Kung Fu: The Complete Second Season
Warner Bros. Television / Warner Home Video (1972)
TV Series  /  Action, Martial Arts
In Collection
#862
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085393343422
IMDB   7.8
1167 mins United States / English
DVD  Region 1   Unrated
David Carradine Kwai Chang Caine / ... (63 episodes, 1972-1975)
Radames Pera Young Caine (47 episodes, 1972-1975)
Keye Luke Master Po (43 episodes, 1972-1975)
Philip Ahn Master Kan (40 episodes, 1972-1975)
James Hong Chun Yen / ... (9 episodes, 1972-1975)
Tad Horino Cowled Head / ... (8 episodes, 1973-1975)
Victor Sen Yung Tamo / ... (7 episodes, 1972-1975)
James Weatherill Deputy / ... (7 episodes, 1972-1975)
Richard Loo Master Sun / ... (6 episodes, 1972-1975)
Yuki Shimoda Captain Shun Low / ... (6 episodes, 1973-1975)
Tim McIntire Daniel Caine / ... (5 episodes, 1973-1975)
John Fujioka Cook / ... (5 episodes, 1973-1975)
Clyde Kusatsu Han Su Lok / ... (5 episodes, 1973-1975)
Leslie Nielsen Vincent Corbino (4 episodes, 1975)
Khigh Dhiegh Warlord Sing Lu Chan / ... (4 episodes, 1973-1975)
Benson Fong Han Fei / ... (4 episodes, 1972-1974)
John Blyth Barrymore Zeke Caine (4 episodes, 1975)
Frank Michael Liu Huo / ... (4 episodes, 1973-1975)
Tim Haldeman First Gunfighter / ... (4 episodes, 1972-1975)
Ted Gehring Fuller / ... (4 episodes, 1974-1975)
Bill McLean Bartender / ... (4 episodes, 1972-1973)
Albert Salmi Raif / ... (3 episodes, 1972-1974)
John Carradine Rev. Serenity Johnson (3 episodes, 1972-1975)
Soon-Tek Oh Chen Yi / ... (3 episodes, 1973-1974)
John Vernon Gen. Cantrell / ... (3 episodes, 1974-1975)
Ned Romero Lame Dog / ... (3 episodes, 1974-1975)
Robert Ito Captain Tim Lee / ... (3 episodes, 1972-1974)
Kenneth O'Brien Harlow Strunk / ... (3 episodes, 1973-1974)
Richard Narita Kang Li / ... (3 episodes, 1974-1975)
Dale Ishimoto Chinese Sergeant / ... (3 episodes, 1973-1975)
Paul Harper Amos / ... (3 episodes, 1972-1974)
Kam Yuen Wong Ti / ... (3 episodes, 1973-1974)
Brian Tochi Ho Fong / ... (3 episodes, 1973-1974)
Clay Tanner Barr / ... (3 episodes, 1973-1974)
David Chow Little Monk / ... (3 episodes, 1972-1973)
Beulah Quo Madam Chun / ... (3 episodes, 1973-1975)
Dana Lee Lieutenant / ... (3 episodes, 1973-1975)
Bob Bralver Crowder / ... (3 episodes, 1973)
Steven Chambers Comanchero / ... (3 episodes, 1973)
Barry Sullivan Dillon / ... (2 episodes, 1972-1974)
Hal Williams Caleb Brown (2 episodes, 1973-1975)
Morgan Woodward Col. Binns / ... (2 episodes, 1973-1974)
Anthony Zerbe Paul Klempt / ... (2 episodes, 1973-1974)
Stefan Gierasch Kai Tong / ... (2 episodes, 1974)
Patricia Neal Sara Kingsley (2 episodes, 1974)
Barbara Hershey Nan Chi (2 episodes, 1975)
Lois Nettleton Delonia Cantrell (2 episodes, 1975)
James Shigeta Col. Lin Pei / ... (2 episodes, 1975)
L.Q. Jones Major Clarke Bealson / ... (2 episodes, 1973-1975)
Michael Greene Aztec Priest / ... (2 episodes, 1973-1974)
Warren Vanders Clifford Tait / ... (2 episodes, 1973-1974)
Dana Elcar Judge Todd A. Pritikin / ... (2 episodes, 1973)
