All language subtitles for The Wild Women of Wongo )

[Music playing]

MOTHER NATURE: I
am Mother Nature,

Designer of all the things you
see and all the things you are.

For millions of years,
Father Time and I

Have worked hand-in-hand
to make the world

A better place to live in.

All things considered, we
think we've done fairly well.

We have made our mistakes.

There was one about
10 thousand years ago

When we tried a topsy turvy
experiment with the human race.

At that time, in a
village called Wongo,

We made all the women beautiful
and all the men brutes.

We put all the handsome
men in the tribe of Goona,

Many days' march to the south.

And we made the Goona
girls, well, not beautiful.

It didn't work.

Why?

[Squawk]

The wild women of Wongo.

King of Wongo, why do
you come to the Temple

Of the Dragon God?

The maidens of Wongo
are ready for marriage.

I come to ask you and
the God to receive them.

We will ask the Great Dragon.

Come.

[Hissing]

[Squawking]

[Snoring]

[Laughing]

Stop!

[Crying]

Hush.

They pushed me.

Hush.

Hush.

Girls.

Omoo.

Where have you been?

Get to your work, all of you.

[Snort]

[Snoring]

[Conch blowing]

Ahgo brings you the kill.

It is good.

His father will buy you tonight.

Ahgo takes his kill to Omoo.

My father buys
Omoo for me tonight.

[Squawk]

[Squawking]

MAN: Hey!
Hey!

Hey!

A stranger.

I've never seen a man
from another village.

Get into the hut.

He carries the Wing of
the White Bird of Peace.

Oh, this is like
a dream I've had.

I never could have
dreamed of a man like that.

Are you certain it's a man.

I have a feeling
that makes me certain.

What?

What?

What?

What?

It's a man.

It must be.

Oh, no.

It's a God, I'm sure.

Bird?

Bird?

They must not kill it.

Back.

Fathers of Wongo,
my name is Engor.

I come in peace.

Be in peace.

I come to speak the words
of my father, King of Goona.

We will hear the words
of the King of Goona.

Sit.

Have you eaten?

No.

I am hungry.

Bring food.

We will hear the words
from the King of Goona.

My father has fear.

Fear?

What gives him fear?

We will both take it.

I will take it.

I will take it.

You do not yet give orders
to the king's daughter, Ahgo.

A tribe of many men
come in big canoes,

Bringing war to the coast.

Oh, no.

Here we go.

Break it up.

Break it up.

Break it up.

If you have hunger,
stranger, eat.

I have never seen a
woman like this before.

She is like any other.

She is not like those in Goona.

Give him the food.

In Wongo, you do not touch
a maiden who is not yours.

Omoo, go.

Now give us the words
from the King of Goona.

There is a strange
tribe of men,

Some say they are like apes.

From where do the ape men come?

ENGOR: From the sea.

No men live in the sea.

These people have big canoes.

They come by night.

Next day, they have
gone, leaving many dead.

We have seen no ape men.

We have heard of no ape men.

You know these things now.

I have given you
my father's words.

Why does the King of Goona
wish us to know these things?

My father fears the ape
men will come to Goona.

Wongo does not fear.

King of Wongo, the
ape men will come.

If not today, at some time.

We do not fear.

My father wishes
you and all of Wongo

To come to the village of Goona.

There is much food.

You have brave young
men, and so have we.

It is true.

Our men are brave.

With your men and our men,
we can kill the ape men.

Are there many
like you in Goona?

Are you the strongest?

I came because I am my father's
son, to bring his words.

Many in Goona are
stronger than I.

Do all the men of Goona
also have women's skins?

If the young man thinks he can
puncture my skin, he may try.

He is young.

Perhaps a little foolish
this day with love.

Do you have more words from
your father, the King of Goona?

Only that your journey there
should be taken quickly.

We will give you the words
for your father tomorrow.

Ahgo.

The stranger,
tonight, will sleep

In the hut of the young men.

If harm comes to him,
we will have your life.

