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Tetsuya Mariko (b. 1981)

Birthplace:
Edogawa, Tokyo, Japan

Born:
July 12, 1981

Biography from TheMovieDB

Tetsuya Mariko (born July 12, 1981) is a Japanese film director. Mariko was born on July 12, 1981, in Tokyo , Japan. He began making short films while at Hosei University . He produced The Far East Apartment in 2003 and Mariko's 30 Pirates in 2004, which won the Grand Prix at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival. He made Yellow Kid , his first feature-length film, while a graduate student at the Graduate School of Film and New Media at Tokyo University of the Arts . He won the New Director Grand Prix at Takasaki Film Festival and the New Directors Award at the Japanese Film Professionals Awards for this film.  In 2016, he won the Golden Leopard for Best New Director at the Locarno Film Festival and the Silver Balloon at the Three Continents Festival for his film Destruction Babies. In 2019, Mariko received Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Director for his film Miyamoto.

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Film Performances

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Film Production

Director:
2001  ほぞ
2004  Life Without a Car
2004  The Far East Apartment
2005  Mariko's 30 Pirates
2006  If Things Go Well
2007  Nicola's Bridge
2009  A Lush Life
2010  Yellow Kid
2011  NINIFUNI
2012  FUN FAIR
2013  Asunaro Rises!
2013  同じ星の下、それぞれの夜
2016  Destruction Babies
2019  From Miyamoto to You
2020  State of Emergency
2021  MAYDAY
2023  Before Anyone Else
????  Redder Than Yesterday, Bluer Than Tomorrow: Cinema Fighters Project

Screenplay:
2001  ほぞ
2004  Life Without a Car
2004  The Far East Apartment
2005  Mariko's 30 Pirates
2006  If Things Go Well
2007  Nicola's Bridge
2009  A Lush Life
2010  Yellow Kid
2011  NINIFUNI
2012  FUN FAIR
2013  Asunaro Rises!
2013  同じ星の下、それぞれの夜
2016  Destruction Babies
2019  From Miyamoto to You
2020  State of Emergency
2021  MAYDAY
2023  Before Anyone Else
????  Redder Than Yesterday, Bluer Than Tomorrow: Cinema Fighters Project

Writer:
2001  ほぞ
2004  Life Without a Car
2004  The Far East Apartment
2005  Mariko's 30 Pirates
2006  If Things Go Well
2007  Nicola's Bridge
2009  A Lush Life
2010  Yellow Kid
2011  NINIFUNI
2012  FUN FAIR
2013  Asunaro Rises!
2013  同じ星の下、それぞれの夜
2016  Destruction Babies
2019  From Miyamoto to You
2020  State of Emergency
2021  MAYDAY
2023  Before Anyone Else
????  Redder Than Yesterday, Bluer Than Tomorrow: Cinema Fighters Project

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TV Production

Director:
2016  Dias Police: Police from Another Country

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