Hallucinating and climatic, absurd and sensible, Goliath's creators tell the story of a Japanese antihero vagabonding through invernal passages on her way to North Dakota. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 2, 2022

"Heart-warming and often hilarious, 'Kumiko the Treasure Hunter' reminds that individuality may take one a long way given the right conditions. Chase your treasures with confidence and be prepared."

| Jun 30, 2022

...it's an intriguing, lyrical piece of 'simply stunning' cinema that is also likely to boast one of the years standout performances.

| Oct 7, 2021

Kumiko The Treasure Hunter is simply stunning from beginning to end.

| Oct 7, 2021

The Zellner Brothers write, produce, and direct (and act a little) Kumiko with such a steady hand that it never slips into total fact or total fiction.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Sep 28, 2021

A haunting film based on the real-life mystery...

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 18, 2021

Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter is a stone bummer-a gorgeously photographed, haunting, and moving one, to be sure, but a bummer nonetheless-about the power of dreams, and the high costs they often levee on the dreamer.

| Original Score: B+ | Jul 6, 2020

It forces us to question cinema as an art that can manipulate the truth of the facts when a fictional story is infused by an invention.[Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 8/10 | Jun 26, 2020

Mournful in its approach, Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter affectingly considers the torturous unattainability of true escapism.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jun 11, 2019

Treading the fine line between truth and fiction, Kumiko is more than just a homage to the Coen brothers.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 4, 2019

Enticed by the prospect of buried treasure, Kumiko sets off on an ill-fated odyssey in search of the loot.

| Mar 6, 2019

This is one of the best films of the year. Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter is not a true story, but its central quest touches a chord truer than anything in Fargo.

| Aug 28, 2018

A weird one.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 19, 2018

The film isn't polished, perhaps on purpose, but it's endearing, special even.

| Original Score: B+ | Sep 1, 2017

I think the less you know going into this movie the better, so if you're a die-hard fan of Rinko Kikuchi or a film buff with a vested interest in how pop culture influences modern folklore, put yourself on Kumiko media blackout and just go see it already.

| Aug 1, 2017

Kikuchi interacts beautifully with the camera to set the pace; the wide shots and angles make it seem as if the camera waits for her to finish a silent sentence, punctuated by her facial expression.

| Jun 21, 2017

With sparse dialogue, the film hinges on an incredible performance from Rinko Kikuchi as office-girl outsider Kumiko, who can hurt your heart with just a little flick of her eye.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 10, 2017

An assured and ambitious arthouse odyssey from the Zelners, with the wonderful, wistful Rinko Kikuchi at its core.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 4, 2016

As the film uncomfortably unfolds to an inevitable conclusion, nihilistic overtones encapsulate any emotional connection to her struggle.

| Original Score: C+ | Jun 21, 2016

Unfortunately, Treasure opened too early in the year for short attention span Academy members, because Rinko Kikuchi seriously merits consideration for her second Oscar nom.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | May 24, 2016