KINJITE: FORBIDDEN SUBJECTS (1989)

MORGAN'S RATING

Businessman Hiroshi Hada's teenage daughter has been kidnapped and enslaved by a prostitution ring. And Lt. Crowe, a cop who hates the Japanese, has been assigned to the case. Fortunately for Hada, there's one thing Crowe dislikes more than the Japanese, and that's teenage prostitution rings. As a result, he becomes hellbent in his very violent efforts to nail the pimp. Will Crowe succeed? Charles Bronson is back in action.

Charles Bronson (Lt. Crowe), Perry Lopez (Eddie Ros), Juan Fernandez (Duke), James Pax (Hiroshi Hada), Peggy Lipton (Kathleen Crowe), Sy Richardson (Lavonne), Marion Kodama Yue (Karuko Hada), Bill McKinney (Father Burke), Gerard 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), Alex Hyde-White (English Instructor), Jim Ishida (Nakata), Jill Ito (Japanese Hostess), Leila Lee Olsen (Nobu-Chan), Richard Egan Jr. (Vince), Deonca Brown (Louise), Sheila Gale Kandlbinder (Swimming Coach), Chris Bennett (School Photographer), George Van Noy (Race Starter), Helen Lin (Tokyo Subway Girl), Richard E. Butler (Joey), Danny Trejo (Prison Inmate).

DESIRE. TEMPTATION. REVENGE.

FACTS

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

RELEASE DATE: February 3rd, 1989 (USA) BOX OFFICE OPENING: $1.0 million (USA) BOX OFFICE RESULT: $3.4 million (USA)

DIRECTOR: J. Lee Thompson (The Evil That Men Do) WRITER: Harold Nebenzal. PRODUCER: Pancho Kohner. EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Yoram Globus and Menahem Golan. ORIGINAL MUSIC: Greg De Belles. DISTRIBUTOR: MGM

CRITICAL COMMENTS

"An odd, well-made and thoroughly unpleasant thriller." -- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times