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The Best Episodes of Golden Kamuy

Every episode of Golden Kamuy ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Golden Kamuy!

The Best Episodes of Golden Kamuy

A Russo-Japanese War veteran partners with an Ainu girl to find a treasure stolen from her people, but they’re not the only ones pursuing the...

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  1. Background image for Sin and Impurity
    9.2/10(209 votes)

    #1 - Sin and Impurity

    S3:E11

    As Asirpa remembers something important about her father, Ogata takes her away from the others and tries to get her to tell him the secret to the code. Unbeknownst to them, Sugimoto is following close. Meanwhile, Sugimoto's Group has finally caught up with Kiroranke.

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  2. Background image for Revolutionary
    9.1/10(247 votes)

    #2 - Revolutionary

    S3:E9

    Kiroranke's Group is getting ready to free Sofia from Akou Prison. Kiroranke tells Asirpa a story of the man who taught him, Sofia, and Wilk Japanese language.

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  3. Background image for Call Out
    8.9/10(183 votes)

    #3 - Call Out

    S2:E12

    The blue-eyed man confirms he is Wilk after seeing Asirpa's makiri[b], but says he will only reveal the location of the gold to Asirpa. Wilk tells Sugimoto that he wished to raise Asirpa to be the guerrilla leader of the Ainu, and that he did not kill the Ainu to acquire the gold. Sugimoto and Wilk are suddenly shot in the head by Ogata, killing Wilk. Tanigaki pulls them out of the line of fire, but finds Inkarmat stabbed, who warns him that Kiroranke has betrayed them. Shiraishi flees with Asirpa, where they are joined by Kiroranke and Ogata, who tells them that Wilk and Sugimoto are both dead. Sugimoto awakens heavily bandaged, while Inkarmat recovers nearby, watched by Tsurumi. Assuming that Kiroranke is taking Asirpa to his associates in Karafuto, Tsurumi sends Tsukishima and Koito with Sugimoto and Tanigaki to intercept them. Asirpa has a dream in which Sugimoto tells her that he is still alive.

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  4. Background image for Overwhelmed
    8.8/10(161 votes)

    #4 - Overwhelmed

    S2:E11

    Under the guise of quelling a prison riot, Tsurumi leads an assault on Abashiri Prison. Tsurumi corners Sugimoto in Nopperabo's cell, but Kadokura releases the master prison lock to save himself, freeing all of the prison's inmates. Hijikata and Anji take Asirpa and follow Inudou to a chapel where Wilk is being held, but Asirpa flees. Sugimoto escapes, but is badly wounded by Nikaidō. As Sugimoto drags himself away, he encounters a crippled man with blue eyes.

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  5. Background image for Ani Nekko
    8.7/10(171 votes)

    #5 - Ani Nekko

    S2:E6

    Tanigaki receives a telegram informing him that Huci is near death. He reflects on his friendship with Kenkichi, a fellow Matagi who married and later murdered Tanigaki's sister; he vowed revenge, and joined the 7th after hearing a rumor that Kenkichi had joined the army. He later enountered a dying and blinded Kenkichi at the Battle of 203 Hill, who told Tanigaki that he euthanized his sister after she caught smallpox. In the present, Tanigaki's group finds Asirpa, Sugimoto, Ogata and Shiraishi.

    Director:Akira Toba
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  6. Background image for Igogusa
    8.5/10(149 votes)

    #6 - Igogusa

    S3:E3

    After Sugimoto's rampage during Stenka, Tsukishima threatens to kill him if it happens again. Regretful of his own past, Tsukishima reminisces of the time he lost control of himself and how it changed his life forever.

    Director:Akira Toba
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    8.5/10(150 votes)

    #7 - Manslayer

    S3:E8

    Hijikata's Group is looking for information about a mysterious item they found in the hidden room in Abashiri Prison. The clues lead them to a legendary assassin, Youichirou the Manslayer.

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  9. Background image for On the Night of the New Moon
    8.4/10(143 votes)

    #8 - On the Night of the New Moon

    S2:E10

    Sugimoto's and Hijikata's groups secretly tunnel into Abashiri Prison and link up with Chief Kadokura, an associate of Hijikata's. On a moonless night, they launch the escape plan: Inkarmat, Cikapasi, Nagakura and Ienga wait behind; Ogata stands lookout; Kiroranke, Ushiyama and Hijikata stand by; and Sugimoto, Asirpa, Shiraishi, and Anji enter the prison. They find a substitute in Nopperabo's cell, who screams and raises the alarm. Amid the chaos, Tsurumi and 7th Division attack the prison from the river in warships, seeking both Nopperabo and Asirpa.

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  10. Background image for To Live
    8.4/10(149 votes)

    #9 - To Live

    S3:E12

    Asirpa reaches Kiroranke to witness his final moments and tell him that she has remembered something important. The group leaves Ako, but before going back to Hokkaido they need to find a doctor take care of Tsukishima's and Ogata's wounds.

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  11. Background image for Fleeing Karafuto
    8.4/10(94 votes)

    #10 - Fleeing Karafuto

    S4:E7

    Asirpa comes face to face with the 7th Division, and doesn't like what she sees.

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  12. Background image for Perfect Mother
    8.4/10(93 votes)

    #11 - Perfect Mother

    S4:E10

    Tanigaki goes after Inkarmat, who is pregnant with his child and being held by the 7th Division.

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  13. Background image for Inside the Belly
    8.3/10(144 votes)

    #12 - Inside the Belly

    S2:E5

    The disguised Suzukawa attempts to bribe the 7th for Shiraishi's freedom, but he is killed Second Lt. Koito Otonoshi, who foils the plot on Tsurumi's behalf. Sugimoto flees with Asirpa, Ogata, and Shiraishi on an experimental hydrogen airship, though they are pursued by Koito. The group manages to throw Koito off the ship and escape the 7th by travelling through the Daisetsuzan mountains.

