Yoshihiro Nishimura
Directing
Biography
Yoshihiro Nishimura (1 April 1969 — 25 May 2026) was 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'.
As actor 10
On the crew 71
Love Exposure
2008
Giver: Revenge's Giver
2018
Tokyo Gore Police
2008
Tag
2015
The ABCs of Death
2013
Attack on Titan: Counter Rockets
2015
The Ancient Dogoo Girl
2009
Tokyo Dragon Chef
2020
Unfinished
2019
Unfinished
2019
The Machine Girl
2008
Meatball Machine
2006
GeishaCop: Fearsome Geisha Corps - Go to Hell
2010
Tetsudon: the kaiju dream match
2017
Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl
2009
Meatball Machine Kodoku
2017
Tomie: Unlimited
2011
Helldriver
2010
Geisha War
2026
Rise of the Machine Girls
2019
RoboGeisha
2009
Exte: Hair Extensions
2007
Raining Blood
2014
Last Winter, We Parted
2018
Noriko's Dinner Table
2005
Mutant Girls Squad
2010
Yakuza-Busting Girls: Duel in Hell
2010
Yakuza-Busting Girls: Final Death-Ride Battle
2010
Dead Sushi
2012
Teke Teke 2
2009
Karate-Robo Zaborgar
2011
Kept
2014
63 Minutes Later
2009
Yellow Road
2018
The Ninja War of Torakage
2015
Death Row Family
2017
A Gap in the Skin
2005
Tetsudon: Fool Wars -Battlefront Japan-
2016
Karma
2010
Vampire Clay
2018
The Profane Exhibit
2013
Samurai Ninja Onimanji
2023
Sword of Blood
2011
YOU+ME=LOVE
2011
Underwater Love
2011
BAD FILM
2012
Honto Ni Atta! Noroi No Video 14
2004
Rubber's Lover
1996
Hedoroba
2017
Sham Nation
1987
Zombie TV
2013
Prisoner/Terrorist
2007
Jellyfish Eyes
2013
Shyness Machine Girl
2009
The Wizard
2024
Holy Mother
2022
Sukeban Boy
2006
Utsushimi
2000
Anatomia Extinction
1995
Tales of Terror: Haunted Apartment
2005
Gekijō-ban: Harapeko Yamagami-kun
2012
Witch-Which
2018
Paradox
1984
Go Home
2020
Welcome to Japan
2019
Tokyo Evil Hotel
2025
Saishū seiki! Natsume nana ~ kyūkyoku no erosu
2005
Speakerman: The Boo
2004
Meatball Machine: Reject of Death
2007
The Ancient Dogoo Girl: Special Movie Edition
2010
Freedom in My Hands
2022