Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989)

Interesting facts

Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects is a 1989 American action thriller film directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Charles Bronson, Perry Lopez, James Pax, Peggy Lipton, Sy Richardson and Juan Fernández. The Japanese word kinjite (禁じて) translates to English as "forbidden move", hinting at the subject matter.

Production

Filming started in June 1988. It was one of a number of movies made in Hollywood with Japanese themes around this time, others including Collision Course and Black Rain. The movie was meant to be shot back to back with The Golem which was to have the same star (Bronson), producer (Kohner) and director (Thompson) as Kinjite but that film was not made.

Bronson said the film was "a little more interesting than most I've been offered" because of its culture clash element. "It's from the point of view of a policeman who never read a business page in his life," Bronson said, "but he can see what's happening and he's not sure he likes it or understands it.. I keep looking desperately for scripts that haven't been done dozens of times before.

The film was the ninth Bronson had made with J. Lee Thompson. The star preferred Thompson to Michael Winner, calling the latter "brazen when he's working in a street. He takes it over and he doesn't care about complaints. But it's tough shooting with him. He demands three takes of every shot and, if it's hard running or some other action, it gets to you. J. Lee only demands two."

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