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Golden Kamuy (2024)

Golden Kamuy poster
Original title
ゴールデンカムイ
Directed by
Shigeaki Kubo
Genre
action, adventure, comedy
Country
Japan
Runtime
2h 09m
Rated
R
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 93 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A veteran of the Russo-Japanese War teams up with a young Ainu girl to search for a hidden fortune of Ainu gold in early 20th century Hokkaido. Their journey is full of danger from rivals and the harsh wilderness.

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What happens

Golden Kamuy (Japanese: ゴールデンカムイ, Hepburn: Gōruden Kamui) is a 2024 Japanese historical action movie directed by Shigeaki Kubo, based on the manga series of same name written and illustrated by Satoru Noda. The movie stars Kento Yamazaki, Anna Yamada, Yūma Yamoto and Gordon Maeda, and it tells the story of Saichi Sugimoto, a veteran of the early twentieth-century Russo-Japanese War, and his quest to find a huge fortune of gold of the Ainu people, helped by a young Ainu girl named Asirpa. The movie received a sequel series Golden Kamuy: The Hunt of Prisoners in Hokkaido and a sequel film Golden Kamuy: The Abashiri Prison Raid. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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