The Koumiko Mystery

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.

Country:

France,

Japan

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

54 minutes

Year:

1965

Director:

Chris Marker

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Company:

A.P.E.C.,

Joudioux,

ORTF,

Sofracima

Cast:

Narrator

Herself

Crew:

Director

Writer

Director of Photography

Editor

Original Music Composer