This Is a True Story

Overview

In December 2001, the world's media reported that a young Japanese woman, Takako Konishi, had died whilst trying to find the money hidden in the snow at the end of the Coen Brothers' film 'Fargo'. The fact that she died outside the town of Fargo was correct. The rest was not a true story. Director Paul Berczeller took it upon himself to look into this tale that the media swallowed so easily, finding that the truth was a lot more tragic and a lot less melodramatic…

Details

Status

Released

Release date

July 3, 2003

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United Kingdom

Cast

Mimi Ohmori

Director

Paul Berczeller

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0374278