John Anderson Benjamin Dundee / ... (2 episodes, 1973-1974)
Shelly Novack Bascomb / ... (2 episodes, 1973-1974)
Season Hubley Margit Kingsley McLean (2 episodes, 1974)
Michael Pataki Buskirk (2 episodes, 1974)
David Huddleston Nathaniel / ... (2 episodes, 1973-1975)
Scott Hylands Randy Bucknell / ... (2 episodes, 1973)
A Martinez Slade / ... (2 episodes, 1974-1975)
Ken Swofford Dr. Tracer / ... (2 episodes, 1974)
Jim Davis Joe Walker / ... (2 episodes, 1973)
Eddie Albert Dr. George Baxter (2 episodes, 1974)
Robert Ridgely Whipple (2 episodes, 1974)
Denver Pyle Dr. Joseph Colton / ... (2 episodes, 1973-1974)
Edward Albert Johnny Kingsley McLean (2 episodes, 1974)
Nancy Kwan Mayli Ho (2 episodes, 1974)
Howard Duff Mr. Jenkins / ... (2 episodes, 1974)
David Chow Little Monk
Benson Fong Han Fei
Leslie Nielsen
James Hong Hsiang
John Blyth Barrymore
Robert Ito Fong
Roy Jenson Fuller
Richard Loo Master Sun
Wayne Maunder McKay
Albert Salmi Raif
Victor Sen Yung Chuen
Philip Ahn Master Kan
David Carradine Caine
Keye Luke Master Po
Keith Carradine Middle Caine
Director
Richard Lang
Alex Beaton
Jerry Thorpe
Producer Alex Beaton
Jerry Thorpe
Writer Katharyn Powers
Herman Miller

The adventure continues for Kwai Chang Caine (David Carridine), a Shaolin Priest trained in the wisdom and warfare of China's ancients and following his life's path in the American West of the latter 1800s. Caine still searches for his half-brother Danny. A dead-or-alive bounty still hangs over his head. Yet Caine remains calm and resourceful. "I live. I rest. I am at peace. It is good," he says.Good, too, is this 4-disc set of Season Two's 23 episodes whose many guest stars include Harrison Ford, Don Johnson, Slim Pickens, Gilbert Roland, Tina Louise, John Carradine, and Benson Fong.Snatch the pebble from our hand... and continue the journey.
Episodes
    Seen it: Yes   50 mins    27/09/1973  1.  The Well
After drinking bad water during a drought, Caine recovers at the farm of an ex-slave who has a working well, but one who is so angry he is not willing to share with his thirsty neighbors.
Director:  Jerry Thorpe  Writer:  Kittridge Barton 
Guest starring:  Hal Williams,  Mae Mercer, Ta-Ronce Allen, George Spell, Robert Karnes, Chuck Hayward, Jane Lambert, Tim McIntire
    Seen it: Yes   50 mins    04/10/1973  2.  The Assassin
Hatfields and McCoys, with an Asian spin on things. Two familes with a longtime fued keep two potential lovers apart. One of the families has hired a ninja assassin, and Caine witnesses his actions. Caine is accused of assisting the ninja, and heals a man dying from a poisoned shuriken strike.
Director:  Richard Lang  Writer:  Daniel Ullman  / Spooner Glass 
Guest starring:  Dana ElcarNobu McCarthy, Douglas Fowley, James Keach, William Glover,  Robert Ito, Beverly Kushida, Wayne Storm, Phil Chambers, Wayne Foster
    Seen it: Yes   50 mins    11/10/1973  3.  The Chalice
Caught between a Gatling Gun and a fort full of murderous killers, Caine must rescue a stolen chalice in order to make restitution for a dead Franciscan priest.
