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Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects

  • 1989
  • R
  • 1h 37m
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5.5/10
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Charles Bronson and Kim Lee in 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.

  • Director
    • J. Lee Thompson
  • Writer
    • Harold Nebenzal
  • Stars
    • Charles Bronson
    • Juan Fernández
    • Perry Lopez
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    • IMDb RATING
    5.5/10
    4.5K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • J. Lee Thompson
    • Writer
      • Harold Nebenzal
    • Stars
      • Charles Bronson
      • Juan Fernández
      • Perry Lopez
    • 68User reviews
    • 35Critic reviews
    • 19Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Top Cast59

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

    User reviews68

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    Did you know

    • Trivia
      The last movie Charles Bronson made for Cannon Films.
    • 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 with Ebert & Roeper: Her Alibi/Three Fugitives/Lawrence of Arabia/Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects/Voices of Sarafina (1989)
    • Soundtracks
      Meotoshunju
      Written by Shōsuke Ichikawa (JASRAC)
      Courtesy of Nippon Columbia, Japan

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    Details

    • 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(As 'Embassy Hotel'. Opening scene hotel where Crowe & Rios spot duke dropping off young prostitute.)
    • Production company
      • Golan-Globus Productions
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    Box office

    • 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
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 1h 37m(97 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Ultra Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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