Japan Synopsis
El carnaval de las bestias
A hit man working for the Yakuza double crosses his employers and flees with a cache of diamonds from the latest heist. Injured and hiding in the mountain regions of Spain, with Japanese assassins in hot pursuit, he takes refuge in the home of a local doctor and his two daughters who nurse him back to health and hide him from his pursuers, taking drastic and murderous measures to protect him… for they have plans of their own in store for their current guest.
The 1979–1981 Japan Window
65 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. The Beasts' Carnival sits at position #48.
The 1980s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 1980s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Beasts' Carnival premiered. 280 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #3,863 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (16th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.9 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Crime productions specifically: #352 of 402 (top 88%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Japan, Spain |
| Original Language | Es |
| Spoken Languages | Japanese, Spanish |
| Production Companies | Hori Kikaku Productions, Dálmata Films S.A. |
| Runtime | 1h 31m |
| Release Date | December 3, 1980 |
| IMDb | tt0080499 |