Director:  Jerry Thorpe  Writer:  William Kelley 
Guest starring:  William Smith, Gilbert Roland, Lee Paul,  Charles DierkopPepe Serna, Victor Millan, Victor Arco, Stafford Repp, Steve Chambers, Rick Hurst, Clay Tanner, Yuki Shimada
    Seen it: Yes   50 mins    25/10/1973  4.  The Brujo
While wandering in Mexico, Caine comes across an old woman and a young boy. The woman is trapped under a cart and asks Caine to take care of the boy. He takes him to a small Mexican village which believes it is under the spell of a warlock.
Director:  Richard Lang  Writer:  Michael Michaelian  / Katharyn Michaelian 
Guest starring:  Henry Darrow, Maria Elena Cordero, Emilo Fernandez,  Benson Fong, Rudolfo Joyos, Felipe Turich, Fernando Escandon, Julio Medina, Jimmy Turner
    Seen it: Yes   50 mins    08/11/1973  5.  The Squaw Man
Caine helps a young Indian man who saw his father killed and wants to kill the men who did it and rescue his mother from them.
Director:  John Llewellyn Moxey  /  Walter Doniger  Writer:  Arthur Dales  / John T. Dugan 
Guest starring:  Bo SvensonScott Hylands, Khigh Dheigh,  Don Johnson, James A. Watson, Rita Rogers, Rock A. Walker, Fred Lerner, Everett L. Creach, Steve Chambers
    Seen it: Yes   50 mins    01/11/1973  6.  The Spirit Helper
Caine helps a farmer who is married to an Indian woman. The townpeople have no respect for the farmer until he kills an outlaw's son and then they treat him as a hero.
Director:  John Llewellyn Moxey  /  Walter Doniger  Writer:  Arthur Dales  / John T. Dugan 
Guest starring:  Jack Elam, Elliott Street, Logan Ramsey,  Rosanna DeSoto, Rex Holman, Booth Colman, Eddie Firestone, Hal Baylor, Robert G. Reece,  James HongVictor Sen Yung, Orwin Harvey
    Seen it: Yes   50 mins    06/12/1973  7.  The Tong
Caine comes to a bankrupt mining town and meets a mentally handicapped boy, who is the target of a claim jumper.
Director:  Richard Lang  / Robert Totten  Writer:  Robert Schlitt  / Del Reisman 
Guest starring:  David HuddlestonEd FlandersRamon Bieri, James Lee Reeves, Bill McLean, Richard Chien, K. C. Shieh, J. W. Lu
    Seen it: Yes   50 mins    15/11/1973  8.  The Soldier
Caine help a young Chinese orphan boy gain his freedom from a brutal master. The master goes to the Tong for help against Caine.
Director:  Richard Lang  / Robert Totten  Writer:  Ed Waters  / Robert Schlitt 
Guest starring:  Diana Douglas,  Richard Loo, Carey Wong, Tad Horino, Kinjo Shibuya
    Seen it: Yes   50 mins    29/11/1973  9.  The Salamander
Caine is accused of taking part in a bandit ambush, and is taken prisoner by the U.S. Calvary. He meets a soldier that is a conscientious objector that helps him clear his name.
Director:  Richard Lang  Writer:  Ed Waters  / Del Reisman 
Guest starring:  Tim Matheson, Myron Healey, John Dennis, Douglas Dirkson, Margaret Fairchild, Frank Whiteman, Skip Riley, Wayne Heffley, Kip Whitman
    Seen it: Yes   50 mins    13/12/1973  10.  The Hoots
Caine meets a group of Hutterite settlers, who must reconsider their pacifist background when attacked by bigoted cattlemen, and teaches them how to defend themselves without compromising their principles.
Director:  Robert Totten  Writer:  Lionel E. Siegel 
Guest starring:  Anthony Swerbe, Howard Da Silva, Lauire Prange, Jock Mahoney,  Rance Howard, Tom Waters, Link Wyler, Ed McCready,  Anthony Zerbe
    Seen it: Yes   50 mins    20/12/1973  11.  The Elixir
A beautiful medicine hawker, Theodora, is so concerned with herself that she totally ignores what her hunchback brother needs or wants.
Director:  Walter Doniger  Writer:  A. Martin Zweiback 
Guest starring:  Diana MuldaurDavid Canary, Don Megawan,  Matt Clark, Richard Caine, Walter Barnes, Jerry Fujikawa, Henry Wills, Gary Eppler
    Seen it: Yes   50 mins    03/01/1974  12.  The Gunman
Un pistolero prend la défense de Caine et d'une veuve, propriétaire d'un ranch pour laquelle Caine travaille, tout en restant poursuivit par un détachement de volontaires et d'un chasseur de prime trop zélé...
Director:  Richard Lang  Writer:  Robert Newin 
Guest starring:  Andrew Prine, Katherine Woodville, Jack Riley, Sandy Kenyon,  Alan Fudge, Herbert Nelson, Jim Wetherill
    Seen it: Yes   50 mins    10/01/1974  13.  Empty Pages Of A Dead Book
The son of a deceased Texas Ranger tries to honor his memory by going after criminals his father kept a journal on. He finds more trouble than he expected and Caine must defend him.
Director:  John Llewellyn Moxey  Writer:  Charles A. McDaniel 
Guest starring:  Robert FoxworthSlim Pickens, Nate Esformes, Bruce Carradine, Doreen Lang, Carlos Romero, James Storm, Tom Stovall, Time Haldeman, Raymond Chao
    Seen it: Yes   50 mins    17/01/1974  14.  A Dream Within A Dream
Caine, while walking through a dense fog, happens upon a man who is hanging and he himself is then shot. When he awakens, he finds himself in the company of a sculptor played by John Drew Barrymore (Drew's father). Caine is later accused of the murder of the hanging man and Barrymore's character comes to his defense. This is a really good episode and on the DVD David Carradine has an interesting commentary that accompanies this particular episode.
Director:  Richard Lang  Writer:  John T. Dugan 
Guest starring:  Tina Louise, Howard Duff, Sorrell Booke, John Barrymore Jr., Ruth Roman, Mark Miller, Bennie Dobbins, Fred Lerner, Tony Epper, Rudy Diaz, Curtis Wong
    Seen it: Yes   50 mins    24/01/1974  15.  The Way Of Violence Has No Mind
Caine confronts a gang of Chinese immigrants that have taken to violence.
Director:  Lee Philips  Writer:  David Michael Korn 
Guest starring:  Victor Sen Yung, Ron Soble,  Fritz WeaverRobert Ito, Gary Merrill, June Vincent, Ted Gehring, William Traylor, Jesse Dizon
    Seen it: Yes   50 mins    07/02/1974  16.  In Uncertain Bondage
Caine recalls lessons learned as a youth when he and a Southern belle are trapped in a deep pit, held there by kidnappers.
Director:  Richard Lang  Writer:  Ed Waters  / Abe Polsky 
Guest starring:  Warren Vanders, Judy Pace,  Lynda Day George, Roger E. Mosley
    Seen it: Yes   50 mins    14/02/1974  17.  Night Of The Owls, Day Of The Doves
Caine must defend prostitutes that want to start a new life with land bequeathed to them, from cattlemen that want to seize it for themselves.
Director:  John Llewellyn Moxey  Writer:  Ed Waters 
Guest starring:  Anne FrancisBarry Atwater, Clare Nono,  Arlene FarberKen Swofford, Rayford Barnes, Juno Dawson, Paul Harper,  George Dzundza, Ted White, Julie Andelman
    Seen it: Yes   50 mins    21/02/1974  18.  Crossties
Caine is caught in the middle of a land-rights fight between farmers and railroad agents. He tries to convince the farmers to accept an offer of amnesty, and to keep the agents from using the offer as a fatal trap for the farmers.
