Yu Irie

Yu Irie
Irie Yu from "Gangoose" at the Tokyo International Film Festival 2018
Born	(1979-11-25) November 25, 1979 (age 45) Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Occupation	Film director

Yu Irie (入江 悠, Irie Yū, born November 25, 1979) is a Japanese film director / screenwriter who was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, and grew up in Fukaya, Saitama Prefecture.

After a number of short films, including Obsession and Seven Drives which were screened at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival in 2003 and 2004,[1] Irie directed two softcore erotic V-Cinema videos in 2007, Cream Lemon 7 and Swimsuit Spy - SPY GIRLS. The latter video, an erotic comedy, starred AV Idol Mihiro.[2]

In 2009 the second feature film he directed, 8000 Miles (SR サイタマノラッパー, SR: Saitama no Rapper), won the grand prize in the Off Theatre Competition at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival.[3] It also earned Irie the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award.[4] The film follows four friends from suburban Fukuya (punned on Fukaya) who dream of becoming rap stars. The mostly amateur cast also included adult video actress Mihiro.[5]

Filmography

Feature films

• Japonica Virus (2006)
• 8000 Miles (2009)
• 8000 Miles 2: Girl Rappers (2010)
• Hibi Rock (2014)
• Joker Game (2015)
• Confession of Murder (2017)
• Vigilante (2017)
• Gangoose (2018)[6]
• AI Amok (2020)[7]
• Ninja Girl (2021)[8]
• The Cursed Sanctuary X (2021)[9]
• Nemesis: The Movie (2023)[10]
• A Girl Named Ann (2024)[11]
• Muromachi Outsiders (2025)[12]

V-Cinema

• Cream Lemon 7 (くりいむレモン　魔人形（マ・ドール）, Kuriimu Remon Ma Ningyō (Ma Dōru)) (2007)
• Swimsuit Spy - SPY GIRLS (水着スパイ　～SPY GIRLS～, Mizugi Supai - SPY GIRLS) (2007)

Television

• Nemesis (2021)[13]
• Uzukawamura Jiken (2022)[14]

References

1. "SR SAITAMA'S RAPPER / 8000miles(International Title)". Yubari Fanta. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
2. 入江悠 (in Japanese). All Cinema. Retrieved 2010-06-27.
3. Schilling, Mark (2009-03-02). "Japan's Yubari fest honors 'Rapper'". Variety. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
4. "2009 nendo Nihon Eiga Kantoku Kyōkai Shinjinshō tokushū" (in Japanese). Directors Guild of Japan. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
5. Mes, Tom (July 13, 2009). "8000 Miles". Midnight Eye. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
6. "ギャングース". eiga.com. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
7. "AI崩壊". eiga.com. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
8. "シュシュシュの娘（こ）". eiga.com. Retrieved May 30, 2022.
9. "聖地X". eiga.com. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
10. "映画ネメシス 黄金螺旋の謎". eiga.com. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
11. "あんのこと". eiga.com. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
12. "映画『室町無頼』2025年1月公開へ "蓮田兵衛"大泉洋、長尾謙杜ら率いて立ち上がる【あらすじ&役どころあり】". Oricon. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
13. "櫻井翔、嵐活動休止後初の連ドラ 広瀬すずとW主演で"新時代"の探偵物語". Crank-in!. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
14. "松田龍平主演ドラマ「鵜頭川村事件」に蓮佛美沙子、伊武雅刀、工藤阿須加、山田杏奈ら". Natalie. Retrieved June 9, 2022.

External links

• Yû Irie at IMDb