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The Best Episodes of Golden Kamuy

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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 gold.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Golden Kamuy Season 4 Episode 9 - Partner in Crime
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - 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.

    Director:Takeyuki Sadohara
    Writer:Aya Yoshinaga

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  2. Golden Kamuy Season 4 Episode 13 - The Vanished Kamuy
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - The Vanished Kamuy

    S4:E13

    Usami and Kikuta remain on the hunt for the killer as Botaro tries to unravel the mystery of Asirpa and Sugimoto's relationship.

    Director:Shizutaka Sugahara
    Writer:Noboru Takagi

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  3. Golden Kamuy Season 3 Episode 9 - Revolutionary
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - 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.

    Director:Takashi Kumazen
    Writer:Aya Yoshinaga

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  4. Golden Kamuy Season 4 Episode 8 - Brown Bear Man
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - 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
    Writer:Shingo Irie

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  5. Golden Kamuy Season 4 Episode 11 - Steamship
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Steamship

    S4:E11

    The steamship that Sugimoto's party is riding on is attacked by Botaro the pirate.

    Director:Takafumi Fujii
    Writer:Noboru Takagi

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  6. Golden Kamuy Season 1 Episode 5 - Race
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Race

    S1:E5

    Sugimoto is tortured by twin brothers Youhei and Kouhei Nikaidō. Shiraishi breaks into Sugimoto's cell and releases his bonds, allowing him to kill Youhei. He fakes a fatal injury using Youhei's intestines, and is able to escape and reunite with Asirpa. While hunting, Asirpa and Sugimoto come across the tracks of two men: Tanigaki and Tetsuzō Nihei, a famous bear hunter.

    Director:Akira Toba
    Writer:Sachio Yanai

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  7. Golden Kamuy Season 3 Episode 1 - To Karafuto
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - To Karafuto

    S3:E1

    Saichi Sugimoto and his group arrive in Karafuto to search for Asirpa and Kiroranke. They meet a Karafuto Ainu girl and with her help reach a Russian village, where Kiroranke's group has been seen lately. By chance, another tattooed prisoner is found in the same village...

    Director:Yutaka Hirata
    Writer:Noboru Takagi

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  8. Golden Kamuy Season 3 Episode 2 - Stenka
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - 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.

    Director:Shigeru Fukase
    Writer:Shingo Irie

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  9. Golden Kamuy Season 3 Episode 3 - Igogusa
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - 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
    Writer:Aya Yoshinaga

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  10. Golden Kamuy Season 3 Episode 4 - The Immortal Sugimoto Harakiri Show
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - The Immortal Sugimoto Harakiri Show

    S3:E4

    Sugimoto's Group arrives in Toyohara, where they have to chase after a thief. The thief turns out to be a boy from a famous touring circus troupe. Sugimoto comes up with an idea that will help him reach Asirpa even when she is far away — he needs to become the star of the the circus show.

    Director:Yuki Morita
    Writer:Shingo Irie

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  11. Golden Kamuy Season 3 Episode 5 - The Border
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - 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...

    Director:Yutaka Hirata
    Writer:Daishiro Tanimura

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  12. Golden Kamuy Season 3 Episode 6 - Bad Sign
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - 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.

    Director:Shigeru Fukase
    Writer:Aya Yoshinaga

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  13. Golden Kamuy Season 3 Episode 7 - Meko Oyasi
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Meko Oyasi

    S3:E7

    Sugimoto, Tanigaki, Cikapasi, and Ryu get lost in a blizzard. Meanwhile, Kiroranke is taking Asirpa to see an old friend of her father's.

    Director:Kaoru Suzuki
    Writer:Noboru Takagi

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  14. Golden Kamuy Season 3 Episode 8 - Manslayer
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - 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.

    Director:Akira Toba
    Writer:Daishiro Tanimura

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  15. Golden Kamuy Season 3 Episode 10 - Catching Up to the Wolf
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - 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
    Writer:Shingo Irie

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  16. Golden Kamuy Season 3 Episode 11 - Sin and Impurity
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - 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.

    Director:Shigeru Fukase
    Writer:Daishiro Tanimura

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  17. Golden Kamuy Season 3 Episode 12 - To Live
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - 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.

    Director:Yutaka Hirata
    Writer:Noboru Takagi

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  18. Golden Kamuy Season 4 Episode 2 - Cocoon
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #18 - Cocoon

    S4:E2

    Kadokura challenges Sekiya, one of the tattooed prisoners, to a deadly game in order to save the life of Hijikata.

    Director:Tomio Yamauchi
    Writer:Noboru Takagi

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  19. Golden Kamuy Season 4 Episode 10 - Perfect Mother
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Perfect Mother

    S4:E10

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

    Director:Shizutaka Sugahara
    Writer:Daishiro Tanimura

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  20. Golden Kamuy Season 4 Episode 12 - Discharge
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Discharge

    S4:E12

    Usami and Kikuta search out a bizarre serial killer in Sapporo while Sugimoto fights a desperate underwater battle.

    Director:Takeyuki Sadohara
    Writer:Shingo Irie

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  21. Golden Kamuy Season 4 Episode 1 - Rushin' Outta Russia
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #21 - Rushin' Outta Russia

    S4:E1

    As Sugimoto and the members of the 7th Division head back into Japanese territory, they're attacked by a sniper.

    Director:Shizutaka Sugahara
    Writer:Noboru Takagi

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  22. Golden Kamuy Season 4 Episode 6 - Sweet Lies
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #22 - Sweet Lies

    S4:E6

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

    Director:Takeyuki Sadohara
    Writer:Daishiro Tanimura

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  23. Golden Kamuy Season 1 Episode 1 - Wenkamuy
    7.3/10(2 votes)

    #23 - Wenkamuy

    S1:E1

    Sugimoto Saichi, called "Immortal Saichi" for his incredible powers of survival, is panning for gold in the far north when he hears a story about buried treasure, hidden by a death row inmate. He decides to go after the treasure, but it will be a journey far longer and far more dangerous than he'd ever imagined...

    Director:Takahiro Kawakoshi
    Writer:Noboru Takagi

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  24. Golden Kamuy Season 4 Episode 3 - The Smell of Sulfur
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #24 - The Smell of Sulfur

    S4:E3

    The members of the 7th hunt a strange man at the Noboribetsu hot springs.

    Director:Tomio Yamauchi
    Writer:Noboru Takagi

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  25. Golden Kamuy Season 4 Episode 4 - Spoiled Rich Kid
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #25 - 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.

    Director:Takafumi Fujii
    Writer:Aya Yoshinaga

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Best Episodes Summary

"Partner in Crime" is the best rated episode of "Golden Kamuy". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Takeyuki Sadohara and written by Aya Yoshinaga, it aired on 5/29/2023. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Vanished Kamuy".