Otaku - Children of the Virtual Empire (1994)

A look at the obsessive urban male Japanese society.

Directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix2h 49mDocumentary

A documentary that explores the life styles of various otakus in Japan. Various interviews are given to selected otakus who express how interesting it is to be an otaku as oppose to not being one at all. Along with various shots of various Japanese city landscapes and the inside of an average otaku home from rooms filled with videos, models, and the latest in technology.

Year
1994
Country
FR
Language
French
Release date
1 December 1994
TMDB
5.0 (6)
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Sion Sono
Sion Sono
Self
Kyoko Nakamura
Kyoko Nakamura
Self
K
Kato Noriko
Self
M
Miri Uchida
Self
A
Akio Nakamori
Self
M
Masakazu Uemura
Self
K
Keisuke Nakao
Self
K
Koshi Nonaka
Self
R
Ryuma Miyoshi
Self
A
Akitoshi Ashida
Self
T
Toshiaki Sonoda
Self
M
Maki Satoh
Self
Y
Yo Kawamorita
Self
T
Tamotsu Sengoku
Self
H
Hiroki Hashimoto
Self
M
Miki Taguchi
Self
Y
Yumi Kurokawa
Self
R
Risaku Kiridōshi
Self
Shigeru Miyamoto
Shigeru Miyamoto
Self
T
Takami Akai
Self
T
Tetsuya Mizuguchi
Self

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