The stories of the ancient Kaleva,
a northern people,
tell of a blacksmith, who made 'Sampo',
a happiness bringing machine.
The oldest Chinese legends tell of the last son of 'Loviatar'.
A demon, who stole 'Sampo',
the happiness bringing machine.
There is a connection between these two stories.
That connection was omitted from the official version...
of the national epic "Kalevala" by its author, Lonnroth
The Son of the Blacksmith...
The swamp grave in Eastern Karelia where we found him,
is dated as early bronze-age.
The item buried with the deceased,
is however, of such incredible craftsmanship,
that even today we cannot achieve it's like.
I'd be tempted to say it was extraterrestrial, left by non-earthly beings,
a time-capsule or something,
but the writing on top is Chinese,
which pre-dates the first dynasty.
The writing says it belonged to the Son of the Blacksmith.
but he was only to open it at the time of his greatest need,
when all other hope had gone.
Oh well...
It's ruined!
Kai...
This is not the beginning...
but the end.
East Karelia - 2000 B.C.
Stay back!
Keep away from that wolf!
My arrow only wounded it.
Just let him go, will you?
Dear...
Let's stay here,
and protect this box,
for all eternity.
In 'Kalevala', the mother of Lemminkainen
gathers the bones of her son from the black river of death.
She wonders how to bring life into them,
and how to give him a voice...
to tell us his story.
But the voice we give to the past,
must be listened to carefully.
"SANGFU" "Buys, Sells and Trades"
That's called 'Tshung', a Chinese horse-bell.
Have you been here for long?
Eight years.
How come I never noticed this place before?
Olavi Berg, scholar of 'Kalevala'
'Sangfu' comes from the Tibetan language.
The Mongols pronounce it as... 'Sampo'.
The legend says it was originally built as a brideprize.
But it was eventually broken up and the pieces scattered.
I think it's an ideal name for a shop of antiquities.
No it isn't. It scares the customers away.
My colleague Marja.
A woman of iron.
I found these yesterday in my attic.
They belonged to my boyfriend Kai.
He would have loved this place.
It's Kai's hair and nails.
organic powder...
Blacksmiths use it to harden iron.
Carbon prevents iron from rusting.
Your boyfriend was a blacksmith?
You can keep those.
I'm moving out.
Fear, Pain, Madness, Ugliness,
Lust, Hate, Greed and Blindness.
We know the names of eight of Loviatar's sons,
Loviatar's last son had no name.
It is said that the nameless one wanted to bring Hell upon earth.
The Son of the Blacksmith was promised freedom from the cycle of reincarnation,
if he were able to kill the last son of Loviatar.
Chroniclers of later days have assumed,
that the Son of the Blacksmith killed the demon
and was thus set free from all joys and sorrows brought by earthly desires...
for all eternity.
Hello there.
Hi.
That's my stuff.
Yes, I know.
I have a proposition for you.
You get this back and in return...
I get your hair and nails.
Say that again.
She is beautiful.
Who?
Your girlfriend.
Tall and slender.
She resembles a woman I was once... a little attracted to.
How is she, Ronja?
I don't know. She was moving out.
Where to?
Where do people usually move to?
I don't know.
Away.
You are a blacksmith.
Yeah.
It's quite rare nowadays.
Yeah.
Did you inherit it from your father?
No... my father ran a petrol station.
That's interesting.
Not really.
What do you know about 'Sampo'.
The one from the Kalevala?
It was a cornucopia forged by the blacksmith Ilmarinen,
it was broken and the pieces were scattered over the earth.
I'm really sorry Kai...
but I'm leaving you.
I must go.
I have work to do.
Let's sit a little longer and chat.
I have to go.
Yes but the finishing touch to...
We could finish it off quickly with some clippers.
Actually, I like it just the way it is, thanks.
Wait, dear friend.
Dopamine is released from the cerebral cortex
Vasopressin hormone strengthens "pair-bonding"
Blacksmith...
Sintai...
Have you come to shave my legs too?
Kai, it is possible that 'Sampo' is not just a myth...
but a real historical artefact...
with the capacity to bring happiness and prosperity to humankind.
Out of nothing.
The maker of this thing says he's also the maker of 'Sampo'.
It reacts to YOU.
What's inside?
Unlimited energy or matter perhaps, I don't know.
It pre-dates the first dynasty.
According to the writing, the contents of the box will benefit the opener.
but the only one who can unlock it is the son of the maker of 'Sampo'.
But not before...
all other hope has gone.
I've dedicated my whole life to this project.
Whatever is inside the box,
I have nothing to lose.
Sintai...
Sintai Seng-Pu.
Son of the blacksmith.
I finally found you.
Master...
you should take a rest.
My friend, I'm not tired.
Are you afraid?
No.
Do you know what that place is?
That's my home land.
Do you miss your home?
Long ago, I loved people there but now, they're all dead.
I went to Mt. Shen and become a monk years ago.
I also swore that I would never return.
Chiu...
in the next few days...
my destiny will lead me to Palungverda marshland.
Evil spirits will be waiting for me there.
It's possible that I'll die there.
You are not really my student. Nor are you my brother.
So, I dare to ask you for help.
Take me to your homeland.
You know, the people don't want you to die.
Right now, the entire temple is empty.
Those who come here have only one purpose...
To protect you and your purity.
I have never shown you this...
My father gave me a keepsake...
I have a fond memory of it.
My father once told me that when everything is against me...
I should not lose hope and open this thing.
But...
Master...
Let me have one day free of cares...
and one restful night...
just like normal people do.
The troops move slowly.
I will surely be able to overtake them before they reach the marsh.
Quiet!
We should order our men to go to the marsh and investigate.
No!
In ancient times, before records began,
There was told a prophecy of Loviatar...
In the middle of a great road...
Loviatar, the Goddess of pain and agony, laid nine eggs.
From them hatched eight sons one after another,
they are...
Fear, Pain, Madness, Ugliness,
Lust, Hate, Greed and Blindness.
The last of those nine eggs has not yet hatched.
It's waiting for the promised time.
It's waiting on the prophecy spoken about it.
That the blacksmith...
still has the device that can bring hell into the realm of mankind.
Nonsense! They are just stories!
The Blacksmith has a Son.
He will rise against the last son of Loviatar
Ultimately, it depends on whether he can win against the evil.
The prophecy does not predict the outcome.
In that case... It's down to us. Let me fulfil this prophecy.
Fellow outsiders, there is no truth in the stories you have heard.
Let me pass today as a normal man.
Then, I will ride my horse to the marsh.
That way, you don't need to go.
You look like a Mongol spy to me.
I have brought the talent and wisdom of two tribes with me.
And also a sword... With which I will kill the demon.
Give the demon a name, call it "Death".
You have a sword too?
If you do, then you'd better draw it...
Otherwise, you won't live to see tomorrow!
You are resurrected!
Do you speak Finnish?
You have been re-born.
Master Sintai Seng-Pu.
You don't believe me?
The box transferred me safely into this time.
Unfortunately, this man wasn't strong enough.
He is dead.
Please, Master. Attack me!
OK then...
Defend yourself!
This body is weak.
Like you...
You are just a fragile echo of what you are supposed to be.
As if the best part of you...
has not arrived here yet.
Stop!
Ask properly!
You feel as if you've lost something...
something you cannot get back...
until you have fulfilled your task.
ST-STOP!
Here, ingredients to harden water, just like your father used to use.
Nectar from six flowers and seven grasses.
Welcome back, dear friend.
Who are you?
I was able to open this.
A power in you enabled me to open the box.
You are the son of the blacksmith Seng-Pu.
What must I do?
Forge 'Sampo' for me.
It is a secret oasis of all happiness.
I'm not a good blacksmith.
In fact, I'm a very bad one.
Somewhere inside your mind is a hidden force.
Just like your father had.
And he got his loved one.
Force? What kind of...
You stabbed me in the stomach with a sword?
Yes indeed.
Listen...
I think I'm gonna die.
The iron wanted to be with the fire...
but the fire melted it...
and the iron ran into the swamp.
There the iron hid for a long time.
So long that it forgot why it was born into the world.
Until a wolf ran through the swamp...
leaving it's footprints in the earth.
Into those tracks the iron rose from it's hiding place.
There your father found it.
Now you know how the iron was born,
but it doesn't know anything about you.
Tell the iron who you are.
My name is Kai... Kai Pelkonen.
How were you born?
The normal way, in a hospital, mom...
How did you become a blacksmith?
I met Ronja,
she wanted a lock, so I lied and said I was a blacksmith.
That lock was a piece of shit but... I learnt...
I Learnt and learnt.
And it wasn't really a lie, because all the time I knew...
I am a blacksmith.
Rai made me a blacksmith.
The blacksmith I am now.
And the blacksmith you will become.
The iron is starting to trust you now...
you won't die.
You have been re-born.
I have always seen this place in my mind.
All the time and everywhere.
I knew you'd come.
Who are you really?
I am your hope.
Forge 'Sampo' for me...
and I promise you that you will get your loved one back.
Are you still open?
Have you come to take your boyfriend's things back?
No.
