Golden Kamuy

A battle‑scarred veteran and a fierce Ainu girl race across frozen Hokkaido, decoding tattoos to unearth a cursed gold hoard.

Set against the bleak, snow‑drifted wilderness of post‑Russo‑Japanese War Hokkaido, former soldier Saichi Sugimoto—dubbed “the Immortal” for his uncanny knack for surviving impossible battles—turns his gun‑metal grit toward a different kind of hunt: gold. He’s driven by a promise to his fallen comrade, vowing to fund the ailing widow’s treatment abroad. When a drunken barroom tale about a criminal who tattooed a secret map onto his fellow inmates reaches Sugimoto’s ears, he scoffs—until a corpse bearing the exact same inked clues washes ashore, and a massive bear threatens to finish the job. A young Ainu hunter named Asirpa intervenes, rescuing him with her uncanny tracking skills. Her father was among the tribe slaughtered for the treasure, and she seeks to reclaim what was stolen from her people.

A gritty historical adventure following a veteran and an Ainu girl hunting for tattooed convicts across 1900s Hokkaido. Expect intense graphic violence, mature war themes, and unflinching depiction of historical brutality alongside cultural education and dark humor.