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, Juan Fernández, Perry Lopez

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 | teenage girl | police detective hero | child rape | father daughter relationship | 

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Taglines:

A cop full of hatred can't work by the book.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

R

Details

Official Sites:

MGM

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 February 1989 (USA)

Also Known As:

Apagorevmenoi karpoi

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$1,029,058, 5 February 1989, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$3,416,846

Company Credits

Production Co:

Golan-Globus Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo Ultra Stereo

Color:

Color (TVC)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

According to the book "Charles Bronson" by Michael R. Pitts, the meaning and relevance of this movie's title is that it "refers to subjects (such as sex, child molesting, prostitution) which are forbidden topics in Japanese culture."

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Goofs

After Crowe and Rios throw Lavonne off the balcony into the pool, his lifeless body floats back to the top of the water. The dead body is clearly a white man, but Lavonne was black.

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Quotes

Rita Crowe: Some oriental guy touched my holy of holies!

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Connections

Referenced in Remo, Rambo, Reagan and Reds: The Eighties Action Movie Explosion (2014)

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Soundtracks

Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 25 Slow Movement
Written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (uncredited)
Courtesy of Music Fantastic

User Reviews

Sleazie And Cheesie 80's Detective Morality Tale

With more holes than a sunken U-boat, and more cheese than a medium pizza, Kinjite still manages to entertain those who are fond of Bronson, or those who are fans of the more gritty action films of the era. The film has strong moments, but it also suffers at times from overly lazy dialogue, direction and overall storytelling, and it's hard to forget the painfully bad 80's music in this film. The fight scenes are also far from great, however there is enough grit, sleaze and action to make the film a worthy watch for many. The film is undoubtedly a fairly confused morality tale, or perhaps a morality tale within a confused society is the better way of describing it. In the end, the film does rely on a sort of karmic justice to satisfy it's audience, and to a decent degree, it works, at times however it just leaves us asking some very strange questions. Of other note, there is an early but very small appearance by Danny Trejo in the film, as well as a decent performance from a very young Nicole Eggert, as well as a strong performance by the little known but hard to take your eyes off of Amy Hathaway. Worth a look for some, but not to be touched with a ten foot pole by others. My rating... 5.5/10