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The adventures of a Shaolin Monk as he wanders the American West armed only with his skill in Kung Fu.
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The adventures of a Shaolin Monk as he wanders the American West armed only with his skill in Kung Fu.
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Episode 1
Caine goes to meet with his grandfather again, only to find he has been murdered. He searches for the murderer, unaware that a group of assassins from China are after him.
Directed by Richard LangWritten by John T. DuganGuest stars Clyde Kusatsu, Kay E. Kuter, Tom Reese, Tad Horino, Kerry MacLane, Eddie Albert, Patricia Neal, Season Hubley
Episode 2
Caine meets a woman that was his grandfather's lover, and is very hostile to his inquiries, while a group of Chinese assassins (believed to be able to summon forth demon fighters) closes in on him.
Directed by Richard LangWritten by John T. DuganGuest stars Tad Horino, Yuki Shimoda, Eddie Albert, Season Hubley, Edward Albert, Kam Yuen, Wilber Chang, Patricia Neal
Episode 3
Caine is offered a chance to return to China, after a sea captain delivers a pardon from the Emperor. The pardon, however, has one condition: Caine must lose a finger.
Directed by Richard LangWritten by Eugene PriceGuest stars France Nuyen, James Hong, Rosemary Forsyth, William Shatner, Kenji Shibuya, Jeanne Joe
Episode 4
Caine helps a young woman who has visions of future events. They always come true and this terrifies her.
Directed by Harry HarrisWritten by Katharyn Powers, Michael Michaelian, Katharyn PowersGuest stars Sondra Locke, Jan Sterling, Ken Swofford, Howard Duff, John Quade, Joe Renteria, Bill Catching
Episode 5
Caine is accused of murder and must seek out a witness who is a member of a gang of Indian scalphunters, who doesn't want to help him. He must also deal with an Apache warrior who wants to kill the witness for his crimes against the Apache.
Directed by Harry HarrisWritten by Ed Waters, John Menken, Lloyd RichardsGuest stars George DiCenzo, Richard Narita, Cal Bellini, Anthony Zerbe, Robert Sorrells, Robert Phillips, Frank Michael Liu
Episode 6
Caine thinks he has found his brother, but he is really an imposter who is being pursued by a young gunfighter.
Directed by Jerry ThorpeWritten by John T. DuganGuest stars John Fujioka, John Vernon, James Wainwright, Carol Lawrence, Richard Kelton, A Martinez, John Vernon
Episode 7
Caine hears the cry of a child begging to be saved, but there is no child to be found. Only a very young buffalo calf and his mother. Caine protects him from a hunter who is determined to kill him for the hide.
Directed by Richard LangWritten by Ed Waters, Ed Waters, Abe PolskyGuest stars Stefanie Powers, Albert Salmi, Victor Jory, Alex Henteloff, Don Stroud, Don Keefer, Kenneth O'Brien, John War Eagle
Episode 8
We return to Caine's past in China. Caine witnesses a man defeat six others in the village. The man instructs Caine to deliver a challenge. He demands a fight to the death with Master Kan or he will kill a villager every day until he gets it.
Directed by Robert Michael LewisWritten by Katharyn Powers, Michael MichaelianGuest stars Soon-Tek Oh, Victoria Racimo, Richard Loo, Frank Michael Liu, John Fujioka
Episode 9
Caine goes to work for a railroad which is being sabotaged, and meets a Shaolin priest he knew before.
Directed by Marc DanielsWritten by Theodore ApsteinGuest stars James Shigeta, James Olson, Harrison Page, James Hong, Lincoln Demyan
Episode 10
A reclusive hermit, Tamo, arrives at the Honan monastery to inform them that the Fukien monastery was attacked and destroyed by a warlord with his cannon, and that he has survivors seeking refuge there. One of the survivors is a woman who wants to become a Shaolin monk. She later reveals the warlord wanted her to be his wife, and she fled. Now the warlord is preparing to attack the monastery and having his cannon brought there.
Directed by David CarradineWritten by William KelleyGuest stars Victor Sen Yung, Barbara Hershey, Richard Narita, Yuki Shimoda, Khigh Dhiegh, Sam Hiona
Episode 11
Caine and the others try to defend the monastery, while the cannon the Warlord SIng will attack them with is still enroute. In the meantime, he must contend with the fact that a woman who wants to become a Shaolin monk and rejected Sing's hand in marriage, has fallen in love with him.
Directed by David CarradineWritten by William Kelley, David Michael KornGuest stars Victor Sen Yung, Barbara Hershey, Richard Narita, Richard Loo, Yuki Shimoda, Khigh Dhiegh, Sam Hiona, Brian Fong
Episode 12
After being stung by a scorpion, Caine remembers a time in China, where a member of the royal family poisoned him in order to discover what was on the journey to death, during which time Caine had visions of the American west.
Directed by David CarradineWritten by George Clayton Johnson, David Michael KornGuest stars Victor Sen Yung, Robert Tessier, Brian Tochi, Tad Horino, Michael Greene
Episode 13
Caine seeks out a photographer who took a picture of his brother, Danny, in hopes that he will be able to help find him. He also encounters and befriends an Indian that attacks him and the photographer, and later wants to kill the photographer for taking a picture of him, for which he believes has stolen his soul.
Directed by Barry CraneWritten by Gustave FieldGuest stars Lew Ayres, Benson Fong, Tom Nardini, Jonathan Hole, Bill Saito
Episode 14
Caine meets the son of a man who died defending his father from muggers, and wants to repay him for his debt of honor by working for him. However, the man doesn't want work as payment but to learn how to fight, against a gang of bandits terrorizing the village he lives in.
