Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter

Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter

2014 · 100 min · EN · 6.6 (246 votes)
Dir. David Zellner · Starring Rinko Kikuchi, Nobuyuki Katsube, Kanako Higashi, Ichi Kyokaku, Ayaka Onishi, Mayuko Kawakita · Music Yvonne Lambert
Drama

Frustrated with her mundane life, a Tokyo office worker becomes obsessed with a fictional movie that she mistakes for a documentary. Fixating on a scene where stolen cash is buried in North Dakota, she travels to America to find it.

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A quiet, melancholic journey of a woman seeking meaning in a harsh, indifferent world. It's a lonely, wistful exploration of obsession and the search for something more, even if it's just a cinematic fantasy.

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