"KUMIKO THE TREASURE HUNTER" "Look, I permed my eyelashes." "Cute!" "That's awesome." "When did you do it?" "Around 10.000 Y?" "No, not that expensive." "5.600 Y?" "Who would pay 6.000 Y for this set?" "Recently they've had good coupons." "Are those extensions?" "They're real and permed." "Maiko, with your glasses, do your lashes get stuck like this?" "Thank you." "Did you let it sleep enough?" "Yes, sir." "Because you didn't last time." "Yes, sir." "I did this time." "I need you to go by the cleaners today." "I have two suits to be dropped off." "Yes, sir." "That is all." "Welcome" "Trousers..." "Jacket..." "More trousers, striped." "Kumiko?" "Kumiko?" "Kumiko, is that you?" "It's Michi, remember?" "Michi." "What a coincidence!" "I'm so happy to see you!" "I looked up and thought that was defiitely you." "I run so much." "When did I see you last?" "It's been years." "It's been a while." "How have you been?" "I've been fine." "That's good to hear." "How about you?" "Let's go to a cafe." "We have lots to catch up on." "You busy now?" "Okay..." "What about... you give me your phone number." "Let's get together soon." "Jesus Christ..." "Hello." "Kumiko?" "Kumiko?" "Yes?" "Good morning..." "This is your mother." "I know..." "Hello mom." "I figurated I might catch you before work." "Why don't you answer your phone or email?" "I do." "I've been very busy." "I haven't heard from you in a long time..." "What's new?" "Have you gotten a promotion yet?" "Yes." "When?" "Today." "Good job." "Are you dating anyone?" "No." "You should move back home until you're married." "No." "You'd be able to save money..." "You should've never left in the first place." "Kumiko?" "This is not a book that can leave the building." "It needs to stay here." "Why don't you just make a photocopy?" "Or get it off the internet?" "I'm willing to make it worth your while." "I'm sorry, I can't accept that." "It's against the rules." "What do you need it for?" "I am like a Spanish Conquistador." "Recently, I've learned of untold riches hidden deep in the Americas." "Long ago Spanish Conquistador... learned of such things from American Indians" "Now I have learned from an American Motion Picture" "I don't understand." "I only need page 95." "It's my destiny." "You must leave now..." "Don't come back." "I can't make a habit of this." "That's okay." "Please sit down." "Go ahead, have a seat." "I need to talk to you for a moment." "You appear to have an increasingly poor dispoition..." "Your co-workers have been aware of it for a while." "Are you unhappy here?" "No, not at all." "Please have the decency to look at me when speaking." "I'm sorry, sir." "I've always enjoyed workig here, sir." "What are your plans?" "What do you mean, sir?" "You know, long term." "After being an Office lady" "How old are you?" "29." "As I'm sure you know most managers here have Office ladies" "that are married by 25 unless they choose to move i their career." "At your age, they most likey have a family." "With all due respect, sir we all have our own path." "Do you currently have a boyfriend?" "No, not right now." "If you don't mind me asking... are you homosexual?" "No, not at all." "Are you sure?" "Of course." "Well, you know... there are many fresh, young girls wanting to be OL." "And when older people don't make room, it can hold them up." "Sorry, I am late." "Did you order anything yet?" "No, not yet." "It's to nice to see you." "It's been a while." "How have you been?" "Good." "What's your boy's name?" "Actually she's a girl." "Her name is Mayo." "She's almost 5 years old." "So cute." "She takes after daddy." "She's really smart too." "I really have to run to the restroom." "Would you mind watching her?" "Okay, back in a second." "Be good Mayo." "This is a true story" "The events depicted in this film took place in Minnesota in 1987." "At the request of the survivors, the names have been changed." "Out of respect for the dead, the rest has been told exactly as it occured." "Fargo, North Dakota" "Minneapolis, Minnesota" "You're late again." "Mr. Sakagam i looking for you." "I'm sorry, I wasn't feeling well this morning." "Are we having a meeting?" "Not really." "Kumiko?" "Yes sir?" "Please report to my office immediatey." "Yes sir." "I'm sorry I'm late." "Have you thought about our converastion?" "I don't know..." "Maybe." "I'd like to introduce you to..." "Ms. Kanazaki." "She's going to be helping us out here." "Nice to meet you." "Nice to meet you." "Tomorrow is my wedding anniversary." "I need you to get gift to my wife, something nice." "What should I get?" "I don't really care, just make it something nice." "Yes, sir." "Use my company card." "Now, I would like some tea." "Bunzo," "I'm sorry... but I hope you can forgive me." "We must part ways from this point forward." "I wish it could be another way." "I'm sorry." "I have important things to do." "You are free now." "Go wherever you want to go." "Off you go, Bunzo." "You are free." "Get moving." "Way don't you go?" "Bunzo!" "Do what you like, Bunzo!" "You are free now!" "Bunzo!" "Move it!" "Bunzo!" "¶ Dream" "¶ When you're feelin' blue" "¶ Dream" "¶ And they might come true" "¶ Things" "¶ Never are as bad" "¶ As they seem" "¶ So, dream" "¶ Dream" "¶ Dream" "¶ When the day is new" "¶ Dream" "¶ That they might come true." "THE NEW WORLD" "Good morning!" "Good morning, ma'am." "Welcome to Minnesota." "Can I