankets.

Chinaman.

What kind of a man is it,
you are?

Like any other. A man.

Like no man I ever knew.

[speaking in foreign language]

Spirit Helper Caine
is not like any of us.

Can you not see the marks
on his arms?

I didn't see them before.

You did not look.

Well, what do them brands mean?

Is it somebody's slave, you are?

They are marks of his strength.

He is much stronger than you.

-Is he, now?
-Maybe he is, Mr. Pike.

He sure laid you out yesterday.

It was lucky, he was. Lucky.

Then prove you are stronger
than he.

Or are you only able to kill

those who are bound
and helpless?

[scoffs]

Well, if it's
the proving you want...

...you'll have it.

Untie that thing.

Hurry up, lads.
Proving time, it is.

You'd better take
that knife, Chinaman.

A fight to the death, it is.

[all laughing]

[Pike laughing]

[all laughing]

Well, I guess he did prove
who was stronger, alright.

That makes you the new head man,
flop-hat. You got any orders?

I will take your machete, now.

Wanna finish him off?

Free her.

You heard the man.

Thank you, Spirit Helper.

Master, I am troubled.

Why?

My parents are long dead.

General Chung is tumbled
from his arrogance and power.

Yet, within me anger boils,
as water in a heated pot.

Observe the day lily.

Each morning,
with the warmth of the sun...

...it opens in lovely blossom.

Each night, it closes.

I do not understand.

What has a flower
to do with my anger?

Once, your anger warmed you...

...and, like the flower,
you opened to it.

That is long past.

It is night.

Am I, then, to do nothing?
Feel nothing? Be still?

Still water is like glass.

It is a perfect level.

A carpenter could use it.

The heart of a wise man
is tranquil and still.

Thus, it is the mirror
of heaven and earth...

...the glass of everything.

Be like still water.

You look into it
and see yourself.

Give them all their possessions.

Give them everything?

You heard the new leader.

-Leader?
-That's right.

You just got yourself elected.

I cannot lead you.

Well, you've seen this place.

If you don't lead,
you don't leave.

I can lead no one.

I think you made your point,
Mr. Flop-hat.

Here's my share.

What are you gonna do with him,
just let him go?

-Yes.
-No!

I will avenge my father!

Nashebo!

Do you not wish to be a man?

Nashebo!

Is it not better
to embrace the living...

...than to avenge the dead?

[Caine whispering]
Nashebo.

Saunders, I want them killed.

I want them killed!

Which of you will kill me?

I think you've already answered
that one for us.

Besides, I kind of like it
the way things are.

I'm still the leader here!

Are you, now?

Here we must part.

You must go to the south,
and I, there, to the west.

Will you not come with us?

We are alone, and you are alone.

You have your own people.

Spirit Helper, do not leave.

I need you to teach me
how to be a man.

Nashebo, you are a man.

Goodbye...

...my friend.

[instrumental music]

He was my true
and only spirit helper.

[theme music]

[music continues]