You have commanded.

I saw such a man as that once,
in my youth, in the forest.

I killed him.

Good.

We will talk.

Will he stay in
Wongo, do you think?

If I can find a
way to keep him.

What way can there be?

I know a way.

Don't even say that.

The Dragon God will be angry.

I would keep him
even if that happens.

You have seen
our foolish women.

We have all seen.

We have been shamed.

The women have shamed us before
this man with a woman's skin.

But a man's body.

We do not have women's faces,
and I would not want one.

We are men.

And if we went to Goona,
we should find our women

Running after men like him.

As for me, I had
rather fight ape men.

I have seen no ape men.

Do we know that
there are ape men?

I do not know it.

This is a trick.

If the King of Goona
wanted our women,

How could he get them more
easily than to send his son

With some wild story to
get them to his village,

And we ourselves die
there under Goona spears?

That would be easy.

Does anyone disagree?

Oh, King, do we go to Goona?

KING OF WONGO: We do not go.

That will be our answer.

If we do not go, we do not
have to send any words at all.

If this man leaves here
alive, our foolish women

Will never forget him.

That is true.

They're dream.

You speak words of wisdom.

But I have given my word that no
harm shall come to him tonight.

It would be better done in the
morning when the maidens stand

Ready to go to the temple.

Then they shall see him die and
never forget that he is dead.

That is wise.

Is it agreed?

ALL: Agreed.

I do not like to kill a man who
comes with a White Bird's Wing.

With this man, it must be.

In the morning, let it be.

[Squawking]

Why did the stranger
come, Father?

He brought words from his
father, the King of Goona.

Oh, his father's a king.

So he tells us.

I suppose Ahgo's father
means to ask for me tonight.

I expect him.

OMOO: You will give me to Ahgo?

Of course.

OMOO: Father.

Yes?

It's unmaidenly
for me to say it.

KING OF WONGO: What?

Well, his father is,
after all, a king.

Could you not arrange to
give me to the stranger?

What?

Marriage to a stranger is
treason to your people,

A sacrilege to the gods,
and is just cause for death.

Well, women have been
carried away in war

And married to strangers,
even against their will,

And have not died.

Not women of Wongo.

Go inside!

And do not come out
again until the morning

When you and the maidens go to
the Temple of the Dragon God.

Hey, take it easy.

Hey, take it easy.

This bag, it is nothing.

It contains only the finest
shells that I've been

Able to gather in a long life.

My daughter is
hardly worth so much.

She is worth much more,
but this is all I have.

Will you accept them?

I am happy to accept
them for my daughter.

Your son, Ahgo, is good.

Ahgo will build your
daughter a hut before she

Returns from the temple.

I'm sure Ahgo will
build a good hut.

I am made proud by the marriage
of my son to a king's daughter.

The God has given me no son.

You are second in Wongo.

It suits me well that
your son and my daughter

Will rule someday.

They will rule well.

I ask a favor.

KING OF WONGO: I grant it
without knowing what it is.

AHGO'S FATHER: In
the morning, let

It be my son, Ahgo, whose spear
is chosen to kill the stranger.

KING OF WONGO: That is good.

It was Omoo he touched, and
now she is your son's woman.

[Snoring]

[Squawk]

Omoo, they call you that.

I like it.

I have never seen
a woman like you.

What are the women
like in Goona?

They are like your Wongo men.

I will never be able
to look at them again.

I have dreamed
of a man like you.

I never thought it
would come true.

I am the same as
the others in Goona.

I have seen only
you, and I am happy.

Oh, Dragon God,
Protector of Wongo,

Once more, we send our maidens
to your temple to prepare them

For marriage to our young men.

Purify them, make them
worthy, and return

Them to us within one moon.

There he is.

He's beautiful.

Like the sun.

Look, he's trying
to pick out Omoo.

ALL: Return our maidens to
us, oh, Dragon God of Wongo.

They're going to
kill Engor, now.

No.

Yes, this plan, I overheard.

Ahgo's going to throw the spear.

Oh, no.

No.

Will you try to
help me save him?

Tell us how.

King of Wongo, it is
far to my father's house.

I return now.

What is your answer
to the King of Goona?

Our answer is we will not
desert the ancient village

Of our fathers.

I will carry your words now.

But perhaps I may return.

[Squawking]

Engor, beware!

Ahgo will kill you!

[Shouting]

[Scream]

[Squawking]

Oh, Dragon God,
this day, you have

Been insulted by the maidens of
Wongo, and woe to the village.

Now they must leave
us without our prayers

For their protection.

Never has this happened before.

Payment for this sacrilege to
the God must be made in blood.

And when that God has taken
blood, and not until then,

Whether it be one moon or
10, may the maidens return.

Each night, one maiden
shall wait alone,

A sacrifice if the God comes.

Go.

My son, you have returned.

I am happy to be back in Goona.

The King of Wongo
received you well?

They tried to kill me
with a spear as I departed.

You carried the
White Bird Wing?

Did you kill their spearman?

I was saved.

I was saved by the
women of Wongo.

The women?

They are very unusual women,
oh, my father, and very brave.

You are shamed.

I am alive.

It is good.

What about the girls?

Hmph, look at those fools.

Wongo women, indeed.

What do you mean "unusual"?

Very unusual.

Wahoo!

The God and the
Priestess await us.

[Knocking]

Maidens of Wongo.

The Dragon God is angry.

Do you come to offer sacrifice?

We have awaited
the God each night.

But he has not chosen a maiden.

That is why I have
called you to the temple.

Dance, maidens of Wongo,
before the Dragon God!

Offer yourselves to
him as sacrifice!

Dance!

Dance!

Dance!

Dance!

[Squawking]

Oh yeah.

[Laughter]

[Screaming]

[Squawking]

Stop, Mona!

Let me go!

No, the God has
chosen his bride.

She is gone.

I told you.

Now that blood has been spilled,
we can go back to Wongo.

I'm glad it was Omoo.

Look!

Let me go.

You cannot help.

If he comes to represent
the God, it does not matter.

Ahgo's God will get his bride.

Are you afraid to fight?

If it is not the God,
we can help Omoo.

Let her help herself.

You have insulted the God again.

If it were the God, he would
have taken the one he wanted,

Or all of us.

I'm going to tell
the King about this.

My father shall say
I have acted as he

Would wish his daughter to act.

[Squawk]

They are good, Mona.

I have no hunger.

No hunger because
it's Mona's turn

To wait for the God tonight.

It is not that.

I simply have no hunger.

Because you fear the God.

Don't worry, perhaps the God is
more particular than you think.

Yes, I'm sure he's particular.

You have awaited the God twice,
and he has not come to seek you

Any more than a man ever has.

Be still, Ahtee.

You deserve what Mona says.

You know we must remain here
until the God takes blood.

It is the King's command.

We have waited twice
around our numbers,

And none has been chosen.

Tonight, Mona will keep
the vigil for us all.

If she is chosen,
may she go with him,

Without fear and without pain.

ALL: Without fear, without pain.

If the Great Dragon
comes and she escapes him,

This she may do, for if he
really comes in the name

Of the God, none may escape.

ALL: None may escape.

I am ready.

I will walk with her
to the place of waiting.

If you call, I will come.

But you must be awake
to know in time.

I'll stay awake.

How?

I will think.

Think of what?

I'll think of a man.

A man of Wongo?

No.

Oh, wasn't he wonderful?

There never was one like him.

He said that in Goona
where his father is king,

All men are like him.

It cannot be true.

I believe.

If Engor said it,
then it must be true.

I'll try to imagine
it can be true.

That will keep me awake.

I will stay awake
in the same way,

With my spear ready in
case you should call.

I will call if I must.

Good night.

Good night, Mona.

[Hiss]

[Crack]

[Scream]

[Scream]

[Scream]

So the ape men have come.

The evil men Engor
came to tell us about.

