FRANCE · 1965

Le Mystère Koumiko

Chris Marker
French New Wave identity and belonging cultural displacement post-war Japan memory and nostalgia modernization and tradition
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Koumiko Muraoka, a young Japanese woman born in Manchuria and educated in France, wanders through Tokyo while she reflects on identity, memory, and what it means to be Japanese in a rapidly changing world.

Year1965
CountryFrance
DirectorChris Marker
Le Mystère Koumiko poster

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