article_snippet.sent: Nearly 15 years ago an amazing story emerged of how a young Japanese woman had travelled half-way across the world to try and find a suitcase stuffed with $1m dollars that had been buried in the snow.
article_snippet.sent: This is a true story - when Takako Konishi was found dead in a mini-skirt and high-heeled boots in the frozen wastes of Minnesota just days after arriving.
article_snippet.sent: According to Coen brothers film, Takako froze to death searching for the $1 million stash buried in the snow by Steve Buscemi's hapless criminal (pictured) in Coen brothers film .
article_snippet.sent: But Takako didn't die in search of the cash buried in front of a roadside fence under the snow by Steve Buscemi's character in the 1996 Coen brothers film.
article_snippet.sent: A still from This is a True Story in which Takako's body is depicted exactly as Takako's body was found, right down to the black thigh boots, miniskirt and coat which Takako's body was wearing despite the freezing temperatures . '
article_snippet.sent: The truth about how a young Japanese woman came to freeze to death thousands of miles from home in temperatures of -3C, while wearing the absurd outfit of a miniskirt, thigh boots and black coat, is actually even more sad than the mythical version.
highlights_snippet.sent: Movie tells the incredible story of Takako Konishi, found frozen to death .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Steve Buscemi's crook buried one in the snow in 1996 Coen brothers film .
  