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. Believing it to be a treasure map indicating the location of a large case of money, she sets out her quest.
23 May 1938, Tokyo, Japan
July 3, 1955 in Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
2 August 1975, Greeley, Colorado, USA
30 September 1967, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
6 January 1981, Hadano, Japan
2 November 1977, Saint Louis Park, Minnesota, USA
June 21, 2016
As the film uncomfortably unfolds to an inevitable conclusion, nihilistic overtones encapsulate any emotional connection to her struggle.
April 15, 2015
A great film for people who are tired of associating the color black with sadness and despair: now, both of those things are available in snowy white!
April 02, 2015
If you're in the mood for something different, you're in luck: "Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter" takes elements of the traditional quest story into completely new places.
May 24, 2016
Unfortunately, Treasure opened too early in the year for short attention span Academy members, because Rinko Kikuchi seriously merits consideration for her second Oscar nom.
March 10, 2017
With sparse dialogue, the film hinges on an incredible performance from Rinko Kikuchi as office-girl outsider Kumiko, who can hurt your heart with just a little flick of her eye.
December 15, 2015
The entrancing fifth feature of the Zellner brothers, Kumiko the Treasure Hunter, is like found art in the beguiling, haunting manner it combines the seemingly ridiculous and desperate with an ineffable and quiet sadness.
April 03, 2015
File this one under "odd and interesting but ... "
October 04, 2016
An assured and ambitious arthouse odyssey from the Zelners, with the wonderful, wistful Rinko Kikuchi at its core.
January 04, 2016
A wonderfully accessible indie dark comic tale about movie obsessions.
April 02, 2015
In the title role, Kikuchi is impressive, easily handling Kumiko's comic and more somber sides and never allowing us to settle into a single or simple interpretation of the character.
May 23, 2016
Fortunately, the Zellners have better plans for their heroine in Kumiko's delirious, wonderfully improbable, and probably surrealistic, ending.
April 03, 2015
If Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter takes its time, it's time worth taking.
