Sundance Film Review: ‘Kumiko the Treasure Hunter’ Outside-indie filmmakers David and Nathan Zellner edge gently toward mainstream acceptance with a beguiling fable of buried treasure … 'Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter': EW review By Chris Nashawaty Updated March 12, 2015 at 12:00 PM EDT Parents need to know that Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter is a somewhat mystical film about a lonely Japanese woman who (after watching the movie Fargo) decides it's her destiny to find a buried fortune in Minnesota and flies off to the United States.There's no drinking or sex and hardly any swearing (one use of "s--t"), so it's age appropriate for younger teens and up.


Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter is a bizarre, haunting, darkly comedic, and powerful journey of a troubled individual looking to up the ante on the flop out of a poor hand having been dealt by life. The cinematography was exquisite, Mrs. Kikuchi's acting was deeply touching, the long pauses in some scenes let the gravity soak in, and the whole look of the movie was just superb for me. Despite dealing with the subject of fantasy, it is reality that most defines Kumiko – a downbeat subject with fleeting moments of light relief. Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter movie reviews & Metacritic score: A lonely Japanese woman (Rinko Kikuchi) becomes convinced that a satchel of money buried and lost in a fictional film, is in fact, real.
Review: Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter is a Beautiful, Brutal Surprise I was expecting Pirate Booty.

Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter is a portrait of loneliness and delusion, inspired by the mythic tale of Takako Konishi, a Japanese woman who reportedly travelled to Minnesota trying to locate the money buried in the Coen brothers’ classic, Fargo. After watching it, Kumiko believes the story is real, especially the scene where a man buries a briefcase full of money. "Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter" is a moody comic allegory about desperation, disconnection and dreams that uses "Fargo," the Coen brothers classic, as … Gorgeously shot and brilliantly performed by it's lead this sure to be polarizing film is an experience to behold. KUMIKO, THE TREASURE HUNTER is a comedy about a 29-year-old Japanese woman, who discovers a tape of the movie FARGO on the beach. Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter is a curious picture. I have such mixed feelings about Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter.

By the time the credits roll, expectations are flung distant, in part due to some extremely odd decisions to position it as a comedy, and in part due to a concept that promises whimsy, but instead delivers melancholy. Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter review.

Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter is a moody comic allegory about desperation, disconnection and dreams that uses Fargo, the Coen brothers classic, as a touchstone to examine modern life.

Promotional material and early reviews want to imply it’s a comedy of sorts, but that could not be further from the truth. At Sundance 2014, Matt reviews David and Nathan Zellner's Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter starring Rinko Kikuchi. There now follows the Zellner brothers’ Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter, a thoroughly oddball item of Fargo marginalia that, unlike its inspiration, has its roots in a quantifiably true story. SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL: A log line is the term the film industry uses to describe a film plot in a simple sentence in order to market it to producers and funding bodies. Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter pretty much succeeds as a work of magical realism.

Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter is a hard film to categorise. Review: Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter is a Beautiful, Brutal Surprise I was expecting Pirate Booty.