(Le Mystère Koumiko)

Content: Filmed during the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, Chris Marker’s The Koumiko Mystery follows Koumiko Muraoka, a young Japanese woman born in Manchuria and educated in France. As Marker films her wandering through Tokyo, she reflects on identity, memory, and what it means to be Japanese in a rapidly changing world.

Countries:

France,

Japan

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

54 minutes

Year:

1965

Directors:

Chris Marker

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Production companies:

A.P.E.C.,

Joudioux,

ORTF,

Sofracima

Actors:

Narrator

Herself

Crews:

Director

Writer

Director of Photography

Editor

Original Music Composer