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.

• Year: 1965
• Genres: Documentary
• Countries: France, Japan
• Languages: French, Japanese
• Runtime: 54 min