Golden Kamuy: Hokkaido Shisei Shujin Soudatsuhen
Golden Kamuy: Hokkaido Shisei Shujin Soudatsuhen (Japanese: ゴールデンカムイ 北海道刺青囚人争奪編) is a Japanese television series adaptation broadcast on the WOWOW network. The series serves as a continuation of the live-action cinematic adaptations based on the manga created by Satoru Noda.
Background and Production
The television series is adapted from the manga Golden Kamuy by Satoru Noda, which was serialized in Weekly Young Jump from August 21, 2014, to April 28, 2022. The series was directed by Sigeaki Kubo, Kenji Katagiri, Ken Ochiai, and Yosuke Sato, with a screenplay written by Tsutomu Kuroiwa. It occupied WOWOW's Sunday 22:00 time slot, following the conclusion of Mikkoku wa Utau 2.
The narrative directly follows the events of the live-action feature film Golden Kamuy, focusing on the ongoing search for escaped prisoners whose tattooed bodies collectively reveal the location of hidden gold.
Broadcast Details
The series ran for 9 episodes, broadcasting from October 6 to December 1, 2004 (noted as 2024 per primary schedule records), airing weekly on Sundays at 22:00 Japan Standard Time on WOWOW.
Cast and Characters
- Kento Yamazaki as Saichi Sugimoto
- Anna Yamada as Asirpa
- Gordon Maeda as Hyakunosuke Ogata
- Yuma Yamoto as Yoshitake Shiraishi
- Asuka Kudo as Hajime Tsukishima
- Shuntaro Yanagi as Kohei Nikaido
- Ryohei Otani as Genjiro Tanigaki
- Katsuya as Tatsuuma Ushiyama
- Katsumi Kiba as Shipachi Nagakura
- Akihisa Shiono as Kantaro Okuyama
- Hiroyuki Ikeuchi as Kiroranke
- Yuki Sakurai as Kano Ienaga
- Hisako Ohkata as Fuchi
- Maryjun Takahashi as Inkaramat
- Taishi Nakagawa as Otonoshin Koito
- Kazuki Kitamura as Shirosuke Inudo
- Arata Iura as Accha
- Hiroshi Tamaki as Tokushiro Tsurumi
- Hiroshi Tachi as Toshizo Hijikata
