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Otaku - Children of the Virtual Empire

Otaku - Children of the Virtual Empire

A look at the obsessive urban male Japanese society.

1994•2h 49m•4.4/10
Documentary

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4.4/10(5)

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.

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Production

France 2

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Sion Sono

Sion Sono

Self

Kyoko Nakamura

Kyoko Nakamura

Self

Kato Noriko

Self

Miri Uchida

Self

Akio Nakamori

Self

Masakazu Uemura

Self

Keisuke Nakao

Self

Koshi Nonaka

Self

Ryuma Miyoshi

Self

Akitoshi Ashida

Self

Toshiaki Sonoda

Self

Maki Satoh

Self

Yo Kawamorita

Self

Tamotsu Sengoku

Self

Hiroki Hashimoto

Self

Miki Taguchi

Self

Yumi Kurokawa

Self

Risaku Kiridōshi

Self

Shigeru Miyamoto

Shigeru Miyamoto

Self

Takami Akai

Self

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