Director:  Richard Lang  Writer:  Robert Schlitt 
Guest starring:  Andy Robinson,  Denver PyleBarry SullivanJohn AndersonHarrison FordDennis Fimple, Eric Server, Rolfe Sedan, Sandy Ignon
    Seen it: Yes   50 mins    28/02/1974  19.  The Passion Of Chen Yi
Caine tries to visit an unjustly jailed Shaolin student, but keeps being turned away. He then commits a crime so he can be put in jail with him, hoping to clear up an old misunderstanding and help free the student.
Director:  John Llewellyn Moxey  Writer:  John T. Dugan 
Guest starring:  Bethel Leslie, Robert Middleton, Marianna Hill, Soon-Teck Oh, Arch Johnson, Ivor Francis,  James Hong, Ray Ballard, Bart Burns
    Seen it: Yes   50 mins    14/03/1974  20.  Arrogant Dragon
Wu Chang has angered the Tong Sect, and is ordered to commit suicide or be executed by them. Caine tries to help him fake his death and escape from the Tongs.
Director:  Richard Lang  Writer:  Michael Michaelian  / Katharyn Michaelian 
Guest starring:  Richard Loo, Jocelyne Lew, Edward Walsh, Dalton Leong,  James Hong, Yuki Shimada, Tommy Lee, Nathan Jung, Russ Grieve, Arthur Song, Hubert Wing,  Clyde Kusatsu
    Seen it: Yes   50 mins    21/03/1974  21.  The Nature Of Evil
Caine and Serenity Johnson, the blind preacher last seen in Dark Angel, look for a killer that is stalking Serenity's town of Nineveh.
Director:  Robert M. Lewis  Writer:  Gerald Sanford 
Guest starring:  Morgan Woodward, Shelly Novack, John Carradine, Barbara Colby, Kelly Thordsen,  James GammonRobert Donley, Bartlett Robinson, Larry Robb, Don Mageira, James Weatherill
    Seen it: Yes   50 mins    04/04/1974  22.  The Cenotaph (1)
Caine meets Logan McBurney, a Scotsman who has hijacked a gold-transporting stagecoach named Old Ironsides, to haul an enormous box that he claims is his dead Sioux wife's coffin. Along the way to the burial ground, which is on Sioux land, Caine remembers times in the monastery, unaware that several robbers are following closely, hoping to take Old Ironsides for themselves.
Director:  Richard Lang  Writer:  William Kelley 
Guest starring:  Nancy Kwan,  Stefan Gierasch, Michael Pataki, Robert Ridgley,  Ned Romero, Ed Bakey, Ivan Naranjo, Milton Parsons, Irene Tedrow, Don Hanmer, James Weatherill
    Seen it: Yes   50 mins    11/04/1974  23.  The Cenotaph (2)
Caine and Logan arrive at the Sioux burial ground, to bury what Caine believes is Logan's wife in a huge crate, and are confronted by angry Sioux warriors who feel they are trespassing. They must also deal with two robbers as well as the US Calvary. Caine recalls his own love story, that like Logan's wife, ended tragically.
Director:  Richard Lang  Writer:  William Kelley 
Guest starring:  Nancy Kwan,  Stefan Gierasch, Michael Pataki, Robert Ridgley,  Ned Romero, Ed Bakey, Ben Cooper, Ivan Naranjo,  Frank Ferguson, Don Hanmer, Tim Haldeman
Edition Details
Series Kung Fu
Release Date 18/01/2005
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio 1.33:1
Subtitles French; English; Spanish
Audio Tracks English Dolby Digital 1.0
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Discs/Tapes 4

Features
Disc 01 Audio Commentary by David Carradine on Two Episodes: The Well The Chalice Zen & Now: A Dinner With David Carradine And Friends Featuring Vivica A. Fox, Michael Madsen, Series Co-Star Radames Pera and Technical Advisor Kam Yuen, Comedian/Wu Shu Stylist Hal Sparks and Martial Artists Cynthia Rothrock and Rob Moses