Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - The Egg of the King
2012 1h 16m movie Film Japan

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

ベルセルク 黄金時代篇I 覇王の卵

“He trusts no one, only his sword.”

Synopsis

ベルセルク 黄金時代篇I 覇王の卵

“He trusts no one, only his sword.”

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?

The 2011–2013 Japan Window

482 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I – The Egg of the King sits at position #179.

  1. Solitary Gourmet
    #1

    Solitary Gourmet

    ★ 9.0 · 2012

  2. Carnival Phantasm
    #2

    Carnival Phantasm

    ★ 8.9 · 2011

  3. Attack on Titan
    #3

    Attack on Titan

    ★ 8.7 · 2013

  4. High School D×D
    #4

    High School D×D

    ★ 8.6 · 2012

  5. Hunter x Hunter
    #5

    Hunter x Hunter

    ★ 8.6 · 2011

  6. Kamisama Kiss
    #6

    Kamisama Kiss

    ★ 8.6 · 2012

  7. Golden Time
    #7

    Golden Time

    ★ 8.6 · 2013

  8. Magi
    #8

    Magi

    ★ 8.6 · 2012

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The 2010s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I – The Egg of the King premiered. 1769 total titles in this decade from Japan.

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Reception Benchmarks

7.2
TMDB Rating
439
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #1,727 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (62nd percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.3 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Action productions specifically: #731 of 1,714 (top 43%).

Production Details

Primary Country Japan
Original Language Japanese
Production Companies Beyond C., Graphinica, STUDIO4℃, Warner Bros. Japan
Runtime 1h 16m
Release Date February 3, 2012
IMDb tt2210479
Official Site www.berserkfilm.com

Themes & Motifs

  • mercenary
  • sorcery
  • gore
  • sword fight
  • based on manga
  • demon
  • dark fantasy
  • seinen
  • anime

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