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Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects

  • 19891989
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  • 1h 37m
IMDb RATING
5.4/10
3.3K
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Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989)
A brutal Los Angeles police Lt. is determined to bust up an organization that forces underage girls into prostitution.
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A brutal Los Angeles police Lt. is determined to bust up an organization that forces underage girls into prostitution.A brutal Los Angeles police Lt. is determined to bust up an organization that forces underage girls into prostitution.A brutal Los Angeles police Lt. is determined to bust up an organization that forces underage girls into prostitution.
IMDb RATING
5.4/10
3.3K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • J. Lee Thompson
  • Writer
    • Harold Nebenzal
  • Stars
    • Charles Bronson
    • Juan Fernández
    • Perry Lopez
Top credits
  • Director
    • J. Lee Thompson
  • Writer
    • Harold Nebenzal
  • Stars
    • Charles Bronson
    • Juan Fernández
    • Perry Lopez
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 62User reviews
    • 39Critic reviews
    • 19Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
  • Videos1

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    Charles Bronson, Nicole Eggert, and Sam Chew Jr. in Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989)
    Juan Fernandez as Duke in "Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects".
    Charles Bronson, Peggy Lipton, and Cynthia Gouw in Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989)
    Charles Bronson and Kim Lee in Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989)
    Marilyn Dodds Frank and Kumiko Hayakawa in Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989)
    Marilyn Dodds Frank and Kumiko Hayakawa in Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989)
    Amy Hathaway and Chris Bennett in Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989)
    Amy Hathaway in Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989)
    Amy Hathaway in Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989)
    Amy Hathaway in Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989)
    Amy Hathaway and Deonca Brown in Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989)
    Charles Bronson and Perry Lopez in Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989)

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    Charles Bronson
    Charles Bronson
    • Lt. Croweas Lt. Crowe
    Juan Fernández
    Juan Fernández
    • Dukeas Duke
    • (as Juan Fernandez)
    Perry Lopez
    Perry Lopez
    • Eddie Riosas Eddie Rios
    James Pax
    James Pax
    • Hiroshi Hadaas Hiroshi Hada
    Peggy Lipton
    Peggy Lipton
    • Kathleen Croweas Kathleen Crowe
    Sy Richardson
    Sy Richardson
    • Lavonneas Lavonne
    Marion Yue
    • Mr. Kazuko Hadaas Mr. Kazuko Hada
    • (as Marion Kodama Yue)
    Bill McKinney
    Bill McKinney
    • Father Burkeas Father Burke
    Gerald Castillo
    • Capt. Tovaras Capt. Tovar
    Nicole Eggert
    Nicole Eggert
    • DeeDeeas DeeDee
    Amy Hathaway
    Amy Hathaway
    • Rita Croweas Rita Crowe
    Kumiko Hayakawa
    • Fumiko Hadaas Fumiko Hada
    Michelle Wong
    • Setsuko Hadaas Setsuko Hada
    Sam Chew Jr.
    • McLaneas McLane
    Sumant
    • Pakistani Hotel Clerkas Pakistani Hotel Clerk
    Alex Hyde-White
    Alex Hyde-White
    • English Instructoras English Instructor
    Jim Ishida
    Jim Ishida
    • Nakataas Nakata
    Jill Ito
    • Japanese Hostess - Tokyoas Japanese Hostess - Tokyo
    • Director
      • J. Lee Thompson
    • Writer
      • Harold Nebenzal
    • All cast & crew
    • See more cast details at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Although credited as the sole writer, Harold Nebenzal's script was rewritten before filming by producer Pancho Kohner and director J. Lee Thompson to make the material more like a Charles Bronson movie.
    • 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.
    • Quotes

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

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Her Alibi/Three Fugitives/Lawrence of Arabia/Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects/Voices of Sarafina (1989)
    • Soundtracks
      Meotoshunju
      Written by Shosuke Ichikawa (JASRAC)

      Courtesy of Nippon Columbia, Japan

    User reviews62

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    Top review
    4/10
    Charles Bronson vehicle confronting pimps and punks in this extremely violent fare
    This thrilling picture titled Kinjite (which means "to forbid" in English) contains suspense , noisy action-packed , intrigue , thrills and lots of violence . 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 . It deals with the cop Lt. Crowe (Charles Bronson , he was about sixty-seven years of age) who takes on a pimp (Juan Fernandez) and a slimy hoodlum (Sy Richardson) whose speciality is recruiting adolescents including the daughter of a Japanese business man (James Pax). The lieutenant married to Kathleen (Peggy Limpton) has a teenager girl (Amy Hathaway) and is helped by another policeman (Perry Lopez). He then stalks the baddies and takes the law into his own hands , acting as judge , jury and executioner ; searching vengeance on crooks , pimps making the neighborhood safer and bumping off delinquents and street scum.

    This standard Bronson movie is full of action , thrills, and disturbing scenes . Bronson in his usual stoic acting displays efficiently his weapons such as ¨Harry the Dirty¨ and killing mercilessly nasties . This is the last movie Charles Bronson made for Cannon Films and it represents the tenth and final of ten teamings between producer Pancho Kohner and star actor Bronson . It's certainly thrilling , though the morality may be questionable , even in this time, as the spectators were clearly on the Lt. Crowe Bronson's side . Disagreeable scenes and loathing theme as abuse of children with terrible end . Screen debut from Baywatch's Nicole Eggert as a teen prostitute and Danny Trejo as an inmate in a final brief appearance -almost extra- . Unappropiated and anti-climatic musical score composed by means of synthesizer .

    The fare was badly directed by J. Lee Thomson , in his last one , he previously had a nice track record in the English cinema from 1950 until 1961 , directing good Western (McKenna's gold , White Buffalo) and all king genres as Sci-Fi (Conquest and Battle of planet of apes), terror (reincarnation of Peter Proud, Eye of the devil), adventures (Flame over India ,Kings of the sun, Taras Bulba , Tiger Bay) and Warlike (Guns of Navarone, Von Braun , Chairman , The passage) . His two biggest successes turned out to be ¨Guns of Navarone¨and ¨Cape Fear¨. Thereafter , the filmmaker's career subsided in a morass of slickly realized but middling films . He moved into the field of international spectaculars , at which point his filmmaking seemed to lose its individuality . J. Lee Thompson working from the 50s in England, finished his career making Chuck Norris (Firewalker) and Charles Bronson vehicles (Caboblanco, Evil that men do , Messenger of death, Death Wish 4 : Crackdown, Caboblanco, St Ives). Rating : Below average . Lousy results for this disagreeable thriller that has many depressing failures.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 3, 1989 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • MGM
    • Languages
      • English
      • Japanese
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Kinjite
    • Filming locations
      • Embassy Hotel - 851 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Golan-Globus Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $5,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $3,416,846
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $1,029,058
      • Feb 5, 1989
    • Gross worldwide
      • $3,416,846
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 37 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Ultra Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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