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