Otaku
Brief Synopsis
A look at the techno-cocooning, gizmo-worshipping and obsessive doll-collecting of a substantial slice of urban male Japanese society which suggests that nerds and dweebs -- who are in the vanguard of "virtual relationships" -- may inherit the Earth.
Cast & Crew
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Jean-jacques Beineix
Director
Etienne Barral
Jackie Bastide
Editor
Jean-jacques Beineix
Producer
Film Details
Genre
Documentary
Foreign
Release Date
1994
Technical Specs
Duration
52m
Synopsis
A look at the techno-cocooning, gizmo-worshipping and obsessive doll-collecting of a substantial slice of urban male Japanese society which suggests that nerds and dweebs -- who are in the vanguard of "virtual relationships" -- may inherit the Earth.
Director
Jean-jacques Beineix
Director
Cast
Etienne Barral
Film Details
Genre
Documentary
Foreign
Release Date
1994
Technical Specs
Duration
52m
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Shown at Vue sur les Docs Festival (Sunny Side of the Doc market) in Marseilles, France, June 1994.
color
English voiceover