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The Worst Episodes of Golden Kamuy

Every episode of Golden Kamuy ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Golden Kamuy!

Worst episode
S4E3 The Smell of Sulfur
7.3165 votes
Best episode
S3E11 Sin and Impurity
9.3303 votes
Top season
Season 5
8.6avg
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20h 24m
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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Golden Kamuy Season 4 Episode 3 - The Smell of Sulfur
    7.3/10(165 votes)

    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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  2. Golden Kamuy Season 1 Episode 1 - Wenkamuy
    7.4/10(315 votes)

    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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  3. Golden Kamuy Season 1 Episode 12 - Trickster Fox
    7.5/10(211 votes)

    S1:E12

    Shiraishi meets Ushiyama and Ienaga, who survived the explosion, but does not disclose this to Sugimoto. Sugimoto’s group encounter Inkarmat, a traveling Ainu fortune teller who Asirpa does not trust. Shiraishi takes Inkarmat to a horse race, where they win two races on Inkarmat’s predictions. Kiroranke meets old friends at the track, who ask him to ride a horse and throw the race at the behest of a yakuza boss. Shiraishi bets all his money on the last race, but it is won by Kiroranke, who defies the yakuza boss. In Barato, Ogata meets with Hijikata and joins his group.

    Director:Akira Toba
    Writer:Noboru Takagi

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  4. Golden Kamuy Season 1 Episode 2 - Nopperabo
    7.6/10(266 votes)

    S1:E2

    Saichi and Asirpa head to Otaru, the largest town in the area, in seach of the tattooed prisoners. They quickly find out that they're not the only ones after the treasure. The army is looking for it too! Saichi has to face off against a deadly sniper, and a horrible cold front is setting in too...

    Director:Shigeki Awai
    Writer:Noboru Takagi

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  5. Golden Kamuy Season 1 Episode 3 - Kamuy Mosir
    7.6/10(256 votes)

    S1:E3

    Sugimoto and Asirpa are pursued by soldiers from the 7th Division. Private Genjirō Tanigaki finds Asirpa, but is fought off by Retar. Sugimoto evades capture after diving into a bear cave, whose occupant charges and kills the soldiers before succumbing to its wounds. Sugimoto and Asirpa take a baby bear found in the cave to Asirpa's village, and visit Asirpa's grandmother ("Huci"). Lieutenant Tokushirou Tsurumi, the leader of the 7th, mounts a search effort for the missing soldiers. Meanwhile, at a brothel in Otaru, Hijikata ambushes the tattooed prisoner Ushiyama Tatsuma, and offers to work with to him collect the tattooed skins.

    Director:Shigeru Fukase
    Writer:Noboru Takagi

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  6. Golden Kamuy Season 1 Episode 8 - Eyes of a Murderer
    7.6/10(208 votes)

    S1:E8

    Caught by Ushiyama, Shiraishi is pressured by Hijikata into acting as his mole in Sugimoto’s group. Sugimoto, Asirpa, and Shiraishi hear rumors of Henmi Kazuo, a tattooed prisoner who is also a psychopathic killer. They go whaling and unknowingly rescue Henmi after he falls into the water. Henmi conceals his tattoo, but vows to either kill Sugimoto or die in the attempt.

    Director:Kazuomi Koga
    Writer:Shingo Irie

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  7. Golden Kamuy Season 2 Episode 4 - The Great Plan to Infiltrate the Asahikawa 7th Division!!
    7.6/10(188 votes)

    S2:E4

    Shiraishi is captured by the 7th, though Hijikata and Kiroranke attempt and fail to rescue him. Tsurumi meets his old friend Lt. General Arisaka, a weapon designer who gives Nikaidō a false leg that can fire buckshots. Hijikata introduces his companions to Kiyohiro Suzukawa, a con artist and tattooed prisoner. Suzukawa disguises himself as Shirosuke Inudō, the warden of Abashiri Prison, in an elaborate plan to rescue Shiraishi.

    Director:Taketomo Ishikawa
    Writer:Noboru Takagi

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  8. Golden Kamuy Season 2 Episode 3 - Let's Talk About the Past
    7.6/10(187 votes)

    S2:E3

    The collected groups search Edogai's workshop for a way to identify the fake tattoos, but are attacked by the 7th. The groups split up, with plans to reunite in Ashibetsu. Elsewhere, Tanigaki and Inkarmat agree to travel with the orphan Cikapasi. Hijikata makes plans to break into Abashiri Prison to question Nopperabo, utilizing Shiraishi's escape skills. After a dream where Sugimoto kills him for his betrayal, Shiraishi flees, but encounters the 7th.

    Director:Satoshi Nakagawa
    Writer:Noboru Takagi

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  9. Golden Kamuy Season 3 Episode 7 - Meko Oyasi
    7.6/10(177 votes)

    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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  10. Golden Kamuy Season 1 Episode 6 - Hunter's Soul
    7.7/10(217 votes)

    S1:E6

    Nihei tells Tanigaki that he wishes to hunt Retar, the last Hokkaido wolf. Asirpa and Sugimoto are joined by Shiraishi, who tells Asirpa and Sugimoto that Nihei is a tattooed prisoner. Asirpa, Sugimoto and Shiraishi track the hunters and ambush them.

