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Golden Kamuy Karafuto Pursuit Arc Adds Ayana Shiramoto and Hiroto Oshita

The official website for Golden Kamuy: Karafuto Pursuit Arc, the new live-action series from Satoru Noda's manga, announced two more cast members and a new key visual on Monday. Ayana Shiramoto plays Sofia Golden Hand and Hiroto Oshita plays Kirawus.

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Why it matters

The Karafuto arc carries the live-action project past the Abashiri Prison film, and the returning director, composers, and Ainu advisers keep the production team that built the two films and the Hokkaido series.

Golden Kamuy Karafuto Pursuit Arc Adds Ayana Shiramoto and Hiroto Oshita

Key Facts

  • Ayana Shiramoto plays Sofia Golden Hand in Golden Kamuy: Karafuto Pursuit Arc.
  • Hiroto Oshita plays Kirawus in the series.
  • Kenji Katagiri returns to direct alongside new director Masaaki Yoshimura.
  • Tetsuo Kamata is the new scriptwriter, and CREDEUS produces.
  • The series streams on WOWOW starting January 24.

Kenji Katagiri returns to direct with new director Masaaki Yoshimura, Tetsuo Kamata writes the script, and CREDEUS produces. The series streams on WOWOW starting January 24.

Kenji Katagiri shares directing duties with Masaaki Yoshimura, and Tetsuo Kamata takes over scripting from the films and the earlier series. Yutaka Yamada and Yoshiaki Dewa return as composers, and Hiroshi Nakagawa and Debo Akibe return as Ainu language and cultural advisers.

The new key visual arrived alongside the two cast announcements. The series streams on WOWOW from January 24, following the two live-action films and the Hokkaido series that Netflix later carried.

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