Japan 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?
Audience Engagement
439 audience reviews — more than 93% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 96th percentile among Japan films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I – The Egg of the King. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
8 sharedBerserk: The Golden Age Arc II – The Battle for Doldrey
★ 7.3 · Japan
7 sharedBerserk: The Golden Age Arc III – The Advent
★ 7.6 · Japan
5 sharedDemon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train
★ 8.3 · Japan
5 sharedMade in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul
★ 7.9 · Japan
4 sharedMade in Abyss: Wandering Twilight
★ 8.3 · Japan
4 sharedMade in Abyss: Journey's Dawn
★ 7.8 · Japan
Other Titles From Beyond C.
Action + Adventure in Japan
1030 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Action and Adventure genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I – The Egg of the King itself).
The 2011–2013 Japan Window
Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I – The Egg of the King holds position #179 of 482 Japan films in the 2011–2013 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I – The Egg of the King premiered alongside 164 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 164 other Japan films in 2012.
The 2566th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I – The Egg of the King, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- dark fantasy · 14
- mercenary · 13
- sorcery · 9
- anime · 711
- based on manga · 297
- sword fight · 56
- gore · 51
- demon · 45
- seinen · 36
Reception Benchmarks
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 |