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 at the 37th Tokyo International Film Festival in 2024
Born	(1979-11-25) November 25, 1979 (age 45) Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Occupation	Film 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 (2006)
• 8000 Miles (2009)
• 8000 Miles 2: Girl Rappers (2010)
• Roadside Fugitive (2012)^[6]
• Hibi Rock (2014)
• Joker Game (2015)

• The Sun [ja] (2016)

• Confession of Murder (2017)
• Vigilante (2017)
• Gangoose (2018)^[7]
• AI Amok (2020)^[8]
• Ninja Girl (2021)^[9]
• The Cursed Sanctuary X (2021)^[10]
• Nemesis: The Movie (2023)^[11]
• A Girl Named Ann (2024)^[12]
• Muromachi Outsiders (2025)^[13]

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)^[14]
• Uzukawamura Jiken (2022)^[15]