Yu Irie Explained
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,, 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
Television
- Nemesis (2021)[13]
- Uzukawamura Jiken (2022)[14]
Notes and References
- Web site: SR SAITAMA'S RAPPER / 8000miles(International Title). Yubari Fanta . 2010-06-28.
- Web site: https://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_p.php?num_p=759476. ja:入江悠. All Cinema. 2010-06-27. ja.
- News: Japan's Yubari fest honors 'Rapper'. Variety . 2009-07-16 . Mark . Schilling . 2009-03-02.
- Web site: 2009 nendo Nihon Eiga Kantoku Kyōkai Shinjinshō tokushū. Directors Guild of Japan. ja. 11 December 2010.
- Web site: 8000 Miles. Midnight Eye. 2010-06-28. Mes. Tom. July 13, 2009.
- Web site: ギャングース. September 8, 2022. eiga.com.
- Web site: AI崩壊. September 8, 2022. eiga.com.
- Web site: シュシュシュの娘(こ). May 30, 2022. eiga.com.
- Web site: 聖地X. June 1, 2021. eiga.com.
- Web site: 映画ネメシス 黄金螺旋の謎. September 8, 2022. eiga.com.
- Web site: あんのこと. October 19, 2023. eiga.com.
- Web site: 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】. February 11, 2024. Oricon.
- Web site: 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. February 22, 2021. Crank-in!.
- Web site: 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. June 9, 2022. Natalie.