Destruction Babies

Anywhere, Japan. Summer. Distant cicada song. Two young men wander city streets, one goading the other into random acts of escalating brutality. A search begins. Mariko's film dwells in the same blasted landscape as Miike's, only bleaker.

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Tetsuya Mariko directed Destruction Babies in 2016. See Tetsuya Mariko's full filmography, where to start with Tetsuya Mariko, or where to go after you've seen everything by Tetsuya Mariko.

Destruction Babies was released in 2016 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 108 minutes.