Movie

Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter

2014 · 104 min

A quiet, melancholic drift into obsession, where loneliness and fantasy blur into a haunting, oddly hopeful journey.

Overview: Frustrated with her mundane life, a Tokyo office worker becomes obsessed with a fictional movie that she mistakes for a documentary. Fixating on a scene where stolen cash is buried in North Dakota, she travels to America to find it.
How it feels: Melancholic, eerie, whimsical and dark. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Isolation, obsession, loneliness, identity
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
obsession
loneliness
identity
fate
Places: big city
countryside
wilderness
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild