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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!

In the early twentieth century, Russo-Japanese War veteran Saichi “Immortal” Sugimoto scratches out a meager existence during the postwar gold rush in the wilderness of...
Genres:Action & AdventureAnimationComedy
Network:Tokyo MX

Best Episodes Summary

"Sin and Impurity" is the best rated episode of "Golden Kamuy". It scored 9.2/10 based on 179 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 12/14/2020. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Call Out".

  • Sin and Impurity
    9.2/10179 votes
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    #1 - Sin and Impurity

    Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 12/14/2020

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Call Out
    9.0/10160 votes
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    #2 - Call Out

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/24/2018

    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.

    Director: Shigeru Fukase

    Writer: Noboru Takagi

  • Revolutionary
    9.0/10217 votes
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    #3 - Revolutionary

    Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/30/2020

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Overwhelmed
    8.8/10139 votes
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    #4 - Overwhelmed

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/17/2018

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Ani Nekko
    8.7/10145 votes
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    #5 - Ani Nekko

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/12/2018

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Igogusa
    8.5/10129 votes
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    #6 - Igogusa

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/19/2020

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Manslayer
    8.5/10130 votes
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    #7 - Manslayer

    Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/23/2020

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • To Live
    8.5/10128 votes
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    #8 - To Live

    Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 12/21/2020

    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

  • On the Night of the New Moon
    8.4/10124 votes
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    #9 - On the Night of the New Moon

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/10/2018

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Fleeing Karafuto
    8.4/1077 votes
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    #10 - Fleeing Karafuto

    Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 5/15/2023

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

    Director: Tomio Yamauchi

    Writer: Noboru Takagi

  • Perfect Mother
    8.4/1074 votes
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    #11 - Perfect Mother

    Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 6/5/2023

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Inside the Belly
    8.3/10123 votes
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    #12 - Inside the Belly

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 11/5/2018

    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.

    Director: Shigeru Fukase

    Writer: Aya Yoshinaga

  • Stenka
    8.2/10120 votes
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    #13 - Stenka

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/12/2020

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Border
    8.2/10115 votes
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    #14 - The Border

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 11/2/2020

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Catching Up to the Wolf
    8.2/10114 votes
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    #15 - Catching Up to the Wolf

    Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 12/7/2020

    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: Yoji Sato

    Writer: Shingo Irie

  • Rushin' Outta Russia
    8.2/10107 votes
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    #16 - Rushin' Outta Russia

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 10/3/2022

    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

  • Spoiled Rich Kid
    8.2/1094 votes
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    #17 - Spoiled Rich Kid

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/2022

    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

  • Brown Bear Man
    8.2/1073 votes
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    #18 - Brown Bear Man

    Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 5/22/2023

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Partner in Crime
    8.2/1074 votes
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    #19 - Partner in Crime

    Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 5/29/2023

    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: N/A

  • Everybody, Get Together! It's a Murder Hotel!
    8.1/10133 votes
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    #20 - Everybody, Get Together! It's a Murder Hotel!

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 6/18/2018

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Bad Sign
    8.1/10114 votes
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    #21 - Bad Sign

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/9/2020

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Cinematograph
    8.1/1091 votes
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    #22 - Cinematograph

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/31/2022

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

    Director: Tomio Yamauchi

    Writer: Shingo Irie

  • Sweet Lies
    8.1/1089 votes
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    #23 - Sweet Lies

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 11/7/2022

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

    Director: Takeyuki Sadohara

    Writer: Daishiro Tanimura

  • Kamuy Hopunire
    8.0/10119 votes
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    #24 - Kamuy Hopunire

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/19/2018

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Sound of an Ambush
    8.0/10112 votes
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    #25 - The Sound of an Ambush

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/3/2018

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A