    Director:Michita Shiraishi
    Writer:Aya Yoshinaga

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  11. Golden Kamuy Season 4 Episode 2 - Cocoon
    7.7/10(167 votes)

    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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  12. Golden Kamuy Season 1 Episode 7 - Complication
    7.8/10(215 votes)

    S1:E7

    Sugimoto and Shiraishi fight Nihei, while Tanigaki captures Asirpa. Tanigaki is shot by a poisoned arrow after stepping in a deer trap, but is saved by Asirpa. Retar rushes to Asirpa's aid with his mate, a grey wolf, who attacks and kills Nihei. Tanigaki is brought to Asirpa’s village to recover, and tells them that Tsurumi intends to use the gold to mount a military coup to form an independent Hokkaido. At a brothel, Ushiyama finds Shiraishi and gives chase.

    Director:Kiyoshi Egami
    Writer:Atsuo Ishino

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  13. Golden Kamuy Season 3 Episode 1 - To Karafuto
    7.8/10(195 votes)

    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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  14. Golden Kamuy Season 4 Episode 12 - Discharge
    7.8/10(143 votes)

    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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  15. Golden Kamuy Season 4 Episode 13 - The Vanished Kamuy
    7.8/10(139 votes)

    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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  16. Golden Kamuy Season 1 Episode 5 - Race
    7.9/10(231 votes)

    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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  17. Golden Kamuy Season 1 Episode 10 - Fellow Traveler
    7.9/10(204 votes)

    S1:E10

    Tanigaki, a Matagi, escapes his pursuers by using his skills in hunting and trapping. Tsurumi arrives, and forces Nikaidō to expose the traitors in the 7th after cutting off Nikaidō’s ear, though Ogata evades capture. Elsewhere, Shiraishi is grabbed by a massive huchen after falling in a river, but is saved by Kiroranke, a former friend of Asirpa’s father. Kiroranke reveals that Asirpa's father is Nopperabo, and that he is now in Abashiri Prison. They begin to travel towards Abashiri to confront Nopperabo.

    Director:Michita Shiraishi
    Writer:Daishiro Tanimura

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  18. Golden Kamuy Season 2 Episode 2 - Fakes
    7.9/10(197 votes)

    S2:E2

    Sugimoto and Shiraishi track Hajime Tsukishima, a sergeant in the 7th, back to Edogai's workshop, and find it under attack by Ogata. Edogai flees into a mine, where he is caught in a series of explosions; he dies, but is able to relay to Tsukishima how to distinguish the fake skins. Hijikata and Sugimoto's groups meet, and reluctantly agree to cease hostilities now that Tsurumi possesses fake tattooed skins.

    Director:Kiyoshi Egami
    Writer:Aya Yoshinaga

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  19. Golden Kamuy Season 3 Episode 4 - The Immortal Sugimoto Harakiri Show
    7.9/10(194 votes)

    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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  20. Golden Kamuy Season 4 Episode 1 - Rushin' Outta Russia
    7.9/10(182 votes)

    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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  21. Golden Kamuy Season 4 Episode 5 - Cinematograph
    7.9/10(169 votes)

    S4:E5

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

    Director:Tomio Yamauchi
    Writer:Shingo Irie

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  22. Golden Kamuy Season 4 Episode 11 - Steamship
    7.9/10(140 votes)

    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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  23. Golden Kamuy Season 1 Episode 4 - Grim Reaper
    8.0/10(240 votes)

    S1:E4

    Sugimoto leaves the village and returns to Otaru alone, where he learns of the incident with Ushiyama. He is captured by Tsurumi, who accuses him of killing the soldiers. Asirpa and Retar track Sugimoto and find Shiraishi, who tells her Sugimoto's location.

    Director:Yusuke Onoda
    Writer:Shingo Irie

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  24. Golden Kamuy Season 1 Episode 9 - Gleaming
    8.0/10(211 votes)

    S1:E9

    Hemni and Sugimoto are confronted by 7th Division soldiers. As they flee, Hemni attempts to kill Sugimoto, and they engage in a violent struggle before Sugimoto fatally stabs him. An orca beaches and grabs Hemni’s body, though Sugimoto, Shiraishi and Asirpa are able to recover it. Meanwhile, Ogata and Nikaidō find Tanigaki at the Ainu village, and accuse him of killing his companions and deserting the 7th. Tanigaki realizes that are battling factions within the 7th, and prepares to defend himself.

    Director:Shigeru Fukase
    Writer:Aya Yoshinaga

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  25. Golden Kamuy Season 2 Episode 1 - Edogai-kun
    8.0/10(208 votes)

    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.

    Director:Masato Miyoshi
    Writer:Noboru Takagi

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Smell of Sulfur" is the worst rated episode of Golden Kamuy. It scored 7.3/10 from 165 votes. Directed by Tomio Yamauchi and written by Noboru Takagi, it aired on October 17, 2022. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Wenkamuy".

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