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.
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter is of 1 hour(s) and 40 minute(s). It is Produced By: Ad Hominem Enterprises, Lila 9th Productions. It was released on 2014-11-13. It has an average vote of 6.577 on TMDB.
Genres: Drama
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