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Yoshihiro Nishimura

Editor, Director, Writer, Producer, Actor, Additional CreditsBorn April 1, 1969 (56 years)
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".

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Dead Sushi
  • Extremity
  • The Profane Exhibit

Known For

  • Tokyo Gore Police
  • Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl
  • The ABCs of Death
  • Mutant Girls Squad
  • Helldriver
  • Meatball Machine Kodoku
  • Jellyfish Eyes
  • The Profane Exhibit
  • Vampire Clay
  • The Ninja War of Torakage
  • Rise of the Machine Girls
  • Attack on Titan: Counter Rockets
  • Extremity
  • Tokyo Dragon Chef
  • Bad Film
  • Death Row Family
  • Unfinished
  • Kept
  • Giver: Fukushu no Zoyosha
  • Kodai Shoujo Dogu-chan

Yoshihiro Nishimura Filmography

2018
Extremity · as Cameraman
2018
2012
Bad Film · as Cast
2011
2010
Mutant Girls Squad · as Exploding Head Soldier
2009
RoboGeisha · as Yakuza's Boss
2008
2006
Sukeban Boy · as Fundoshi 11 Member

2022
Holy Mother · as Costume Design
2022
Holy Mother · as Creature Design
2018
Last Winter, We Parted · as Special Effects Makeup Artist
2014
The Ninja War of Torakage · as Creature Design
2014
Live · as Special Effects Supervisor
2014
Kept · as Assistant Director
2014
Kept · as Modeling
2012
Dead Sushi · as Makeup Designer
2012
Dead Sushi · as Creature Design
2012
Bad Film · as Special Effects Makeup Artist
2011
Underwater Love · as Makeup Supervisor
2010
Helldriver · as Special Effects Makeup Artist
2010
Helldriver · as Character Designer
2009
Kodai Shoujo Dogu-chan (TV Series) · as Special Effects Supervisor
2009
RoboGeisha · as Special Effects Supervisor
2009
Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl · as Special Effects Makeup Artist
2009
Teketeke 2 · as Makeup Artist
2008
Love Exposure · as Special Effects Makeup Artist
2008
The Machine Girl · as Special Effects Makeup Artist
2007
Exte: Hair Extensions · as Special Effects Makeup Artist
2006
Sukeban Boy · as Special Effects Makeup Artist
2005
Noriko's Dinner Table · as Prosthetics
2005
Tales of Terror: Haunted Apartment · as Makeup Department Head
2005
Meatball Machine · as Special Effects Supervisor
2004
Honto Ni Atta! Noroi No Video 14 · as Cinematographer
2001
Suicide Club · as Production Designer
2000
The Real Body · as Art Direction
1996
Rubber's Lover · as Special Effects Makeup Artist
1995
Anatomia Extinction · as Production Design
1995
Anatomia Extinction · as Costume Design

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