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  • Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers
  • Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers review by A customer from ORPINGTON
    Rated - 3.0 stars 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

Yu Aoi - filmography


  • About Her Brother (2010)
    Starring: Ryo Kase,  Yu Aoi,  Yuriko Ishida
    Director: Yoji Yamada
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    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 »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 3 members
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  • Redline on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Takuya Kimura,  Yu Aoi,  Tadanobu Asano
    Director: Takesi Koike
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    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 »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 108 members
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  • Redline - Blu-ray (2009)
    Starring: Takuya Kimura,  Yu Aoi,  Tadanobu Asano
    Director: Takesi Koike
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    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 »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 137 members
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  • Tekkonkinkreet (2006)
    Starring: Yu Aoi,  Yusuke Iseya,  Kankuro Kudo
    Director: Michael Arias
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    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 »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 1,088 member
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  • Mushishi on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Makiko Esumi,  Yu Aoi,  Jo Odagiri
    Director: Katsuhiro Otomo
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    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 »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 328 members
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  • Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Juri Ueno,  Yű Aoi,  Ryo Iwamatsu
    Director: Satoshi Miki
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    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 »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 462 members
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  • All About Lilly Chou-Chou on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Hayato Ichihara,  Shugo Oshinari,  Yu Aoi
    Director: Shunji Iwai
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    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 »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 1,527 member
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Yu Aoi facts

5 most recent films

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

5 highest-rated films

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

5 lowest-rated films

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

Most frequent co-stars

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

Most frequent directors

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