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In 1990, James Hong appeared in the film "The Two Jakes," a neo-noir crime drama directed by and starring Jack Nicholson. The film is a sequel to the 1974 film "Chinatown" and follows private investigator J.J. Gittes (Nicholson) as he investigates a murder and a water rights conspiracy in 1948 Los Angeles. Hong plays the role of Kahn, a Chinese-American businessman who is involved in the water rights scheme.