Otaku - Children of the Virtual Empire
Trailer: Otaku - Children of the Virtual Empire
Year: 1994
Genre: Documentary
Studio: France 2
Director: Jackie Bastide, Jean-Jacques Beineix
Cast: Sion Sono, Kyoko Nakamura, Kato Noriko, Miri Uchida, Akio Nakamori, Masakazu Uemura
Crew: Jackie Bastide (Director), Jean-Jacques Beineix (Director), Jean-Jacques Beineix (Producer), Rémy Boudet (Cinematography), Jackie Bastide (Editor)

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