The WORST episodes of Golden Kamuy

Every episode of Golden Kamuy ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Golden Kamuy!

In Hokkaido, the far northern lands of Japan, Sugimoto survived the Russo-Japanese war of the Meiji era. Nicknamed "Sugimoto the Immortal" during the war, he now seeks the riches promised by the gold rush in hopes of saving the widowed wife of his now deceased comrade from the war. During his hunt of gold, he finds hints of a hidden stash of gold by corrupt criminals. Partnering with an Ainu girl that saves his life from the harsh climates of the north, they venture into a survival adventure to race against the criminals that seek the hidden stash.

Last Updated: 12/18/2024Network: Tokyo MXStatus: Continuing
The Great Plan to Infiltrate the Asahikawa 7th Division!!
star
7.15
52 votes

#1 - The Great Plan to Infiltrate the Asahikawa 7th Division!!

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/29/2018

The team is on a mission to rescue Shiraishi, who's been kidnapped by the 7th. But he's in the middle of a massive garrison, surrounded by hundreds of troops. How can they possibly sneak in...?

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Trickster Fox
star
7.20
66 votes

#2 - Trickster Fox

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/25/2018

The gang leaves Sapporo and visits a village where a relative of Asirpa lives. There they meet a strange fortune teller, who seems to know something about them, and about their futures...

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The Smell of Sulfur
star
7.22
27 votes

#3 - The Smell of Sulfur

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/17/2022

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

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Fellow Traveler
star
7.25
72 votes

#4 - Fellow Traveler

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/11/2018

Tanigaki is now staying in Asirpa's village, trying his best to recover and help the people who have been aiding him. But a faction of the 7th wants to split off from the Lieutenant, and they have plans for him...

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Eyes of a Murderer
star
7.28
72 votes

#5 - Eyes of a Murderer

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/28/2018

Shiraishi is chased all across the city by Ushiyama, and only escapes his predicament by getting the 7th involved. During the chaos, Hijikata's forces launch a raid on a local bank, blasting open a wall to get back his legendary sword.

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Kamuy Hopunire
star
7.28
53 votes

#6 - Kamuy Hopunire

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/19/2018

The group meets up with Tanigaki and stop at an Ainu Kotan. Private Koito returns to Lt. Tsurumi and reports on their whereabouts.

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Edogai-kun
star
7.29
63 votes

#7 - Edogai-kun

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/8/2018

Lt. Tsurumi visits Edogai, a taxidermist, in the town of Yuubari. He has a new plan to bring chaos to the war for the tattoo code: he's going to create fake skins that only he can detect.

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Let's Talk About the Past
star
7.30
56 votes

#8 - Let's Talk About the Past

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/22/2018

Hijikata, who is now temporarily allied with Sugimoto, stays behind in Yuubari to try and find clues to the fake skins. Edogai's workshop is surrounded by members of the 7th division, and they're forced to fight their way out.

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Hunter's Soul
star
7.36
75 votes

#9 - Hunter's Soul

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/14/2018

Two hunters are after Retar, the last of the Ezo wolves, and the last living wolf in Japan. Both of these hunters have tattoos, and Sugimoto wants them for himself. It's a battle between hunters and prey in the snowy mountains of Hokkaido!

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Meko Oyasi
star
7.39
49 votes

#10 - Meko Oyasi

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/16/2020

Sugimoto's group is separated during a nasty blizzard. One party safely makes it to a nearby lighthouse, but another is forced to camp in the middle of the snow. They make a bed under the dogs to keep warm, but...

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Bad Sign
star
7.41
49 votes

#11 - Bad Sign

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/9/2020

After a brutal sniper battle, Ogata is badly ill. As he recovers, he reflects on his past, and what he did to make himself the man he is today.

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Stenka
star
7.43
54 votes

#12 - Stenka

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/12/2020

Sugimoto and the 7th engage in a traditional Russian combat sport to track down one of the tattoed prisoners.

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Race
star
7.43
81 votes

#13 - Race

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/7/2018

With the help of Shiraishi, Asirpa goes to rescue Sugimoto from the 7th. But the situation is dire, and Sugimoto has already been badly injured...

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Fakes
star
7.44
57 votes

#14 - Fakes

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/15/2018

Edogai succeeds in creating 6 sets of fake skins when his workshop comes under assault. He flees with Sergeant Tsukishima into the local mines, pursued by Ogata and Sugimoto.

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The Immortal Sugimoto Harakiri Show
star
7.44
50 votes

#15 - The Immortal Sugimoto Harakiri Show

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/26/2020

Sugimoto joins a group of traveling performers in hopes it will lead him to Asirpa.

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Blue Eyes
star
7.44
52 votes

#16 - Blue Eyes

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/26/2018

The group is attacked by a huge horde of locusts and split. Asirpa and Inkarmat flee to the water, where Inkarmat tells Asirpa a terrible secret.

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Gleaming
star
7.45
76 votes

#17 - Gleaming

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/4/2018

Sugimoto's crew follows rumors of a tattooed prisoner among the herring fishermen on the coast near Otaru. There they encounter Henmi, a strange, perverted serial killer. The fight between him and the gang develops into a deadly seaborne battle involving a killer whale!

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Manslayer
star
7.46
48 votes

#18 - Manslayer

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/23/2020

Hijikata tracks down one of the tattoos to an isolated fishing port in Hokkaido. Its bearer is Yoichiro the Manslayer, a legendary assassin from the last days of the shogunate.

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Kamuy Mosir
star
7.48
93 votes

#19 - Kamuy Mosir

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/23/2018

Asirpa takes Sugimoto through the Hokkaido forests, where they encounter a bear in its den. Sugimoto is impressed by Asirpa's knowledge of the land. Meanwhile, another, older force is after the gold..

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The Vanished Kamuy
star
7.50
28 votes

#20 - The Vanished Kamuy

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/26/2023

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

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Wenkamuy
star
7.52
120 votes

#21 - Wenkamuy

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/9/2018

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...

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Ani Nekko
star
7.52
52 votes

#22 - Ani Nekko

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/12/2018

Tanigaki remembers his past as a matagi, and the story of how he came to join the 7th Divison and work for Lt. Tsurumi.

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Catching Up to the Wolf
star
7.52
44 votes

#23 - Catching Up to the Wolf

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/7/2020

The time has come to break Sophia out of prison. In doing so, Asirpa remembers a critical key to the whereabouts of the gold...

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Complication
star
7.53
77 votes

#24 - Complication

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/21/2018

During the battle with the hunters, Sugimoto is separated from Asirpa. Nihei abandons the wounded Tanigaki and tries to use Asirpa as bait to lure Retar. But just when Nihei thinks he's won the battle, another wolf appears and rips open his neck!

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Cinematograph
star
7.54
28 votes

#25 - Cinematograph

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/31/2022

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

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