Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989)

A brutal Los Angeles police Lt. is determined to bust up an organization that forces underage girls into prostitution.

Director:

J. Lee Thompson

Writer:

Harold Nebenzal

Stars:

Charles Bronson, Perry Lopez, Juan Fernández

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Charles Bronson	...	Lieutenant Crowe
Perry Lopez	...	Eddie Rios
Juan Fernández	...	Duke (as Juan Fernandez)
James Pax	...	Hiroshi Hada
Peggy Lipton	...	Kathleen Crowe
Sy Richardson	...	Lavonne
Marion Yue	...	Mr. Kazuko Hada (as Marion Kodama Yue)
Bill McKinney	...	Father Burke
Gerald Castillo	...	Captain Tovar
Nicole Eggert	...	DeeDee
Amy Hathaway	...	Rita Crowe
Kumiko Hayakawa	...	Fumiko Hada
Michelle Wong	...	Setsuko Hada
Sam Chew Jr.	...	McLane
Sumant	...	Pakistani Hotel Clerk

Storyline

A Tokyo businessman (Hiroshi Hada), transferred to L.A, molests a teenage girl on a train. It turns out that the girl is the daughter of a vice cop. But in one of those plot twists that can only occur in the movies, the cop is assigned to find the businessman's own daughter who has been kidnapped and forced into a teen prostitution ring.

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Plot Keywords:

prostitution | police | swimming pool | detective | uzi | 

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Taglines:

Desire. Temptation. Revenge

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 February 1989 (USA)

Also Known As:

Kinjite

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Gross:

$3,416,846 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Golan-Globus Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color (TVC)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This movie represents the tenth and final of ten teamings between producer Pancho Kohner and star actor Charles Bronson. They previously had made St. Ives, The White Buffalo, Love and Bullets, 10 to Midnight, The Evil That Men Do, Murphy's Law, Assassination, Death Wish 4: The Crackdown and Messenger of Death.

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Goofs

The car in the Harbor Scene in which Crowe (Bronson) and his partner sit is smashed up twice by the car crane .

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Quotes

Lt. Crowe: Now that's justice.

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Connections

Featured in The Slanted Screen (2006)

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Soundtracks

"Meotoshunju"
Written by Shosuke Ichikawa (JASRAC)
Courtesy of Nippon Columbia, Japan

User Reviews

Just plain vile.

Repugnant Bronson thriller. Unfortunately, it's technically good and I gave it 4/10, but it's so utterly vile that it would be inconceivable to call it "entertainment". Far more disturbing than a typical slasher film.