Directing
Community Rating
5.7
TMDB estimate
Born
April 1, 1969 (age 57)
Born in
Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan
Yoshihiro Nishimura is a Japanese film director, special effects and makeup effects artist, and a screenwriter who has worked predominantly in the horror genre. Nishimura has been described as "a legendary director and effects artist" and "the Tom Savini of Japan" with "talent to burn". He has been credited with establishing a new type of visual film presentation, the "gore effect".
Geisha War
as Director, Original Story, Producer, Editor, Costume Designer
TBA
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The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide
as Horror Film Expert
2025
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Tokyo Evil Hotel
as Director, Writer
2025
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Meatball Machine : Dissection
as Himself
2024
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The Wizard
as Producer
2024
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Samurai Ninja Onimanji
as Director, Screenplay, Special Effects, Special Effects Makeup Artist, Creature Design, Costume Design, Editor
2023
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Holy Mother
as Director, Producer, Special Effects, Editor, Costume Design, Creature Design, Screenplay
2022
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Freedom in My Hands
as Director, Screenplay
2022
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Go Home
as Director
2020
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Tokyo Dragon Chef
as Producer, Director, Character Designer, Editor, Screenplay
2020
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Welcome to Japan
as Producer, Writer, Director
2019
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Rise of the Machine Girls
as Editor, Producer
2019
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Unfinished
as Director
2019
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Unfinished
as Director
2019
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Extremity
as Cameraman
2018
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Giver: Revenge's Giver
as Director
2018
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Yellow Road
as Director, Producer, Editor, Writer
2018
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Vampire Clay
as Producer
2018
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Last Winter, We Parted
as Special Effects Makeup Artist
2018
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Witch-Which
as Producer
2018
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