Entertainment

She Thought ‘Fargo’ Was Real: The Misguided Voyage of ‘Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter’

Fact and Fiction

A Japanese woman traveled to America in search of the suitcase of money that was buried beside a snow-capped fencepost in rural Minnesota. She didn’t know Fargo was just a movie.

articles/2014/02/18/she-thought-fargo-was-real-the-misguided-voyage-of-kumiko-the-treasure-hunter/140217-hines-fargo_oocv5l
GramercyPictures/Everett Collection