The Koumiko Mystery (1965)

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.

Released Oct. 9, 1965 54 min None+

Genres: Documentary

Keywords: mdblist.two-actors, imdb.essay, imdb.tokyo-japan, imdb.japan, mdblist.has-trailer

Production Companies: A.P.E.C., Sofracima, Joudioux, Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française

Country: France
Production Countries: France, Japan
Languages: Japanese, French