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Kumiko, the treasure hunter = Torejā hantā Kumiko / Amplify ; a Lila 9th production ; a Zellner Bros. film ; produced by Nathan Zellner, Cameron Lamb, Chris Ohlson ; produced by Andrew Banks, Jim Burke ; written by David Zellner, Nathan Zellner ; directed by David Zellner.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: BD62688 | Anchor Bay EntertainmentLanguage: English, Japanese Original language: English Publisher: Beverly Hills, CA : Anchor Bay Entertainment, [2015]Copyright date: � 2015Description: 1 videodisc, Blu- ray (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Other title:
  • Torejā hantā Kumiko
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Sean Porter ; editor, Melba Jodorowsky ; music, The Octopus Project.
Cast: Rinko Kikuchi, Nobuyuki Katsube, Shirley Venard, David Zellner, Nathan Zellner.Summary: Kumiko, a frustrated office worker whose imagination transcends the confines of her mundane life, becomes obsessed with a mysterious, battered VHS tape of a popular film she's mistaken for a documentary, fixating on a scene where a suitcase of stolen cash is buried in the desolate, frozen landscape of North Dakota. Believing this treasure to be real, she leaves behind Tokyo and her beloved rabbit Bunzo to recover it.
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Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Blu-ray Adult Blu-ray Main Library DVD DRAMA Kumiko Available 33111008654838
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A lonely Japanese office worker leaves her life in Tokyo and travels to the United States after being convinced that the buried treasure depicted in a fictional film is not only real, but located deep beneath the North Dakota tundra. ~ Tracie Cooper, Rovi

Originally released as a motion picture in 2014.

Based on a true story.

Special features: commentary soundtrack with David Zellner, Nathan Zellner and Chris Ohlson; deleted and alternate scenes.

Director of photography, Sean Porter ; editor, Melba Jodorowsky ; music, The Octopus Project.

Rinko Kikuchi, Nobuyuki Katsube, Shirley Venard, David Zellner, Nathan Zellner.

Kumiko, a frustrated office worker whose imagination transcends the confines of her mundane life, becomes obsessed with a mysterious, battered VHS tape of a popular film she's mistaken for a documentary, fixating on a scene where a suitcase of stolen cash is buried in the desolate, frozen landscape of North Dakota. Believing this treasure to be real, she leaves behind Tokyo and her beloved rabbit Bunzo to recover it.

Blu-ray, region A, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby TrueHD 5.1.; requires Blu-ray player.

In English with some Japanese subtitled in English; optional Spanish subtitles and English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

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