Yu Irie

Yu Irie
Born (1979-11-25) November 25, 1979
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

V-Cinema

Notes

  1. "SR SAITAMA'S RAPPER / 8000miles(International Title)". yubarifanta.com. Retrieved 2010-06-28. External link in |publisher= (help)
  2. 入江悠 (in Japanese). All Cinema. Retrieved 2010-06-27. External link in |publisher= (help)
  3. Schilling, Mark (2009-03-02). "Japan's Yubari fest honors 'Rapper'". Variety. Retrieved 2009-07-16. External link in |publisher= (help)
  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. External link in |publisher= (help)

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