7.8
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Golden Kamuy (2018)
Golden Kamuy (2018)
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Positive
Female Combat: Yes
Viewer Rating
7.8
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Progressive
Primary
The film's central narrative revolves around the historical injustice against the Ainu people and their quest to reclaim stolen gold, strongly aligning its dominant themes with indigenous rights, anti-colonialism, and cultural preservation.
The movie 'Golden Kamuy' features a cast that accurately reflects its early 20th-century Japanese and Ainu setting, with diversity inherent to the story's cultural and historical context. The narrative prominently explores Ainu culture and perspective, offering an implicit critique of historical colonial impacts without explicitly portraying traditional identities negatively.
Secondary
Golden Kamuy portrays LGBTQ+ characters and themes, most notably through Usami's explicit gay identity and intense devotion, and the homoerotic subtext in other male relationships. While the series features dark humor and extreme personalities, these characters are depicted with complexity and agency, and their identities are integrated into their motivations rather than being solely a source of mockery or degradation. The narrative generally treats diverse forms of desire and expression as part of its rich, often bizarre, world.
The show features Sofia Goldenhand, a skilled fighter who demonstrates her prowess in direct physical confrontations. She is depicted winning melee engagements against several male opponents, relying on her combat skills and strength.
The series does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. While some characters engage in cross-dressing for disguise or comedic effect, and one character (Henmi) has a complex gender expression tied to a specific fetish, none of these elements represent a transsexual identity or narrative arc.
The anime adaptation of Golden Kamuy faithfully retains the genders of all established characters from the original manga. There are no instances where a character canonically established as one gender is portrayed as a different gender in the show.
The 2018 anime adaptation of "Golden Kamuy" faithfully portrays the races of its characters as established in the original Japanese manga. There are no instances where a character canonically established as one race is depicted as a different race on screen.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
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