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Golden Kamuy: The Live Action Movie
Mar. 23rd, 2025 11:14 pmIt was a manga, then an anime, and now a live action movie! (Well, made in 2024, and now on Netflix.)
Live action adaptations can be a mixed bag. This one totally nails it. Filmed on location in Hokkaido, with gorgeous snowy landscapes and sweeping mountain vistas. Beautiful cinematography, great pacing, dramatic action, and even the bits of humour. (Still violent and gory, but more sporadic than in the manga.)
The casting totally worked for me. I loved that every time a character was introduced, we got a dramatic pause, and a title card with their name and role. It felt like if you were in the theatre and you got to applaud their entrance.
(It was mildly amusing every time someone called Asirpa "the Ainu child", because her actress fully looks like she's 20. But I was happy to suspend my disbelief.)
( Spoilers )
The movie covers just the first part of the story, but it ends in a reasonably satisfying place. The story continues in a live action TV series, also now on Netflix.
Live action adaptations can be a mixed bag. This one totally nails it. Filmed on location in Hokkaido, with gorgeous snowy landscapes and sweeping mountain vistas. Beautiful cinematography, great pacing, dramatic action, and even the bits of humour. (Still violent and gory, but more sporadic than in the manga.)
The casting totally worked for me. I loved that every time a character was introduced, we got a dramatic pause, and a title card with their name and role. It felt like if you were in the theatre and you got to applaud their entrance.
(It was mildly amusing every time someone called Asirpa "the Ainu child", because her actress fully looks like she's 20. But I was happy to suspend my disbelief.)
( Spoilers )
The movie covers just the first part of the story, but it ends in a reasonably satisfying place. The story continues in a live action TV series, also now on Netflix.