No, I just happened to be passing.
I don't want to be surrounded by things that remind me of old stories.
Are you sad?
Not exactly sad...
Acceptant..
Of all epic stories...
that one is the saddest.
The same story repeats over and over again.
No-one ever holds on to anybody.
My 'Kalevala' will be different.
A love story.
Actually I don't care for those.
We fall in love with the most primitive part of the brain...
The reptilian brain.
Then serotonin levels drop to an almost neurotic level.
It should show up as depression
but it makes the person in love adore the object of their enchantment.
It works like a drug.
But its effects wear off in time.
then the body cannot imagine letting go...
and this dependence has a name...
Love.
You can put all that in your 'Kalevala'.
It's going to be a love story.
Since the time they lived...
There will not have been a love like it.
How is it going?
The iron is now forged into shape but it still has to accept it.
It must not be heated too much or too fast, otherwise it will be ruined.
I am Sintai Seng-Pu.
The son with a special power that the Loviatar prophecy speaks of.
Grandpa... You're drunk.
You should discuss these matters with my Grandpa some other day.
What's your name?
I am Pin Yu,
the grand-daughter of the village elder here.
And so, who are you?
My name is Sintai, the son of the blacksmith Seng-Pu.
But you are different from us Seng-Pu.
My mother's clan came from a place far north of here.
My father has passed away.
Only I survive alone.
So, is there anything else you want to say?
I don't know what else to say...
Being a pitiful child..
I don't know how to live well.
Should I become one with the Living Fire?
Or live in seclusion?
Is it a secret weapon?
It's the folk song of my mother's old village.
Good song... Very good song.
When will you prepare to go to the marsh?
You should've departed yesterday.
The villagers have already gone.
I'm waiting for a sign.
I see, so that's why you've not set off yet,
and not because you're afraid to go to the marsh?
No.
Before I met you...
I feared nothing...
even death.
But now, I've started to fear...
I fear that after I beat the demon...
the prophecy spoken about me will come true.
Endless sorrows.
I've never prayed to my ancestors before,
like normal people do,
But I don't want to lose.
I really don't recognize you.
Moreover, I really can't promise to marry you.
Because you're the one...
who can rescue the people of our village.
You may be right but...
If you want me to go with you to kill the demons,
I can promise you that I will.
You misunderstand.
Have you never fallen in love before?
You must wait for me there, at the place you mentioned.
I'm going.
Perhaps we'll never see each other again like this.
I know.
D'you still love me?
Yes.
Has it always been me?
I'll give you the answer soon...
Master Sintai.
Who were you talking to?
To myself.
It's nice.
But it's not 'Sampo'.
Did you let him come?
Or is it destiny that binds us together?
How did you get in here?
Who's that?
The Son of the Blacksmith Ilmarinen.
Kalevala's saddest hero.
You don't want to marry me.
It seems you've spent so much time with that monk...
that you don't understand women at all.
You are the most straightforward man I've ever met.
You can rescue us all...
I will wait for your return.
I'll take you out of here,
to a far away land.
To my mother's old village.
My love...
He looks as if he's embracing someone.
Or something. He was embracing a box.
The weight of the box prevented the body rising from it's swamp-grave.
Buried along with him was a wolf-skull...
and a woman.
Rotting together.
They were together?
Were they lovers?
It's impossible to prove.
Chiu!
What's happening?
Master, why didn't you come...
to the marsh?
The evil still lies there.
I have guarded it well...
so I could bring it safely to you.
Master Sintai, Master Sintai...
Will the marriage ceremony be delayed?
Marriage?
Chiu, this is my bride to be.
This is my student. He's also my good brother.
The final battle has begun.
Master Sintai...
I will be back...
I will be the most fortunate man in the world.
Wait!
My great-grandmother gave me this...
She said, as long as I pray sincerely,
all of my hopes will come true.
My hope is to protect you.
You let the iron hurt you again.
No more distractions Master.
The iron doesn't trust me anymore.
I get the feeling this is not going to end well.
That something evil has happened.
I know how it feels to live alone.
There are destinies worse than death.
The worst thing is to lose your own meaning.
And to keep on living without it.
Does he look familiar?
What?
You didn't just come here by accident.
Do you believe in reincarnation?
Whatever you tell it, be honest.
Hear me.
Please.
Help me.
I don't know who I am anymore.
Nor do I know what's happening.
All I have left is hope.
That�s the only thing keeping me alive.
I'm stuck in one lonely moment...
That feels like death.
I no longer have anyone.
There's only one thought in my mind.
I don't want to be alone anymore.
It's beautiful.
The secret oasis of all happiness.
