Otaku - Children of the Virtual Empire

2h 49m
Documentary
4.4

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.

Cast

Sion Sono
Self
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
Self
Takami Akai
Self
Tetsuya Mizuguchi
Self

Crew

Jackie Bastide
Director, Editor
Jean-Jacques Beineix
Director, Producer
Rémy Boudet
Cinematography

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