They are going to Wongo.

But they might have
been to Wongo already.

We'll go there.

But we can't go.

The God has not taken a bride.

The King did not
say we must remain

Until the God took a bride.

He said we could not return
until the insult to the God

Has been paid in blood.

The God has taken the ape men.

The blood of the
ape men has paid.

That is right.

I fear for Wongo.

Let us go home.

No.

I fear the night with
ape men in canoes.

Let's wait until dawn.

They are gone.

They're all gone.

Perhaps they are still hiding.

[Howls]

Hush, you will call
the ape men back.

I mourn my father.

Wana is right.

Although my father was the King
of Wongo, I am his daughter.

[Howls]

AHGO'S FATHER: Hey.

[Moans]

Help me.

Wana, make a fire.

I'll help.

I'll get water.

There's no hurry.

He's dead.

We'll bury him.

Ahtee, what are you doing here?

That's none of your business.

Omoo put you on watch.

Who stands guard
down at the stream?

Omoo?

Omoo's no king.

A canoe came by, and I rode
on it because I was hungry.

If Omoo wants a watch kept,
she can keep it herself.

Ahtee is off her post.

[Squawking]

Who is Omoo to
tell us what to do?

I'm tired of that.

We've been here
longer than one moon,

And Omoo says do this and do
that, and all of you jump.

I don't have to do anything
I don't want to do,

And nobody can make me.

And I'm not going
to stand watch.

The ape men will come.

Let the ape men come.

Our men are never coming back.

Do you want to live here
the rest of your life

Without any men at all?

Wouldn't be like you.

Shut up.

[Cheering]

No!
No!

No!

Come on, Wana.

Come on, Wana.
Come on.

That's it.

Go, go, go!

Seize her.

You know the penalty.

Mona, speak.

Ahtee came from her post.

She said she feared no ape men.

She would rather
see ape men in Wongo

Than live all her life
with no men at all.

She said you are no king.

She must die.

Kill her.

Kill her.

Kill her.

ALL: Kill her!

I am no king.

We have no men, and our young
hunters will never return.

Ahtee deserves to
die, but she is right.

We do not want to live, and to
grow old, and die without men.

Wongo has ended.

Tomorrow, we leave Wongo.

We can't leave.

Where can we go?

We'll go south.

South?

To Goona.

There is still nobody.

Where did they go?

I do not know.

It must be the ape men came.

I do not like it here.

This is our home.

No.

Wongo stands here,
but it is not home.

It is gone.

Are we to stay with only ghosts?

We have searched the forest.

We have been to the temple.

We have found no one.

Our women were taken
by the ape men.

Our hearts are heavy,
but our village is here.

Let us rest.

Let us not stay here.

Follow the words of
Engor, go south to Goona.

We would not be welcome.

I threw a spear at Engor.

We tried to kill him.

Engor came to ask for our
spears to defend his village.

Let us go there.

There are women in Goona.

If the men of Goona
fight, we will

Go on, but not back to Wongo.

Yes.

We go south.

To Goona.

So let it be.

Young men of Goona,
like your fathers forever

Since the beginning, you
go now into the forest

With empty hands.

For the space of one moon,
you must live in the forest

Without weapons to
prove you are men.

Like your fathers.

In this time, it is
the law of our Gods

That you speak to no women.

Return, hunters of Goona,
when the moon is full again.

Then the maidens
of Goona will await

You with a marriage feast.

[Squawk]

The women of the ape men.

Don't let them see us.

They'll kill us.

Oh, no.

These women are from
Goona, I'm sure.

No, no.

Unless the ape
men live in Goona.

Well, I'll ask
them if it is Goona.

Do you dare go?

Guard me with your spears.

Good day, sisters of Goona.

I come in peace.

Then go in peace.

I've come with my sisters
to beg food and safe shelter.

The ape men have
destroyed our village.

You come from Wongo.

OMOO: How did you know?

We have heard of
the Wongo women.

Mona.

Wana.

