Japan Synopsis
“An earthquake is about to hit L.A. It's called Detective Rita Rizzoli.”
Detective Rita Rizzoli is accustomed to donning costumes and going undercover to nail crooks. But she'll be required to use all of her get-ups and more when a major cocaine ring is suspected of turning out a potent new strain of the drug, called "Fatal Beauty." With the help of her partner and a former bodyguard for a local cartel, Rita will do whatever it takes to find out who's dealing Fatal Beauty and stop them.
The 1986–1988 Japan Window
99 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Fatal Beauty sits at position #89.
#1Legend of the Galactic Heroes
★ 9.0 · 1988
#2The Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye
★ 8.6 · 1986
#3Silver Fang
★ 8.6 · 1986
#4Grave of the Fireflies
★ 8.5 · 1988
#5Saint Seiya
★ 8.5 · 1986
#6The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
★ 8.3 · 1986
#7Dragon Ball
★ 8.2 · 1986
#8My Neighbor Totoro
★ 8.1 · 1988
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Fatal Beauty. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
The 1980s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 1980s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Fatal Beauty premiered. 280 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #4,209 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (8th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -1.4 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Action productions specifically: #1,613 of 1,714 (top 94%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Japan, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Production Companies | CST Telecommunications, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Runtime | 1h 44m |
| Release Date | October 30, 1987 |
| IMDb | tt0093011 |