Needless to say, he does. Separately, they are drawn to the same event: Britt learns that Scanlon is corrupt, and agrees to meet with him to discuss a potential arrangement at the Genpachi Hibachi restaurant. Kato checks the Green Hornet email address to discover an email from Chudnofsky offering a million dollars for the Green Hornet to kill Britt Reid at the Genpachi Hibachi. Kato sends off his agreement, and all the pieces fall in place.
The movie draws to a climax with a truly off the rails fight/chase sequence. It's not even worth describing because it needs to be seen to be believed. The end result is that the backstory with Reid, Chudnofsky and Scanlon is revealed. Britt forgot to press record when he was taping Scanlon's incriminating confession, but Scanlon gets killed anyway, and while Britt ends up shot, their secret identities as Green Hornet and partner remain concealed.
From everyone but Lenore, that is, who finally finds out that the reason she's predicted everything the Green Hornet does so perfectly is because she's their mastermind. The final scene is them restoring the head to James Reid's statue, in honor of his attempt to come clean, even to the extent that it got him killed.
Personality: On the surface stoic and non-reactive, Kato in fact is a little more complex than he appears. There's the strong implication that he's had far from an easy life, and he isn't afraid to stand up for what he feels he deserves. Strong-willed but generally easy-going, overall he's a fierce bro who doesn't afraid of anything.
In general, he's diplomatic and agreeable. He hesitates to say anything bad about Britt's father without repeated urging, and avoids outright conflict for as long as possible. We can see this both when he lies to Britt about his date with Lenore, and his verbal warnings during arguments not to push him any farther. There's no doubt that he was a former gang member personality wise: he doesn't hesitate to get involved in physical conflict, whether it's to defend his interests or to save Britt. He has a small hint of an ego, and accepts compliments as a given, admitting out loud that he is a genius.
My personal interpretation is that he is somewhat at a loss when he's on his own. Although he's an extremely capable person, and far from dependent on anyone in the truest sense, gang behavior (especially Chinese gang behavior) instills a strong idea of camaraderie in its members. He calls Britt and he shandi - Mandarin for brothers - and completely sticks behind it. No matter what kind of fight he and Britt get into, he will never abandon him and in fact forgives him easily.
The last note worth mentioning is that he's kind of an average guy at heart. He has a messy apartment, plain clothes when left to his own devices, speaks Chinese when drunk, and calls their first car chase the most amazing moment of his life. He sings along to Gangster Paradise with Britt, listens to bad Chinese pop while working, and makes a mistake with the hornet gun gas. Kato has a lot of impressive skills and is nothing if not calm in a crisis, but at the end of the day he's a loyal guy who happens to be able to slow time down or some shit when his heart gets pumping.
Other: This is movie canon only and I won't be using anything from the radio show or comics at all. For one thing, Kato goes through about six different nationalities, so let's just stick with Chinese. Which, I should mention: Kato does not speak English fluently, and sometimes misses words and so forth. He also lapses into Mandarin on occasion, which I'll try not to maul too completely when that comes up.
Additional Links:Kato @ Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kato_%28The_Green_Hornet%29). Jay Chou being pimp (http://www.asiancelebrities.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/taiwan-celebrity-news-jay-chou.jpg). The movie ending theme Nunchucks (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkQnrRyVxAg), performed by him because he's a super freaking famous pop star in Asia.
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The movie draws to a climax with a truly off the rails fight/chase sequence. It's not even worth describing because it needs to be seen to be believed. The end result is that the backstory with Reid, Chudnofsky and Scanlon is revealed. Britt forgot to press record when he was taping Scanlon's incriminating confession, but Scanlon gets killed anyway, and while Britt ends up shot, their secret identities as Green Hornet and partner remain concealed.
From everyone but Lenore, that is, who finally finds out that the reason she's predicted everything the Green Hornet does so perfectly is because she's their mastermind. The final scene is them restoring the head to James Reid's statue, in honor of his attempt to come clean, even to the extent that it got him killed.
Personality: On the surface stoic and non-reactive, Kato in fact is a little more complex than he appears. There's the strong implication that he's had far from an easy life, and he isn't afraid to stand up for what he feels he deserves. Strong-willed but generally easy-going, overall he's a fierce bro who doesn't afraid of anything.
In general, he's diplomatic and agreeable. He hesitates to say anything bad about Britt's father without repeated urging, and avoids outright conflict for as long as possible. We can see this both when he lies to Britt about his date with Lenore, and his verbal warnings during arguments not to push him any farther. There's no doubt that he was a former gang member personality wise: he doesn't hesitate to get involved in physical conflict, whether it's to defend his interests or to save Britt. He has a small hint of an ego, and accepts compliments as a given, admitting out loud that he is a genius.
My personal interpretation is that he is somewhat at a loss when he's on his own. Although he's an extremely capable person, and far from dependent on anyone in the truest sense, gang behavior (especially Chinese gang behavior) instills a strong idea of camaraderie in its members. He calls Britt and he shandi - Mandarin for brothers - and completely sticks behind it. No matter what kind of fight he and Britt get into, he will never abandon him and in fact forgives him easily.
The last note worth mentioning is that he's kind of an average guy at heart. He has a messy apartment, plain clothes when left to his own devices, speaks Chinese when drunk, and calls their first car chase the most amazing moment of his life. He sings along to Gangster Paradise with Britt, listens to bad Chinese pop while working, and makes a mistake with the hornet gun gas. Kato has a lot of impressive skills and is nothing if not calm in a crisis, but at the end of the day he's a loyal guy who happens to be able to slow time down or some shit when his heart gets pumping.
Other: This is movie canon only and I won't be using anything from the radio show or comics at all. For one thing, Kato goes through about six different nationalities, so let's just stick with Chinese. Which, I should mention: Kato does not speak English fluently, and sometimes misses words and so forth. He also lapses into Mandarin on occasion, which I'll try not to maul too completely when that comes up.
Additional Links: Kato @ Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kato_%28The_Green_Hornet%29). Jay Chou being pimp (http://www.asiancelebrities.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/taiwan-celebrity-news-jay-chou.jpg). The movie ending theme Nunchucks (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkQnrRyVxAg), performed by him because he's a super freaking famous pop star in Asia.