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  14. Background image for Stenka
    8.2/10(140 votes)

    #13 - Stenka

    S3:E2

    Saichi Sugimoto and his group have to enter a match of stenka and face one of Abashiri Convicts, a violence-loving man named Maiharu Gansoku.

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  15. Background image for The Border
    8.2/10(134 votes)

    #14 - The Border

    S3:E5

    Kiroranke, Asirpa, Hyakunosuke Ogata, and Yoshitake Shiraishi make contact with Orok people in order to cross the Russian border. Yet they don't know that there's someone already waiting for them at the border...

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  16. Background image for Spoiled Rich Kid
    8.2/10(112 votes)

    #15 - Spoiled Rich Kid

    S4:E4

    When Koito was fourteen years old, he had a chance encounter with Lieutenant Tsurumi. When he was sixteen years old, he was kidnapped by men who spoke Russian, and only Lieutenant Tsurumi could save him.

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  17. Background image for Everybody, Get Together! It's a Murder Hotel!
    8.1/10(157 votes)

    #16 - Everybody, Get Together! It's a Murder Hotel!

    S1:E11

    The group and Ushiyama separately check into a hotel run by Ienaga Kano, a tattooed prisoner who murders and eats her guests. Shiraishi and Ushiyama are held in a basement torture chamber while Ienaga attempts to kill Asirpa, but is thwarted by Sugimoto. A series of events triggers an explosion that destroys the hotel, burying Ushiyama and Ienaga in the rubble. Sugimoto's group continue on to Abashiri Prison.

    Director:Yutaka Hirata
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  18. Background image for Bad Sign
    8.1/10(132 votes)

    #17 - Bad Sign

    S3:E6

    The sniper duel is finished, and, although victorious, Ogata is sick and needs immediate help. A strange apparition appears in front of him, reminding of something terrible from his past.

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  19. Background image for Catching Up to the Wolf
    8.1/10(133 votes)

    #18 - Catching Up to the Wolf

    S3:E10

    Kiroranke's Group breaks out Sofia and her accomplices out of Akou Prison. After meeting Asirpa, Sofia shares her memories of Wilk with his daughter, who in her own stead remembers something very important...

    Director:Yohji Satoh
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  20. Background image for Sweet Lies
    8.1/10(105 votes)

    #19 - Sweet Lies

    S4:E6

    Sugimoto and Asirpa prepare to meet the main unit of the 7th Division.

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  21. Background image for Brown Bear Man
    8.1/10(90 votes)

    #20 - Brown Bear Man

    S4:E8

    The crew meets a very unusual character in the Hokkaido woods, who says he's being stalked by a bear.

    Director:Seiya Ishida
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  22. Background image for Partner in Crime
    8.1/10(90 votes)

    #21 - Partner in Crime

    S4:E9

    Shiraishi comes up with a new way to find the gold while the 7th Division goes after a serial killer in Sapporo.

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  23. Background image for Kamuy Hopunire
    8.0/10(141 votes)

    #22 - Kamuy Hopunire

    S2:E7

    Tanigaki informs Asirpa of Huci's failing health, though Asirpa wishes to continue the search for the gold. They are joined by Nihei's dog Ryu, who has followed the scent of his former master's gun, now carried by Tanigaki. Meanwhile, Tsurumi tells Koito the truth behind the death of Lt. General Kōjirō Hanazawa, former commander of the 7th. Hanazawa abandoned Ogata, his illegitimate son, rendering his mistress neurotic. Ogata poisoned his mother, killed his half-brother (Hanazawa's legitimate son) at the Battle of 203 Hill, and murdered his father, staging his death to resemble a ritual suicide in penance for the loss at 203 Hill. Tsurumi exploited Hanazawa's death to motivate the 7th against the Japanese government.

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  24. Background image for The Sound of an Ambush
    8.0/10(131 votes)

    #23 - The Sound of an Ambush

    S2:E9

    At a village near Lake Kussharo, Sugimoto's group learn about a group of blind bandits led by a man with strange tattoos. Shiraishi identifies him as Toni Anji, an Abashiri prisoner. The group is attacked by the bandits while the men are bathing in an onsen, but are rescued by Hijikata and Ushiyama, who are seeking Anji's tattoo. Mid-escape, Inkarmat has a premonition the she will die after falling underwater, but is saved by Tanigaki. Meanwhile, Usami reports to Lt. Tsurumi that Inudō is stockpiling weapons.

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  25. Background image for Cinematograph
    8.0/10(109 votes)

    #24 - Cinematograph

    S4:E5

    Asirpa looks for a way to pass down Ainu culture to later generations.

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  26. Background image for Edogai-kun
    7.9/10(153 votes)

    #25 - Edogai-kun

    S2:E1

    While searching for the body of a tattooed prisoner stolen from his grave, Tsurumi encounters Edogai Yasaku, a taxidermist who creates clothing from human skin. Tsurumi wins Edogai's affections by praising his skills, and commissions Edogai to create fake tattooed skins to confuse the other treasure hunters. At Asirpa's village, a recovered Tanigaki promises Huci that he will bring Asirpa home safely. He is joined by Inkarmat, unaware that she is working for Tsurumi.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Sin and Impurity" is the best rated episode of "Golden Kamuy". It scored 9.2/10 based on 209 votes. Directed by Shigeru Fukase and written by Daishiro Tanimura, it aired on 12/14/2020. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Revolutionary".