Tetsuya Mariko

Tetsuya Mariko

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.

  • Title: Tetsuya Mariko
  • Popularity: 0.5227
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1981-07-12
  • Place of Birth: Edogawa, Tokyo, Japan
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Tetsuya Mariko Movies

  • 2007
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    アブコヤワ

    アブコヤワ

    1 2007 HD

    Did you buy the lottery tickets for 1 million yen?

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  • 2007
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    アブコヤワ

    アブコヤワ

    1 2007 HD

    Did you buy the lottery tickets for 1 million yen?

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  • 2007
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    ニコラの橋

    ニコラの橋

    1 2007 HD

    He plays the perfect TV show father for 5 small children, in reality two teenage siblings are neglected.

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  • 2023
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    Before Anyone Else

    Before Anyone Else

    1 2023 HD

    Two small-time thieves encounter an abandoned car with a small child in the backseat.

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  • 2021
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    MAYDAY

    MAYDAY

    1 2021 HD

    A detective is led by an accidental postcard to investigate an incident at USFK base Camp Long. Camp Long is in ruins with no one coming for twenty years. In the process of gathering, defragmenting, and arranging neglected information, the detective discovers that a strange geographic data value called Camp Long ATM occupies all space and time. However, there are no traces of any ATMs or banks at the scene, and only bright red bloodstains are disguised as evidence. The film is a mystery report of a detective trying to understand the legacy of time.

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  • 2011
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    NINIFUNI

    NINIFUNI

    5.4 2011 HD

    Tanaka, a man lives in the countryside, breaks into a game arcade with his friend Kato, rob the safe and runs away with the store owner's car. After straying on a highway route, he finally ends up a lonesome beach. A few days later, the idol group Momoiro Clover, visits the beach for their music video shoot, and find his car in the bush. The film takes its inspiration from a real-life case of a young man who kills himself after being involved in a violent robbery.

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  • 2016
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    Destruction Babies

    Destruction Babies

    6.75 2016 HD

    Taira is a disaffected youth from a seaside town reveling in violence. Enamored by his strength, Yuya joins his crusade in attacking strangers. Meanwhile, Taira's brother looks for him.

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  • 2016
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    Destruction Babies

    Destruction Babies

    6.75 2016 HD

    Taira is a disaffected youth from a seaside town reveling in violence. Enamored by his strength, Yuya joins his crusade in attacking strangers. Meanwhile, Taira's brother looks for him.

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  • 2010
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    Yellow Kid

    Yellow Kid

    5.8 2010 HD

    Fired from his part-time job in a restaurant kitchen for absenteeism, rookie boxer Tamura has a lot to be angry and frustrated about in his life. But things start to change when he’s approached at the gym by the artist Hattori, who wants to use him as the new model for the manga character Yellow Kid. Yellow Kid first appeared in an American comic in the late 19th century, and Hattori revived him as an older character a century later.

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  • 2009
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    A Lush Life

    A Lush Life

    4 2009 HD

    The story involves an aloof thief, a young man who turns to God after his father’s suicide, a manipulative marriage councilor, a man who recently lost his job, and several others whose lives become intertwined in various unexpected ways.

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  • 2010
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    Yellow Kid

    Yellow Kid

    5.8 2010 HD

    Fired from his part-time job in a restaurant kitchen for absenteeism, rookie boxer Tamura has a lot to be angry and frustrated about in his life. But things start to change when he’s approached at the gym by the artist Hattori, who wants to use him as the new model for the manga character Yellow Kid. Yellow Kid first appeared in an American comic in the late 19th century, and Hattori revived him as an older character a century later.

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  • 2021
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    Redder Than Yesterday, Bluer Than Tomorrow: Cinema Fighters Project

    Redder Than Yesterday, Bluer Than Tomorrow: Cinema Fighters Project

    1 2021 HD

    The fourth instalment of LDH Pictures, Cinema Fighters project. This time with all the main characters of the six short stories being portrayed by the members of Generations from Exile Tribe.

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  • 2019
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    From Miyamoto to You

    From Miyamoto to You

    6.1 2019 HD

    Following the comic series and the subsequent television serial of the same name, and featuring the same cast, a young and relatively inexperienced man comes across a woman during his working day and sparks fly.

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  • 2019
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    From Miyamoto to You

    From Miyamoto to You

    6.1 2019 HD

    Following the comic series and the subsequent television serial of the same name, and featuring the same cast, a young and relatively inexperienced man comes across a woman during his working day and sparks fly.

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  • 2005
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    Mariko's 30 Pirates

    Mariko's 30 Pirates

    1 2005 HD

    While writing his final paper at university, Tetsuya Mariko finds out he is a descendant of pirates. He then dresses as a pirate, gathers some other 30 pirates around him and starts a campaign against the university, which is attempting to tear down a building he has grown fond of.

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  • 2004
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    The Far East Apartment

    The Far East Apartment

    1 2004 HD

    Tetsuya Mariko lives in an apartment with a rent of 10,000 yen, and in front of it, there is a newly built apartment where his family lives.

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  • 2020
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    State of Emergency

    State of Emergency

    7.8 2020 HD

    An omnibus film consisting of 4 short films and a documentary related to COVID-19.

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  • 2013
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    Asunaro Rises!

    Asunaro Rises!

    1 2013 HD

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  • 2013
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    Asunaro Rises!

    Asunaro Rises!

    1 2013 HD

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  • 2012
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    FUN FAIR

    FUN FAIR

    1 2012 HD

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  • 2012
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    FUN FAIR

    FUN FAIR

    1 2012 HD

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  • 2004
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    Life Without a Car

    Life Without a Car

    1 2004 HD

    Tetsuya Mariko short film.

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  • 2001
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    ほぞ

    ほぞ

    1 2001 HD

    Short film by Tetsuya Mariko

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  • 2013
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    同じ星の下、それぞれの夜

    同じ星の下、それぞれの夜

    1 2013 HD

    An fantastic anthology made by Katsuya Tomita, Masanori Tominaga and Tetsuya Mariko for the 4th Okinawa International Movie Festival in 2012.

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  • 2025
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    Dear Stranger

    Dear Stranger

    8.571 2025 HD

    A Japanese man and his Chinese-American wife struggle with work, parenting, and caregiving in NYC. Their strained life spirals when their son is kidnapped, leading to murder. Unspoken truths and secrets surface, deepening their rift. Can they rebuild their shattered vision of a "happy family"?

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  • 2025
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    Dear Stranger

    Dear Stranger

    8.571 2025 HD

    A Japanese man and his Chinese-American wife struggle with work, parenting, and caregiving in NYC. Their strained life spirals when their son is kidnapped, leading to murder. Unspoken truths and secrets surface, deepening their rift. Can they rebuild their shattered vision of a "happy family"?

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  • 2013
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    宿木

    宿木

    1 2013 HD

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  • 1970
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    1 1970 HD

    About 150,000 illegal entrants live in Tokyo. They are not recognised as refugees and live in poor conditions. To protect themselves, the illegals create a secret organisation. The organisation has a bank which Japanese Financial Services Agency is not involved with, a hospital that is not authorized by Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare and an illegals police force called "Dias Police." The only police officer in the organisation is Saki Kubozuka. His age and nationality is unknown. Saki Kubozuka does not speak much, but he has a warm heart and strong sense of justice. He takes care of the weak and tries to maintain public order.

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  • 1970
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    7 1970 HD

    The story follows an amateur salaryman named Hiroshi Miyamoto, who works at a stationary company and pushes forward despite his frustration with his own insignificance.

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