What do you think it'll do?
You forged it.
Only you know your own heart's desire.
Sintai...
Kai...
I have waited a hundred years for you.
You will not have waited in vain.
You can imagine, how disappointed I am.
Because, after I stole the machine from men...
after making it my own...
I discovered your father had built a safety into it...
Only his son could open 'Sampo'.
I cannot open 'Sampo'.
I cannot open it because of you.
Each of us exists, only because of the other.
We have been left in this world...
only that we might meet.
No-one in this time is our equal.
We ought not fight each other.
Destiny...
has bound you to me.
And me alone.
If you kill me...
you will become enlightened.
Your soul will leave this world.
As long as I am alive.
Wait dear friend!
Calm down.
Where are we?
Sangfu.
Come on.
We're the only ones who aren't affected.
It looks like roasted pork.
It's thousands of years old.
I don't know what you've done...
nor do I want to know.
I was going away...
something kept making me return.
I must go back there.
I must know my mistakes so I can fix them.
Yes, I know...
You must.
I feel like I should give this to you.
I will return.
I will become the most fortunate man in the world.
What does that mean?
Destiny eventually catches those escaping it...
Everything starts again from the beginning.
Speak!
Say something!
Speak!
Master, I have been waiting thousands of years for this.
An equal meeting.
Loviatar's last son...
I have no further need of you.
You opened 'Sampo'.
And you made it yours.
The greatest thanks belong to you.
This is your creation...
A world... where no-one has to be alone with their own agony, not for long.
I simply helped you to unleash it...
From your head.
Hell.
Is it right, that you suffer.. alone?
She won't wait for you.
You will live...
but only that... life... alone.
The soul of Pin Yu will remain in this world.
She will be re-born again and again...
and in every one of this slut's lives...
she will love someone madly, desperately...
but the man she loves...
will never, NEVER again be you.
Fear...
Pain...
Madness...
Ugliness...
Lust...
Hate...
Greed...
Blindness...
And...
Ok Great Master... Let's do it.
I can't wait for you to see the world that 'Sampo' will spit out.
I know you're not dead yet.
For a moment I doubted that the monks taught you anything in their stupid mountain.
I succeeded in bringing the seed of evil...
out of my heart.
Strange...
I must have given you an appropriate name.
Now you must be asking yourself... why?
Why didn't you kill me when you had the chance?
As long as I exist... you exist.
Dear friend...
Here I am...
the one you belong with.
Some herdsmen rescued me.
They took me to the place where cattle are released in winter.
At that time, my situation was desperate.
I heard that nobody could have survived.
But still I waited for you for another full year.
I returned as soon as I could...
But it was too late.
I was told that you had...
committed suicide.
I climbed Mt. Shen in Anshun...
hoping to leave this troubled world behind.
At first I blamed myself.
Don't say that.
I had always been waiting for you to return...
Until Master Sintai appeared.
To my surprise he defeated my Blissful Palm...
Don't you know...
nobody has ever resisted even one stance.
I have shown it to him before...
Is fate playing tricks on me?
But I never told him...
how powerful it could be...
when used by one in love.
Blissful Palm?
You have the power to change the prophecy...
and the right to do so.
My father said that when everything is against me...
and all hope is gone, I should open it.
What's inside?
It's empty...
The deceit of your loved ones... has already sent you to hell.
Is it right that you should be there alone?
We shall open 'Sampo'... you and I.
We shall be together forever.
I still want to see Pin Yu...
That's why I'm willing to abandon everything...
I can't let you die yet.
Fear...
Pain...
Madness...
Ugliness...
Lust...
Hate...
Greed...
Blindness...
And...
Hope!
What are you doing? No, no you can't! NOOO!
NOOOOOOoooo...!
One must not swear such an oath alone.
It'll become a curse.
So says the swamp.
If you are my mistake...
let me give you a true name.
You will never find each other.
You won't be re-born anymore.
I know.
I'm sorry.
I'm leaving you.
You can't... abandon me!
Your true name is "Goodbye".
Your true name is...
"Yesterday".
Your true name is...
My friend...
Take this to the far north...
to the place where no one dwells,
so that nobody can find it.
especially me, don't let me find it.
Pin Yu, I swear...
If my love for you is true...
then I will pass through time and space to find you...
Ronja...
This is not the end...
but the beginning.
There's your wolf...
He took the box your father gave you.
Regardless of time and space, as long as you need it...
I will be able to bring it to you...
No matter where it is,
I will be able to find it.
I will protect that box with you...
forever...
Finnish-English translation by RicHard
Chinese-English translation by abcd99
Timing and editing by Peacht