Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter

Name: Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
Genre: Drama
Released: 2014-11-13T00:00:00.000Z
Rating: 6.577

About Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter

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.

Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (2014) is a drama film directed by David Zellner. Its themes are tragic, treasure hunt, language barrier, and rabbit.

Rinko Kikuchi takes the lead as Kumiko, Nobuyuki Katsube as Sakagami, Kanako Higashi as Michi, and Ichi Kyokaku as Library Security Guard. It runs 104 minutes and was released in November 2014.

The screenplay is by David Zellner and Nathan Zellner. In the United States it streams on JustWatch TV Plus.

The Last Samurai, Monster, and The Ramen Girl make useful companions to Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter, all filed under japan. TMDB voters put it at 6.6 out of 10 across 305 votes.