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During the subsequent meeting at [[Club Obi Wan]], while Jones was distracted examining his payment, Kao Kan slipped poison into Jones' champagne glass. Later, Kao Kan helped cover the shooting of Indy's sidekick [[Wu Han]] by easing the gunshot victim into a chair before he died. |
During the subsequent meeting at [[Club Obi Wan]], while Jones was distracted examining his payment, Kao Kan slipped poison into Jones' champagne glass. Later, Kao Kan helped cover the shooting of Indy's sidekick [[Wu Han]] by easing the gunshot victim into a chair before he died. |
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After Chen was killed by a skewer of pigeon flambé, Kan attempted to grapple with Jones, but was flipped onto the table. As Jones lumbered around in search of the antidote, Kan opened fire in the club with his submachine gun. After Jones and [[Willie Scott]] escaped through a window, Kao Kan and his father pursued them by car through the streets of [[Shanghai]] to the [[Nang Tao Airport]], where other agents of Lao Che took over the assignment to kill Jones. |
After Chen was killed by a skewer of pigeon flambé, Kan attempted to grapple with Jones, but was flipped onto the table. As Jones lumbered around in search of the antidote, Kan opened fire in the club with his submachine gun. After Jones and [[Willie Scott]] escaped through a window, Kao Kan and his father pursued them by car through the streets of [[Shanghai]] to the [[Nang Tao Airport]], where other agents of Lao Che took over the assignment to kill Jones. |
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Kao Kan was the second son of the Shanghai crime lord Lao Che, and was often at his father's side as added enforcement.
Biography
Lao Che's youngest son, Kao Kan had, by 1935, instigated several scandals which were covered up only through his father's control of Shanghai's officials. As part of Lao's criminal enterprise, Kao Kan was positioned as chief lieutenant alongside brother Chen.
In 1935, prior to when his father was scheduled to meet with Indiana Jones to exhange Nurhachi's ashes, Kao Kan attempted to steal the artifact from Jones. The attack was unsuccessful and Kao Kan ended up with a damaged hand.
During the subsequent meeting at Club Obi Wan, while Jones was distracted examining his payment, Kao Kan slipped poison into Jones' champagne glass. Later, Kao Kan helped cover the shooting of Indy's sidekick Wu Han by easing the gunshot victim into a chair before he died.
Kao Kan firing his Thompson.
After Chen was killed by a skewer of pigeon flambé, Kan attempted to grapple with Jones, but was flipped onto the table. As Jones lumbered around in search of the antidote, Kan opened fire in the club with his submachine gun. After Jones and Willie Scott escaped through a window, Kao Kan and his father pursued them by car through the streets of Shanghai to the Nang Tao Airport, where other agents of Lao Che took over the assignment to kill Jones.
Personality and traits
Kao Kan was an impetuous, mentally unstable sadist being groomed to lead his father's business to the top of Shanghai's criminal underworld.
Behind the scenes
Kao Kan was portrayed by the Chinese actor Ric Young in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
In LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures, it is possible to kill Kao Kan. The player has to use Indy's whip to take Kao Kan's gun away then use Willie Scott's super scream to kill him, or simply run him over when while 'riding' one of the gongs.
Appearances
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (First appearance)
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom novel
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom comic
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom junior novel
- LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures (Non-canonical appearance)