Yu Irie

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.

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

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 (ジャポニカ・ウイルス, Japonika Uirusu) (2006)
  • 8000 Miles (SRサイタマノラッパー, SR: Saitama no Rapper) (2009)
  • 8000 Miles 2: Girl Rappers (SRサイタマノラッパー2 女子ラッパー☆傷だらけのライム, SR: Saitama no Rapper 2 - Joshi Rapper Kizu Darake no Rhyme) (2010)
  • Hibi Rock (日々ロック) (2014)
  • Joker Game (ジョーカー・ゲーム) (2015)
  • Confession of Murder (22年目の告白 私が殺人犯です) (2017)
  • Vigilante (ビジランテ) (2017)
  • Gangoose (ギャングース) (2018)
  • AI Amok (AI崩壊) (2020)
  • Shu Shu Shu no Ko (シュシュシュの娘) (2021)

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
  • Uzukawamura Jiken (TBA)

Notes
  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.
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