8000 Miles Explained

8000 Miles
Director:	Yu Irie
Runtime:	80 minutes
Country:	Japan
Language:	Japanese

is a Japanese film directed by Yu Irie.^[1] It was released on March 14, 2009.^[2]

Cast

• Eita Okuno^[1]
• Hikohiko Sugiyama^[1]
• Mihiro^[1]
• Ryusuke Komakine^[1]
• Shingo Mizusawa^[1]
• Tatsuya Masunari^[1]

Reception

It won the Grand Prize at the 2009 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival.^[1] Tom Mes of Midnight Eye wrote that "Irie has a great eye for landscape, colour and composition, filming most of his scenes in single takes with barely any close-ups, cutaways or reaction shots."^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mes. Tom. Midnight Eye review: 8000 Miles. 13 July 2009. Midnight Eye. 1 September 2014.
2. Web site: http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=333026. ja:ＳＲ サイタマノラッパー (2008). Allcinema.net. Stingray. Japanese. 1 September 2014.