Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - The Egg of the King

"He trusts no one, only his sword."

2012 1h 16m JA

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Synopsis

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Guts, an immensely strong sword-for-hire, has little direction in his life, simply fighting one battle after the next. However, this all changes suddenly when he meets and is bested by Griffith, a beautiful and charismatic young man who leads the Band of the Hawk mercenary army. After Guts joins the Band and the relationship between the two men begins to blossom, Casca, the tough, lone swordswoman in the Band of the Hawk, struggles to accept Guts and the influence he has on the world around her. While the two men begin to fight together, Griffith continues to rise to power, all seemingly in order to reach his mysterious, prophesied goals. What lengths will Guts and Griffith go to in order to reach these goals, and where will fate take the two men?

“He trusts no one, only his sword.”

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Cast

Hiroaki Iwanaga
Guts (voice)
Takahiro Sakurai
Griffith (voice)
Yuki Kaji
Judeau (voice)
Takahiro Fujiwara
Pippin (voice)
Toa Yukinari
Casca (voice)
Yoshiro Matsumoto
Corkus (voice)
Minako Kotobuki
Rickert (voice)
Kazuki Yao
Gaston (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Toshiyuki Kubooka
Writers: Ichiro Okouchi
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 76-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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Released 14 years ago.

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ERA

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Part of the "Berserk The Golden Age Arc Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Shiro Sagisu. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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CAST

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Hiroaki Iwanaga and Takahiro Sakurai and Yuki Kaji carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "He trusts no one, only his sword.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt2210479 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Toshiyuki Kubooka directs. Shiro Sagisu scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 76-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Released 14 years ago.
3Part of the "Berserk The Golden Age Arc Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Original score by Shiro Sagisu. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Hiroaki Iwanaga and Takahiro Sakurai and Yuki Kaji carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "He trusts no one, only his sword.".
7IMDB entry: tt2210479 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 10 themes, including "mercenary", "sorcery", "gore", "sword fight".
9Released under 18 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Original score: Shiro Sagisu
Runtime: 76 min · 1h 16m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $2,152,610
Original language: JA
IMDB: Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - The Egg of the King (2012)

Part of

Berserk The Golden Age Arc Collection

The film trilogy “Berserk: The Golden Age Arc” adapts one of the most important arcs of the manga written by Kentaro Miura. This trilogy serves as a powerful introduction to the dark and brutal universe of the series.