That is a long line
When I was in Japan one of my host brothers was a computer geek. We played some games on his machine, but the OS and manufacturer were completely unfamiliar to me. It definitely wasn't a Windows or Mac machine.
I bet by now Microsoft is big over there, though.
I'll have to check out that Michael Gondry DVD. My favorite on the Spike Jonze DVD is the Fatlip video... make sure you check out the Fatlip documentary too, it's really good.