Directed by Harry HarrisWritten by David Michael Korn, Robert SpechtGuest stars Stephen Manley, Roberto Contreras, BarBara Luna, Alejandro Rey, Joe Santos, Bill Fletcher, Julio Medina, Richard Yniguez
Episode 15
This episode shows how Caine fled China, being pursued by a relentless Lieutenant in the Emperor's army, and how he faces possible betrayal by a woman who pledges to help him; but has secretly made an offer to turn him over to the Lieutenanf, in exchange for her brother's release from prison.
Directed by Gordon HesslerWritten by David Michael Korn, Norman Katkov, Norman KatkovGuest stars James Shigeta, Adele Yoshioka, Clyde Kusatsu, Evan C. Kim, Bob Okazaki
Episode 16
Caine tries helping the depressed wife of an Army sergeant, with a drug addiction, and winds up fighting an inner demon of his own creation.
Directed by Marc DanielsWritten by Gerald Sanford, Robert Sherman, Theodore ApsteinGuest stars Stephen Manley, Wilford Brimley, David Huddleston, Leslie Charleson, Lloyd Kino, Bruce Carradine, Byron Mabe, Allan Melvin
Episode 17
Caine meets two traveling musicians, who are looking for a supposedly magical cave, all unaware that there are silver hunters looking to strike it rich with the cave.
Directed by Barry CraneWritten by D. C. Fontana, Herman MillerGuest stars Cannonball Adderley, John Bennett Perry, Beverly Garland, Joe Maross, José Feliciano, James Victor, Chuck Hicks
Episode 18
Caine learns that Danny might be working at a gambling hall that features bare-knuckle boxing, and winds up protecting Danny's son, after Danny angers the hall's owner by hitting him and leaving his job, before Caine's arrival.
Directed by Marc DanielsWritten by Stephen Karpf, Elinor KarpfGuest stars Tim McIntire, Lois Nettleton, Valentin de Vargas, Maidie Norman, Leslie Nielsen, John Blyth Barrymore, John Lupton, Ji-Tu Cumbuka
Episode 19
Caine goes searching for Danny, with Danny's son and a woman Danny Jr. has found out is his mother, with riders pursuing them, and is forced into an Indian death match along the way.
Directed by Harry HarrisWritten by Stephen Karpf, Elinor KarpfGuest stars Lois Nettleton, Valentin de Vargas, Leslie Nielsen, John Blyth Barrymore, John Lupton, Ted Gehring, Don Keefer, Ned Romero
Episode 20
Caine finds where his brother is hiding, but is unaware that Danny has been told there is a Chinese bounty hunter who wants to kill him.
Directed by Harry HarrisWritten by Stephen Karpf, Elinor KarpfGuest stars Joanna Moore, John Vernon, Tim McIntire, Carl Weathers, Tim Haldeman, Allen Emerson, Leslie Nielsen, John Blyth Barrymore
Episode 21
The Caine family's dysfunctional relationships get resolved. Kwai Chang and Danny are questing to find General Cantrell who has custody of Zeke Caine. After typical adversities everyone is reunited and Kwai Chang reveals where his future lies.
Directed by Marc DanielsWritten by Stephen Karpf, Elinor KarpfGuest stars John Vernon, Tim McIntire, Leslie Nielsen, John Blyth Barrymore, Ted Gehring, A Martinez, Jacques Aubuchon, David Bond
Episode 22
Young Caine and Master Po imagine what it will be like when Caine leaves the temple, and in their dreams Caine is sent to deliver a ring to a Grand Duke by Master Po. Upon arriving at the palace, he is informed that the Duke is dead, but an old man from the Duke's palace delivers him a message that he is still alive. He is being imprisoned by his own cousin, who has taken control of the palace. Caine also meets a thief who falls in love with the Duke's daughter, who is to be married off, and they work together to free both the Duke and his daughter.
Directed by Harry HarrisWritten by Bernard B. Bossick, Larry H. Gibson, Simon MuntnerGuest stars John Fujioka, Dale Ishimoto, Beulah Quo, James Hong, Tad Horino, George Matsui, Clare Torao
Episode 23
Serenity Johnson, the blind preacher last seen in The Nature Of Evil, asks Caine to help escort him with a shipment to San Fransisco. What neither one of them knows is that stolen silver bars are hidden in the shipment, and people involved in the robbery are after them.
Directed by Gordon HesslerWritten by Norman KatkovGuest stars John Carradine, Rhonda Fleming, Pat Morita, Randy Boone, Gene Dynarski, Kay E. Kuter, Milton Frome, Timothy Carey
Episode 24
Caine is visiting the Brown family when their son and his friend are taken hostage by a Confederate raider who believes the war isn't over ... and that he may kidnap children in the name of honor.
Directed by Alex BeatonWritten by John T. DuganGuest stars Hal Williams, Mae Mercer, Charles Aidman, Ta-Ronce Allen, Craig Huxley, Charles Haid, L.Q. Jones, Anne Seymour
Episode information updated Sep 17, 2026
David CarradineKwai Chang Caine
Keye LukeMaster Po
Philip AhnMaster Kan
Radames PeraYoung Caine
Scott HylandsSaunders
Stephen ManleyBoy Caine
Benson FongSorcerer Liu
Brian TochiHo Fong (uncredited)
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