Unsettling ideas about motherhood and pop culture obsession lurk just beneath the surface of Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter, a new, ambitiously strange drama by independent filmmaking duo David and Nathan Zellner. The titular adventurer — a Tokyo office worker with grand aspirations — believes a mysterious VHS copy of Fargo will lead her to the treasure buried beneath the snow in the film's conclusion.
The film, which premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and is now screening in select theaters, is inspired by the urban legend of Takako Kanishi, a woman from Tokyo who was found dead outside Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. The story goes that Kanishi was in search of the Fargo treasure, but an investigation revealed Kanishi had lost her...
A woman looks for the buried loot of Fargo in Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
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