Kao Kan is the second son of the Shanghai crime lord Lao Che, and was often at his father's side as added enforcement. In 1935, prior to when his father met with Indiana Jones to receive Nurhachi's ashes, Kao Kan had already previously attempted to steal the precious artifact from Jones.
During the 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 machine gun.
After Kan's older brother Chen is killed by a skewer of flaming pigeon, Kan attempts to grapple with Jones, but is 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 take over the assignment to kill Jones.
Behind the scenes
Kao Kan was portrayed by the Chinese actor Ric Young in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
Appearances
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (First appearance)
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom novel
- LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures (Non-canonical appearance)