The Koumiko Mystery
A Short film of
Production year1965
Runtime48 min
Synopsis
While filming the Olympics, a filmmaker encounters a Japanese girl. Manchurian born and French educated, she's an intriguing anomaly. He films her around Tokyo, as she speaks of Japan, being Japanese and her unique perspective on life.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Association des Professeurs pour la Promotion de l'Education Cinématographique (APEC)
- Co-production : Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française (ORTF)
- French distribution : Sofracima SA
Full credits (8)
- Executive Producer : Catherine Winter
- Screenwriter : Chris Marker
- Director of Photography : Chris Marker
- Music Composer : Toru Takemitsu
- Assistant director : Christine Lecouvette
- Editor : Chris Marker
- Sound Mixer : Jean Nény
- Narrator : Chris Marker
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Production language : French
- Premier pays de production : France
- Production country : France (100.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Production year : 1965
- Runtime : 48 min
- Visa number : 30420
- Visa issue date : 27/04/1965
- Production formats : 16mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.37
- Audio format : Mono
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