Movies / Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (2014)
Runtime: 105 min
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
In this darkly comedic odyssey, Academy Award nominee Rinko Kikuchi (Babel, Pacific Rim) stars as Kumiko, a frustrated Office Lady whose imagination transcends the confines of her mundane life. Kumiko becomes obsessed with a mysterious, battered VHS tape of a popular film she's mistaken for a documentary, fixating on a scene where a suitcase of stolen cash is buried in the desolate, frozen landscape of North Dakota. Believing this treasure to be real, she leaves behind Tokyo and her beloved rabbit Bunzo to recover it - and finds herself on a dangerous adventure unlike anything she's seen in the movies. With Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter, indie mavericks the Zellner Bros. spin a strangely touching underdog fable, populated by eccentrics and elevated to sonic heights by a Sundance award-winning score from electro-indie outfit The Octopus Project, that will leave audiences rooting for the impossible. (C) Amplify
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| language barrier treasure rabbit character name in title dark |
| Directors (1) | Credit |
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| David Zellner | ... |
| Writers (2) | Credit |
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| David Zellner | (writer) and |
| Nathan Zellner | (writer) |
| Composers (1) | Credit |
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| The Octopus Project | ... |
| Editors (1) | Credit |
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| Melba Jodorowsky | ... |
| Cinematographers (1) | Credit |
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| Sean Porter | ... |
| Actors (32) | Credit |
|---|---|
| Ayaka Ohnishi | Chieko |
| Brad Prather | Brad |
| Christian Finch | Airport Passenger (uncredited) |
| C.J. DeVaan | Airport Patron with Kid (uncredited) |
| David Zellner | Policeman |
| Diane Visser | Airline Passenger (uncredited) |
| Earl Milton | Bus Driver |
| Fredrika Dukes | Airline Passenger (uncredited) |
| Ichi Kyokaku | Library Security Guard |
| Jim Westcott | Airline Passenger (uncredited) |
| Joel Thingvall | Airline Passenger (uncredited) |
| John Edel | Airport Patron (uncredited) |
| Josh Thaney | Bus Passenger (uncredited) |
| Kai Mariah | Airport Passenger (uncredited) |
| Kanako Higashi | Michi |
| Karen Voels | Airport Passenger (uncredited) |
| Kirsten Gregerson | Airport Passenger (uncredited) |
| Lucy Luu | Chinese Restaurant Owner |
| Madde Gibba | Gift Shop Clerk |
| Mayuko Kawakita | Ms. Kanazaki |
| Nathan Zellner | Robert |
| Natsuki Kanno | Department Store Clerk |
| Nobuyuki Katsube | Sakagami |
| Phil Hall | Cab Driver |
| Randy Baranczyk | Airport Passenger (uncredited) |
| Ravi Jasthi | Motel Clerk |
| Rinko Kikuchi | Kumiko |
| Ryan J. Gilmer | Bus Passenger Wearing Hat (uncredited) |
| Shirley Venard | Older Woman |
| Stephanie Bright | Airport Passenger (uncredited) |
| Takao Kinoshita | Dry Cleaning Clerk |
| Yumiko Hioki | Kumiko's Mother |