Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
- Sunday, June 7, 19:45 Mousonturm Saal
- トレジャーハンター・クミコ
- USA 2014, DCP, 105 min, English / Japanese with English subtitles
- Director: David Zellner
- Script: Nathan Zellner, David Zellner
- Camera: Sean Porter
- Production: Lila 9th Productions, Zellner Bros., Ad Hominem Enterprises
- Music: The Octopus Project
- World sales: Lila 9th Productions
- Cast: Rinko KIKUCHI, Nobuyuki KATSUBE, Kanako HIGASHI, Kyokaku ICHI, Ayaka ONISHI
- German premiere
www.kumikothetreasurehunter.com
Kumiko (played by Japan’s shooting star Rinko KIKUCHI) leads a dull and lonely life in Tokyo. But everything seems to take a turn after she watches a videotape of an American movie in which a man buries a case full of money in the snow. What if she found that money? Reality and fantasy begin to converge in this modern fairytale.
Director Bio
David Zellner was born in Greeley, Colorado, in 1973. Together with his brother Nathan, he has created many feature films and music videos. Their film GOLIATH was shown at Sundance Film Festival in 2008. David Zellner lives and works in Austin, Texas.
Filmography
1997 Plastic Utopia; 2001 Frontier; 2008 Goliath; 2012 Kid-Thing