You come in peace with spears.

We're attacked!

[Screaming]

[Squawking]

The way to Goona is south.

You will be our scout.

Keep silent.

I can't go another step.

We can stop for a minute.

I'll go look ahead.

Uh-oh.

Uh-oh.

Are there any more
at home like you?

[Giggle]

Hey.

Water looks good.

Let's go.

[Splashing]

It's Engor.

Engor.

Omoo.

It's the women of Wongo.

What are you doing here?

I was hoping we'd see you.

So Wongo has come
to Goona after all.

Where are your friendly men?

There isn't any Wongo.

The ape men took it.

There are no more men.

Come out, and we'll
cook you a meal.

We cannot eat with you.

Should not even talk with you.

Why not?

We are in the forest for
the space of one moon,

All the young men of Goona.

We are without weapons.

We cannot see any women.

When we have proved that we
are men like our fathers,

We may return to Goona
and take our mates.

The women we saw?

Mates?

Naturally.

The Goona women.

Look at us.

Don't you like us?

Would you not rather
have us for mates?

We can all go back to Wongo.

I am a man of Goona.

One day, I will be king.

If Wongo is no more,
you may come to Goona.

We will meet you there.

We've met your Goona women,
and they would have killed us.

It would mean death
for us to go there.

ENGOR: You must go away.

We should not have
talked with you at all.

What do we do now?

If they won't even
speak to us, how

Are we going to persuade them?

Why can't we get
them to go with us?

But they are men.

Well, that's what we
came here for, wasn't it?

Did you say that all the
young men were in the forest?

And they have no spears?

I told you that.

Now go.

[Squawking]

We will camp here.

You may sit.

You have bound us.

These thongs are
the mark of slaves.

For that, something
will happen to you.

And when it does,
you will know why.

If we had fear, we'd have
crawled on our stomachs

To the women of Goona.

We have no fear.

You have forgotten
you are only a woman.

You do not understand men.

We think we understand
men quite well.

(WHISPERING) Go away.

Go away.

Go away, go away, go away.

Hey!

If anyone else is in
that tree, come down,

Or I'll put a spear through you.

I believe you would.

Engor, you spoke the truth
about these women of Wongo.

This one's mine.

He's cute.

[Whistle]

Hit him again.

Hit him again.

[Twig snap]

[Squawk]

[Squawk]

Can't you catch
anything but rabbits?

Very poorly seasoned too.

No salt.

MAN: Nothing like
the Goona women cook.

After all, there's
only one Goona.

The rest of the world
is solid barbarians.

You'll have a long time
to cook meat to your taste

When we get back to Wongo.

You'll do it yourself
under the whip.

You're laying up troubles
for yourself, girl.

The four days I
spent tied up here

Will take a lot of
time getting over.

We're taking you to
the Temple of Wongo

To present you to
the Dragon God.

It's a five-day march.

You may speak to each
other if you like.

Haven't you anything to say?

Not now.

Later, you will hear something
that may surprise you.

Ready?

March.

Forward, march.

[Squawking]

[Squawk] 2, 3, 4.

[Squawk] 2, 3, 4.

[Squawking]

Oh, Dragon God, we
bring you men for Wongo.

We come to the temple with the
men who shall be our mates.

If these are your mates, why
are they bound like slaves?

We dare not unbind them.

They would flee to
Goona, and there would be

None to worship the Dragon God.

Unbind their necks!

The God speaks!

There is danger!

I see spears coming
to the temple!

They are here!

Spears!

Who comes with spears?

It is Ahgo and the
hunters of Wongo.

We have come to present our
mates to the Dragon God.

PRIESTESS: Leave your spears.

Let them enter.

Let Ahgo come forward and speak.

We men of Wongo
thought our women

Were taken by the ape men.

We have found others.

We have come to present
them to the Dragon God.

PRIESTESS: Your father
chose Omoo for your mate.

How do you answer to that?

I will answer.

Omoo is mine.

So be it.

Well, how about that?

[Music playing]