Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (2014)
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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $739,623.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 6.687 |
Directed By
David Zellner
Crew
David Zellner
Sean Porter
Deidre Backs
Georgina Pope
Jim Taylor
Jim Burke
Cameron Lamb
Raymond Mansfield
Nathan Zellner
Kikuo Ohta
Chris Ohlson
Chad Keith
Alexander Payne
Rinko Kikuchi
Shaun Redick
Melba Jodorowsky
Andrew Banks
Christopher Shand
Michelle Gilstead
Lars Knudsen
Yvonne Lambert
Josh Lambert
Toto Miranda
David Zellner
Mary Flaa
Carrie Messina
Todd Cobery
Andrew Hauser
Tony Crosbie
Matt Center
Alex Bickel
Michael Howell
Kiersten Hargroder
Nathan Zellner
Britni West
Masa Kokubo
Jenna Gabriel
Bruce Henderson
Takashi Sekiya
Ryotaro Harada
Matt Snedecor
Gen Ito
Cory Melious
David Thompson
Ivan Kovač
Michael Winn
Jeff Fischer
Taro Kimura
Kati Batchelder
Elizabeth Richardson
René Jones-Jones
Cory Melious
Lynn Blumenthal
Sadami Hwang
Tomas Deckaj
Mark Filip
Justin Cameron
Nick Hillyard
Anne Healy
Kai Miller
Amber Goerish
Chris Hadland
Dominique Preyer
Jesse Evans
Mitsutoshi Hamazaki
Kazuko Shingyoku
Matt Joyer
Nathan Armstrong
Christian Popham
Yûichi Tazawa
Chris Thickins
Nick Smith
Catscan Smothers
Yasushi Miyata
Cory Melious
Jim Morgan
Kris Drake
Matt Muegge
TOP CAST
Rinko Kikuchi
Kumiko
Nobuyuki Katsube
Sakagami
Kanako Higashi
Michi
Ichi Kyokaku
Library Security Guard
Ayaka Onishi
Chieko
Mayuko Kawakita
Ms. Kanazaki
Asami Tano
Office lady
Ako Yoshida
Office lady
Anna Wakamori
Office lady
Risa Hotta
Office lady
Hitomi Sawano
Office lady
Maki Issô
Office lady
Ariei Umefune
Office lady
Takao Kinoshita
Dry Cleaning Clerk
Shirley Venard
Older Woman
David Zellner
Policeman
Nathan Zellner
Robert
Yumiko Hioki
Kumiko's Mother
Tetsuya Hayakawa
Dancing couple
Mihoka Tomoda
Dancing couple
Yusei Fujii
Mayo (Michi's Child)
Natsuki Kanno
Department store clerk
Brad Prather
Brad
Earl Milton
Bus driver
Madde Gibba
Gift shop clerk
Ravi Jasthi
Motel clerk
Lucy Luu
Chinese restaurant owner
Kirsten Gregerson
Airport Passenger (uncredited)
Joel Thingvall
Airline Passenger (uncredited)
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