Known For
Horror Career Stats
46
Horror Films
1984-2025
Career Span
42 years in horror
7
As Actor
39
Director
Peak Era
2010s18 films
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Generating director creative DNA...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".
Yoshihiro Nishimura Filmography
Holy Mother
2022Director, Producer, Special Effects, Editor, Costume Design, Creature Design, Screenplay
The Ninja War of Torakage
2015Director, Screenplay, Special Effects, Makeup Effects, Creature Design, Editor, Creator
Meatball Machine: Reject of Death
2007Director, Special Effects, Screenplay, Cinematography, Lighting Director, Editor
Anatomia Extinction
1995Director, Production Design, Special Effects Makeup Artist, Makeup Artist, Special Effects, Screenplay, Producer, Costume Design
Paradox
1984Writer, Producer, Special Effects Makeup Artist, Editor, Special Effects, Director
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