1972 made for
television movie (the pilot for the subsequent series) starring
David Carradine. Carradine playes Caine, a young
Chinese-
American Shaolin monk living in 19th century China. After avenging the death of his teacher, he becomes a wanted man in
China. Fleeing to
America, he works on the railroad in the American
West and helps the railroad workers.
Perhaps the most famous sequence in the film is the following (taken from the Internet Movie Database):
Master Po: (after easily defeating the boy in combat) Ha ha, never assume because a man has no eyes he cannot see. Close your eyes. What do you hear?
Young Caine: I hear the water, I hear the birds.
Master Po: Do you hear your own heartbeat?
Young Caine: No.
Master Po: Do you hear the grasshopper that is at your feet?
Young Caine: (looking down and seeing the insect) Old man, how is it that you hear these things?
Master Po: Young man, how is it that you do not?
Hereafter, Master Po referred to his young pupil as grasshopper.