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
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00:00:10 "Japan is really Mrs. Everyman...
00:00:58 Her irony disappears.
00:05:42 Not like any other women.
00:07:08 ... to cease all activities during the games.
00:08:12 21%: LIFE IS NOT WORTH LIVING.
00:10:56 ... of speaking French.
00:12:11 Japanese life.
00:15:17 ... shown on snub-nosed blondes?
00:16:28 I like them too, very much.
00:17:25 Haven't you heard about Kruchev - the Chinese bomb?
00:18:36 It's difficult to say...
00:19:53 ... seem to be able to manage.
00:23:56 She replied- Japanese fashion- on recorded tape.
00:25:13 Especially when you look into a cat's eyes...
00:26:31 And the poor little hare!
00:27:50 ... how you see Japanese beauty- or Japanese children.
00:29:16 ... I could see my own face.
00:30:29 "What about life? You talk too fast".
00:34:01 I saw myself quite...
00:35:46 I would never be wounded by the thought of violence.
00:40:01 ... your superiors.
00:42:53 But what d'you think of...
00:44:33 At the very same time mankind was beginning to suffer.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed414
Dialogue density7.7 lines / min
First line00:00:10
Final line00:44:33
Production Record
DirectorChris Marker
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes705