Repost: Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (opens in Akron April 10th at the Nightlight Cinema)

[KUMIKO, THE TREASURE HUNTER opens in Akron on Friday April 10th exclusively at the Nightlight Cinema.]

Review by Pamela Zoslov

I was immersed in the first season of Fargo, the television series based on the Coen Brothers' landmark 1996 film, when KUMIKO, THE TREASURE HUNTER fell into my hands. The film, directed and co-written by David Zellner and his brother, Nathan,, explores FARGO's influence from a new angle: the supposedly true story of a Japanese woman who froze to death in pursuit of the buried ransom money shown in the movie. It's strange, isn't it, that the Coens' bleak, snow-swept Minnesota landscape, with its bland, folksy inhabitants, has inspired its own mythos, still resounding nearly twenty years later.

Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (opens in Cleveland April 3rd at the Capitol Theatre)

[KUMIKO, THE TREASURE HUNTER opens in Cleveland on Friday April 3rd exclusively at the Capitol Theatre.]

Review by Pamela Zoslov

I was immersed in the first season of Fargo, the television series based on the Coen Brothers' landmark 1996 film, when KUMIKO, THE TREASURE HUNTER fell into my hands. The film, directed and co-written by David Zellner and his brother, Nathan,, explores FARGO's influence from a new angle: the supposedly true story of a Japanese woman who froze to death in pursuit of the buried ransom money shown in the movie. It's strange, isn't it, that the Coens' bleak, snow-swept Minnesota landscape, with its bland, folksy inhabitants, has inspired its own mythos, still resounding nearly twenty years later.