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''Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter'' is a 2014 American drama film co-written and directed by David Zellner.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sundance-kumiko-treasure-hunter-follows-674433 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.vice.com/read/kumiko-the-treasure-hunter )〕 The film stars Rinko Kikuchi, Nobuyuki Katsube, Shirley Venard, David Zellner, Nathan Zellner, and Kanako Higashi. The story is based around the urban legend surrounding the 2001 death of Takako Konishi who was reported in the media to have died of hypothermia outside Detroit Lakes, Minnesota in search of the fictional ransom money seen buried in the snow from the 1996 film ''Fargo''. In actuality, Konishi had simply committed suicide. ==Plot== Kumiko is a twenty-nine year old office lady who lives in utter solitude in Tokyo. She works a dreadful, dead-end job under a boss she hates, is intimidated by her well-off peers, and nagged by her overbearing mother to find a man and get married. The only joys in her life come from her pet rabbit, Bunzo, and a VHS copy of the film ''Fargo'', which she found in a secluded cave on the shore. Convinced the film is based on a true story, Kumiko obsesses over a scene in which a character played by Steve Buscemi buries a satchel of ransom money along a snowy highway and begins taking notes while watching the worn-out tape. Kumiko even attempts to steal an atlas from a library, only to be caught by the security guard, who pities her and allows her to take the page on Minnesota. With the threat of a young hire usurping her position at work and increasing pressure from her unsympathetic mother to return home, Kumiko abandons Bunzo on a train and boards a plane to Minneapolis using her boss's company card. With a hand-stitched treasure map and a quixotic spirit, Kumiko embarks on a journey over the Pacific and through the frozen Minnesota plains to find the purported fortune. Once there, she quickly finds herself unprepared for the harsh winter, having a weak grasp of English, and, with the card cancelled, lacking funds. She is picked up by an old lady, but sneaks off when the lady tries to convince her to stay at her home. A police officer picks her up after a passerby reports her wandering through the streets and tries to help her, believing her to be lost. She shows him the film and he attempts to understand her, gaining her trust. The officer takes her to a Chinese buffet, erroneously believing that someone there would be able to speak Japanese, to explain to her that the film is fiction. While at the restaurant, Kumiko calls her mother from a payphone hoping that she would be able to wire her money only for her mother to accuse her of theft from her workplace and further criticize her for being unmarried. This leads to Kumiko breaking down in front of the officer. While buying her winter attire, Kumiko tries to kiss the officer, but he tries to explain to her again that the treasure isn't real, causing her to run away in a taxi. The deaf driver takes her to Bemidji, Minnesota before she runs out of the taxi without paying the fare. While running away, she wanders across a frozen lake where, while looking through the ice, she sees what appears to be a suitcase. Convinced that this is the treasure, she spends a long time attempting to break the ice, only to find a badly decayed oar. Kumiko wanders deeper into the frozen forest, falling asleep under her blanket. In her dreams, she takes a ski lift to what appears to be the setting of the Fargo scene. Kumiko sees the marker indicating the location of the treasure and finds the satchel including the money. Overjoyed by her triumph, she exclaims "I was right after all". She then sees her pet rabbit Bunzo, and reunited with him, she proudly walks into the distance. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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