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 Marikos 30 Pirates in 2004 which won the Grand Prix at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival He made Yellow Kid his first featurelength 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