Golden Kamuy

Set on the Hokkaido frontier, “Immortal” Sugimoto Saichi, a Russo-Japanese war veteran, joins hands with Asirpa, an Ainu huntress in their quest to find Ainu gold as they fight to survive the race against relentless criminals and military renegades.

Adapted from the manga by Noda Satoru.

The live-action adventures of Sugimoto Saichi and Asirpa, which started with January’s Golden Kamuy movie, will continue in a newly announced WOWOW drama series.

Retired war veteran Sugimoto Saichi and Asirpa, an Ainu native, join the hunt looking for prisoners bearing tattoos with codes that reveal the locations for hidden gold that has been left behind by the Ainu natives.

Eight artists will be working on the ending theme songs for the drama.
Episode 1&9: ACIDMAN’s “輝けるもの” and “Sonet” respectively.
Episode 2: Alexandros – “Julius.”
Episode 3: &TEAM – “Feel The Pulse”
Episode 4: GLIM SPANKY – “赤い轍”
Episode 5: Nanashi no Taro – “毒矢”
Episode 6: KAMI WA SAIKORO WO FURANAI – “火花”
Episode 7: Straightener – “Skeletonize！”
Episode 8: THE SPELLBOUND – “雨ニウタレ命ナガレ”

The second Golden Kamuy movie is set to be released in March 2026.
 
Based on the manga by Noda Satoru, “Golden Kamuy” is a survival action story set in late-Meiji era Hokkaido. It follows former army soldier Sugimoto Saichi, who seeks the vast hidden treasure left behind by the Ainu, and the young Ainu girl Asirpa, who joins him on his dangerous adventure.
 
The fight over the stolen Ainu gold has evolved into a three-way conflict involving Sugimoto Saichi and Asirpa, the Seventh Division led by Lieutenant Tsurumi, and the Hijikata Toshizo faction.Their fierce battle now shifts to Abashiri Prison, where “Noppera-Bou,” the mastermind who tattooed the location of the gold onto escaped convicts, is incarcerated.