The Koumiko Mystery
1965 · 54 MIN · IMDB 7.6 · 705 VOTES · DIR. Chris Marker
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 414 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:10 "Japan is really Mrs. Everyman...
00:00:56 ... walk into the house.
00:05:32 Either class or race.
00:07:06 ... have ordered their gangs...
00:08:10 4%: enjoying life.
00:10:54 ... if only because of her way...
00:12:07 What is the Japanese spirit?
00:15:14 Why are Japanese dresses...
00:16:24 "Funny-face", they call them.
00:17:22 Don't you read the papers?
00:18:32 What do you expect of life?
00:19:49 But nearly all people of my age...
00:23:53 ... just on the off-chance.
00:25:11 I like cats better.
00:26:24 They had frozen to death during the night.
00:27:47 And I cannot imagine...
00:29:13 Men were the mirrors in which...
00:30:26 I tell them proudly:
00:34:00 rational and original.
00:35:42 I'm not afraid of it.
00:39:59 Never turn against...
00:42:49 ... with me in the driving rain.
00:44:28 ... or by the pleasant odours which I smelt.
00:46:07 And one and a half billion in the world.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed414
Dialogue density7.7 lines / min
First line00:00:10
Final line00:46:07
Production Record
DirectorChris Marker
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes705