Tintin is visited in India by a Chinese gentleman who brings him a message. Then, an unseen marksman throws a poisonous dart right into his neck. The only clue Tintin receives from the now mad messenger is that there are problems in Shanghai related to a man named Mitsuhirato.

• Ellipsanime Productions
• France 3
• Thierry Wermuth
• Susan Roman
• Yves Barsacq
• Jean-Pierre Moulin