offer you some free tourist information?" "Good morning." "Can I offer you some free tourist information?" "This is a state map." "If I can get it open..." "Now what did you say your name was?" "Oh, thank you." "Kumiko." "I'm Robert." "This here is Brad." "How do you do?" "First off, by law, we have to tell you that we're not associated with the airport or the Minnesota Department of Tourism in any way, but the airport is kind enough to lease out this space so that we can offer assistance to travelers such as yourself." "Uh... how to go Fargo?" "Fargo?" " Fargo." "Fargo." "Well, um... that's way up here." "It's actually on the border in North Dakota." "And the way you get there is you start here in Minneapolis... and go right up 94." "Do you know how to get there?" "No." "It's okay to be lost." "That's why we're here." "I was lost once." "I was going down the wrong road." "A depraved individual, much different than the man you see in front of you today." "But somewhere through that haze of debauchery," "I saw the light." "Now there's some other groups here that will offer you guidance." "I know that there's some Methodists, and you don't see them too often, but the guys with the ponytail..." "Oh, uh... "Harry Kishner."" "Hare Krishnas." " Believe it is." "All good-intentioned, but... and I'm not knocking any of them..." " How go to Fargo?" "Attention, ladies and gentlemen." "We're about an hour and a half away from our destination, and as you can see, we have a minor setback." "Unfortunately, we have a flat tire." "And my carpal tunnel prevents me from addressing this problem, so we're gonna have to wait for backup, which hopefully will get here in a timely fashion." "Uh, if nothing else, we'll get you transferred to another bus as soon as possible." "So in the meantime, just feel free to get up and stretch and whatnot." "Can I help you?" "What are you doing?" "Can you hear me?" "Can I help?" "This is my home." "It's okay." "We'll get you where you need to be." "I need to use the restroom and take my pills." "Come on!" "You can get all warmed up." "I can barely feel my toes." "I have cocoa." "It's a hot chocolate drink." "It is hot, so blow on it." "Thank you." "Are you an exchange student or... a tourist?" "Yes." "Where's your home?" "Where are you from?" "Tokyo." "Oh, Japan." "Wow, that's a long way." "My late husband was in the Korean War." "You ever been to Korea?" "Yes, um..." "Oh." "Where are you going?" "Now that's very interesting." "I like crafts, too." "Only I do doilies." "I want to go Fargo." "Say again?" " Fargo." "Fargo?" "That's too cold." "That's no fun." "This is not the right time of year to go sightseeing." "I mean, you should have really picked someplace warm, like Florida." "Did you ever read "Shogun" by James Clavell?" "The book, and there was a miniseries, too." "It's a good one." "It's about Japan." "I think I have a copy." "Paperback." "I don't like hardbacks." "Paperbacks are much easier to manage." "Hardbacks are for show-offs." "No, I've been to Puerto Rico... and Acapulco, Bahamas." "I've been to London." "Ireland." "Here it is." "I knew I had it." "Paperback." "Household dust." "It's mostly just dead skin." "Do you have DVD player?" "DVD?" "No, only VHS." "And Canada, I've been there dozens of times." "And I went on a cruise once with Charles." "We went up to Alaska." "We got to see neat whales and icebergs." "Oh, that was a fun trip." "Gets dark real early." "Why don't you stay here tonight?" "I mean, your schedule seems pretty flexible." "And I'll warm up some leftovers." "I have tuna casserole." "Um..." " No bones about it." "We'll get up tomorrow and I'll show you around." "It's no fun traveling alone anyway." "Solitude?" "It's just fancy loneliness." "This is my son Bobby's room." "He lives in California now." "Never comes to visit." "He's pretty ungrateful." "Tomorrow, you take me to Fargo?" "You don't wanna go there, hon." "Trust me." "I'll take you to the Mall of America." "It's a lot more fun." "They have an indoor Ferris wheel and a mirror maze." "Now, you get a good night's sleep and help yourself to whatever you'd like." "Except for the sticky buns." "They're for breakfast." "Okay?" "Okay." "Good night." "OPEN" "FAMILY HEALTH" "$6.01." "Hello?" "Hello." "Kumiko?" "Who?" "Kumiko." "Why aren't you calling on your cell phone?" "I dropped it by accident and it broke..." "So I'm calling on a different one." "I couldn't sleep... and I wanted to talk to you." "Oh, okey." "How are you?" " Good." "And you?" "Fine." "What's new?" "Well..." "To be honest, a lot of things are." "How's your promotion?" "Good... but there's something more important happening..." "You're engaged?" "No... it's much more important." "I'm on the brink of an incredible dicovery..." "Are you pregnant?" "Is that what this is about?" "No..." "That's not what is about..." "Well, if you're not going to get married you need to move back home with me." "Stop wasting everyone's time." "Helo?" "Good morning." "How can I help you?" "Check out, please." "You want to check out?" "What room number are you in?" "What's your room number?" "Two." "Zero." " Two?" "Zero?" "20." "Here, let me check." "I have a note here." "Your credit card declined." "Your credit card did not go through." "You have a bad credit card." "Bad card." "Yes." "This is business card." "This is your business card?" "Did you want me to try one more time?" "Nope, it declined again." "It's bad." "So you might have to call your credit card company to check what's going on with it." "Or if you have another card I will take it." "What you want to do?" "I go get money." "Hey, hey, hey!" "Hey!" "I didn't mean to turn on the siren." "I bumped it by accident." "I got a call about a lady wandering around in a blanket." "Are you that lady?" "Back there, that was Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox." "It's an American folktale or something like that." "Babe used to be anatomically correct, but apparently some drunk guy went and shot the statue's privates off with a 12 gauge." "I want to go Fargo." "Do what now?" " Fargo." "I want to go Fargo." "It's... it's a good ways away." "It's not close." "I discover that." "So, uh... what is that?" "Jesus Christ." "You're looking for the money that was in this?" "That's what you're looking for?" "I discover treasure." "Yeah." " Right here." "Well..." " It's mine." "Okay, well, you see... this is not real." "It's just pretend." "Like, you know, like entertainment." "Entertainment." "It's not real like a documentary or news or a reality show, or something." "It's just, um... it's just a normal movie." "You know, fake." "Like a story." "No fake." "Yeah, fake." "No fake." "It's..." "And I know, I understand." "But a documentary is real, and a normal movie is fake." "Not fake." "Real." "This is a normal movie." "I discover treasure." "Right here." "Um..." "Look, I..." "Look, I want to help you." "I'm just trying to figure out how." "Hi, can I help you?" "Hello, ma'am." "My name is Deputy Caldwell with the Sheriff's Department." "Okay." " Not in this county, but that doesn't matter." " Yes?" "I'm here with this Japanese woman who doesn't speak English particularly well, and so I was wondering if you could possibly translate a few things for us." "I'm Chinese." "I don't know any Japanese." "Not a..." " Not at all." "Don't you know just at least a couple sentences?" "Only Mandarin." "That is it." "Very different." "Kumiko?" "What?" "Do you speak any Chinese?" "No." "Japanese." "Chinese." "How's your meal?" "Okay." "You know, I was, um..." "I was thinking about those maps you have." "And, uh..." "I bet a standard highway map would clarify things a little better." "You know?" "I'm pretty sure I have one in the car." "So why don't you sit tight here for a second?" "And I'll go check." "I'll be back in a second." "Hello?" "Hi mom." "It's me." "Where are you?" "!" "Are you there?" "Where are you?" "!" "Mom, I have a favor o ask..." "I was wondering if you could wire me some money." "I can pay you back very soon." "I got a call from your work earlier." "Did you hear me?" "I said your work called!" "Why?" "They're very angry." "They said you haven't shown up for days... that you stole their company credit card!" "What the hell is going on?" "!" "Nothing." "They're lying." "The other girls are jealous of me, they're making up lies to get me in trouble." "That's all." "There's nothing to worry about, everything is fine." "If they call again, ignore it." "Why would they do that?" "!" "You are the liar... way would they be jealous of you?" "!" "You're not dating anyone." "You're not getting married." "And you don't even want to live with your mother." "You've shamed me." "You've once again ruined a good job." "And now you're liar and a thief!" "I have to go now..." "I'm very busy, I have important things to do." "You can't even imagine how important they are." "Goodbay." "I found it." "What's wrong?" "You... you okay?" "Here." "I'm sorry you're so upset." "I'm trying to think what to tell you." "I think if we didn't have this cultural barrier between us that we could understand each other clearly and this would all make a lot more sense." "Hey, hey." "Believe me," "I know how important this is to you." "I've never been to another country before." "I can only imagine how strange and confusing everything must be." "Kumiko, I want you to know that I'm going to help you, okay?" "I wanna help you get what you need and where you need to go." "You're not in this alone, you understand?" "I am here to help." "I understand." "I'm not alone." "You help me." "Let me know if there's a particular style you're going for." "Because to be honest," "I really don't know what's fashionable or not." "So let me know what you see." "If you find something you like," "I'm sure they'll let you leave the blanket here." "Let's try this one." "It looks good." "Okay." "Seems it's not too tight." "Okay." "Where's your... right there?" "That's where your toe is." "It should be fine." "What'd you do that for?" "You said you help me." "Well, yeah, but not like that." "I'm just trying to do my job and that's all." "You said you'd help me get treasure... together." "Well, no, you got me all wrong." "I mean, I have a wife and two kids," "I mean, I'm just trying to help you." "And the treasure's not real." "It's just a regular, normal movie, and that's it." "It's fake, totally fake." "It's not fake!" "Wait." "Just... will you listen to me?" "Let me help you here!" "Shit." "Oh, come on." "I'm DEAF." "What is You're destination?" "Thanks a bunch!" "Fargo!" "Fargo!" "Fargo." "Where R You from?" "Stop!" "Stop!" "Stop!" "Stop!" "Thief!" "Give it back!" "Give it back!" "The tresure..." "I found it!" "I was right after all!" "I did it!" "Bunzo let's go."