Yu IRIE 入江悠

8000 Miles - SR Saitama‘s Rapper

Nippon Digital   ½ 

Ikku, Mighty and Tom lead an unbearably dull life in the small town of Fukuyama. The three misfits’ only passion is their rap band called ‘Sho Gung’. Through confronted with an unpromising future, Ikku can’t abandon his dream of a musical career.

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8000 Miles - SR Saitama‘s Rapper (NC 2010)

Japan 2008

80 minutes

Director
Yu IRIE

Script
Yu IRIE

Cinematography
Kazuhiro MIMURA

Music
Taisei IWASAKI

Production
Dongyu Club

World sales
Dongyu Club

Cast
Ryusuke KOMAKINE, MIHIRO, Shingo MIZUSAWA, Eita OKUNO, Hikohiko SUGIYAMA

About Yu IRIE
入江悠

Yu IRIE, born in Yokohama in 1979, made his first short films while studying at Nihon University College of Art. In 2006, he made his feature film debut with JAPONICA VIRUS. His multi-award-winning music films 8000 MILES – SR SAITAMA'S RAPPER (2008 / NC ‘10) and 8000 MILES 2 – GIRLS RAPPERS (2010 / NC ’10) were screened at numerous international film festivals, including Nippon Connection 2010. Subsequently, he focused on novel and manga adaptations such as JOKER GAME (2015) and GANGOOSE (2018). His independent film NINJA GIRL (2021 / NC ’22) was crowdfunded.

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