Tag: yuirie

Since his 2009 love letter to hip-hop, 8000 Miles screened at Japan Cuts, director Irie Yu has remained a festival favourite. This year, Irie brings us two films, Hibi Rock: Puke Afro and the Pop Star, starring the excellent Nikaido Fumi,...

Japanese indie darling Irie Yu steps into the big leagues with Joker Game, an adaptation of Yanaji Kogi's novel set in an alternate version of World War II. Kamenashi Kazuya plays a rogue soldier forcibly recruited into the Japanese spy...

One of the brightest lights of the young generation of Japanese directors, Irie Yu burst on to the international scene five years ago with the release of his 2009 super low budget indie 8000 Miles. A scrappy and energetic chronicle...