“Who Is ‘The Green Hornet’? We Answer Your Burning Questions” explains: “Who is Kato? In the original radio stories, Kato became the Green Hornet’s valet and sidekick after Britt Reid saved his life during a fateful adventure in Asia. That doesn’t happen in the movie, though; instead, Kato (played by Chinese pop star Jay Chou) is an employee of Britt’s dad who agrees to help Reid fight crime in order to avenge his boss’s death.”
WATCHDOG: What isn’t mentioned is that Kato was Japanese when the series commenced in 1936 but later morphed into a Korean when the Second World War commenced. The Watchdog recalls the thrill of listening to the radio series during the 1940s.
