[2] The movie stars Kento Yamazaki, Anna Yamada, Yûma Yamoto and Gordon Maeda, and it tells the story of Saichi Sugimoto, a veteran of the early twentieth-century Russo-Japanese War, and his quest to find a huge fortune of gold of the Ainu people, helped by a young Ainu girl named Asirpa.

Upon verifying that the information is true, Saichi Sugimoto sets out to gather the whole piece together so he could use money from the gold to restore Umeko's eye sight, whose husband Toraji died in the Russo-Japanese War.

During a bear attack, Sugimoto is rescued by Asirpa, an Ainu girl seeking vengeance for her father's murder by Noppera-bo.

As their journey unfolds, more individuals including soldiers from the Seventh Division, Hijikata and others join the pursuit of the elusive gold.

[18] James Hadfield of The Japan Times rated the movie 3 out of 5 stars, saying that “For all its extravagance, Golden Kamuy only leaves you half full.”[19] Panos Kotzathanasis of Asian Movie Pulse noted in his review that Golden Kamuy is a film worth watching, but the flashbacks were not placed in ideal moments and the dramatic parts could have been handled in better fashion.