Yu Aoi

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Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers review by A customer from ORPINGTON

007 this isn't.... 27 June 2009
...s mundane and dreary life is juxtaposed against that of her best friend Kujaku (Yu Aoi) – her name meaning “peacock” – who is outgoing, spontaneous, free spirited and... Read customer review

About Her Brother (2010)
Starring: Ryo Kase, Yu Aoi, Yuriko Ishida
Director: Yoji Yamada
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Ginko (Yoshinaga Sayuri) seems to be living the good life: She's the respectable owner of a neighbourhood drug store in Tokyo, and her daughter Kaharu (Aoi Yu) is about to get married to a doctor. However, Koharu's wedding day also brings homes Ginko's younger brother Tetsuro (Tsurube Shofukutei), ..read more »

50% from 3 members
Currently unavailable

Redline on DVD (2009)
Starring: Takuya Kimura, Yu Aoi, Tadanobu Asano
Director: Takesi Koike
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Redline follows JP, a daredevil driver with his customized vehicle named "Trans Am." He enters an interplanetary tournament, held once every five years, where the deadliest racers compete and many people plan to play the game for their own ends. The film is produced by the studio MADHOUSE (Ninja ..read more »

62% from 108 members

Redline - Blu-ray (2009)
Starring: Takuya Kimura, Yu Aoi, Tadanobu Asano
Director: Takesi Koike
Certificate:
Redline follows JP, a daredevil driver with his customized vehicle named "Trans Am." He enters an interplanetary tournament, held once every five years, where the deadliest racers compete and many people plan to play the game for their own ends. The film is produced by the studio MADHOUSE (Ninja ..read more »

60% from 137 members

Tokyo! on DVD (2008)
Starring: Nao Omori, Yû Aoi, YosiYosi Arakawa
Director: Bong Joon-ho, Bong Joon-ho, Leos Carax
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Watch now: Unavailable
A cinematic triptych of three Tokyo-set stories.

62% from 815 members

Tekkonkinkreet (2006)
Starring: Yu Aoi, Yusuke Iseya, Kankuro Kudo
Director: Michael Arias
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From the creators of Animatrix comes this visually-stunning new anime film based on a popular Japanese manga written by Taiyo Matsumoto. In Treasure Town, where the moon smiles and young boys can fly, life can be both gentle and brutal. This is never truer than for our heroes, Black and White, two ..read more »

74% from 1,088 member
Not currently released

Mushishi on DVD (2006)
Starring: Makiko Esumi, Yu Aoi, Jo Odagiri
Director: Katsuhiro Otomo
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Mushi are a breed of supernatural creatures that spread disease wherever they go. Trouble is, they're almost undetectable to humans, which makes defending against them that much harder. There is one man, however, who possesses the rare ability to see and interact with Mushi--a Bugmaster--who ..read more »

53% from 328 members

Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers on DVD (2005)
Starring: Juri Ueno, Yû Aoi, Ryo Iwamatsu
Director: Satoshi Miki
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
In Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers, a housewife named Suzume (Juri Ueno) is getting fed up with her dull, ordinary existance. When she finds a tiny advertisement for employment as a spy she jumps at the opportunity for a little excitement in her life. Her first mission? To act as dull and ..read more »

70% from 462 members

All About Lilly Chou-Chou on DVD (2001)
Starring: Hayato Ichihara, Shugo Oshinari, Yu Aoi
Director: Shunji Iwai
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Ah, to be young again and experience anew the horror show that is youth. In Shunji Iwai's ALL ABOUT LILY CHOU-CHOU there is nothing redeeming about the adolescent years. It's an out-and-out war among teen peers. If viewers were shocked at the frank depiction of sexuality and violence in Larry Clark'..read more »

59% from 1,527 member

Tekkonkinkreet - Blu-ray
Starring: Yu Aoi, Yusuke Iseya, Kankuro Kudo
Director: Michael Arias
Certificate:
Treasure Town is magical but dangerous place. Black and White are flying street children who compete for territory and battle aliens and Yakuza gangsters. Based on the successful manga BLACK AND WHITE.

70% from 858 members

About Her Brother - 2.5 stars
Redline - 3.0 stars
Redline - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Tokyo! - 3.0 stars
Tekkonkinkreet - 3.5 stars

Tekkonkinkreet - 3.5 stars
Tekkonkinkreet - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers - 3.5 stars
Redline - 3.0 stars
Tokyo! - 3.0 stars

About Her Brother - 2.5 stars
Mushishi - 2.5 stars
All About Lilly Chou-Chou - 3.0 stars
Redline - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Tokyo! - 3.0 stars

Nao Omori - 5 times - show films
Yû Aoi - 4 times - show films
Ryo Kase - 3 times - show films
Masatô Ibu - 2 times - show films
Teruyuki Kagawa - 2 times - show films

Bong Joon-ho - 2 times - show films
Michael Arias - 2 times - show films
Satoshi Miki - 2 times - show films
Takesi Koike - 2 times - show films
Leos Carax - 2 times - show films