Kumiko the Treasure Hunter

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This wonderful “little” film is only being shown in art house theaters. So there will be some spoilers in this review.
This movie is based on a true story that became an urban legend. Takaho Konishi was a despondent young Japanese girl that was found frozen to death in Northern Minnesota. It was erroneously reported that she was searching for the money buried in the film Fargo.
The movie starts in Tokyo. We see Kumiko working a dead end job, hating her boss and her job, having a mother who can only complain about her life style. She is played by Rinko Kikuchi the academy award nominee for Babel. You should follow her career.
She finds a damaged vhs tape of Fargo and figures out where Steve Buscemi buried the extorted money. An opportunity comes up to rush off to Minneapolis and then go up to Fargo. Along the way she meets some exceptionally nice people. However they cannot make her see her folly and she finally hikes off into the northern woods. The ending, in order to not be too depressing shows her first smile of the film as she finds the suitcase full of cash. Unfortunately we all know that she is dead.
You will be talking about this film for a long time; I know she who must be obeyed is.