Yoshihiro Nishimuraborn 1969

usually

Director

Popularity

1

Famous

Biography

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".

Credits

Meatball Machine
Meatball Machine

2006

Special Effects Supervisor

5.4
0.5
Shyness Machine Girl
Shyness Machine Girl

2009

Cinematography

4.7
0.4
Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl
5.5
0.6
Tokyo Gore Police
Tokyo Gore Police

2008

Screenplay

6
1.4
Tokyo Gore Police
Tokyo Gore Police

2008

Director

6
1.4
Mutant Girls Squad
Mutant Girls Squad

2010

Director

5.7
0.6
Helldriver
Helldriver

2010

Director

5.9
0.6
Helldriver
Helldriver

2010

Writer

5.9
0.6
Holy Mother
Holy Mother

2022

Writer

6.7
0.1
Holy Mother
Holy Mother

2022

Director

6.7
0.1
The ABCs of Death
4.9
0.9
The ABCs of Death
The ABCs of Death

2013

Producer

4.9
0.9
The ABCs of Death
The ABCs of Death

2013

Director

4.9
0.9
Anatomia Extinction
5.2
0.1
Teke Teke 2
Teke Teke 2

2009

Makeup Artist

5.8
0.7
Speakerman: The Boo
0
0.1
YOU+ME=LOVE
YOU+ME=LOVE

2011

Makeup Department Head

0
0.1
YOU+ME=LOVE
YOU+ME=LOVE

2011

Art Direction

0
0.1
Karma
Karma

2010

Production Design

0
0.1
Karma
Karma

2010

Makeup Department Head

0
0.1
Karma
Karma

2010

Art Direction

0
0.1
YOU+ME=LOVE
YOU+ME=LOVE

2011

Production Design

0
0.1
Sword of Blood
Sword of Blood

2011

Special Effects Coordinator

4.4
0.2
63 Minutes Later
63 Minutes Later

2009

Director

3.8
0.2
Prisoner/Terrorist
Prisoner/Terrorist

2007

Special Effects

5
0.2
The Profane Exhibit
3.4
0.4
The Profane Exhibit
3.4
0.4
Tomie: Unlimited
Tomie: Unlimited

2011

Special Effects

4.7
0.7
Mutant Girls Squad
5.7
0.6
Rise of the Machine Girls
5.1
0.4
Rise of the Machine Girls
5.1
0.4
Jellyfish Eyes
Jellyfish Eyes

2013

Screenplay

5.1
0.4
Tokyo Gore Police
6
1.4
Witch-Which
Witch-Which

2018

Producer

0
0.1
Dead Sushi
Dead Sushi

2012

Makeup Designer

5.8
0.5
Dead Sushi
Dead Sushi

2012

Creature Design

5.8
0.5
The Ninja War of Torakage
5.6
0.3
Zombie TV
Zombie TV

2013

Director

0
0.2
The Ninja War of Torakage
5.6
0.3
Tales of Terror: Haunted Apartment
Tales of Terror: Haunted Apartment

2005

Makeup Department Head

6.1
0.5
Sukeban Boy
Sukeban Boy

2006

Special Effects Makeup Artist

4.2
0.4
Kept
Kept

2014

Modeling

0
0.1
Kept
Kept

2014

Editor

0
0.1
Kept
Kept

2014

Producer

0
0.1
Kept
Kept

2014

Assistant Director

0
0.1
Speakerman: The Boo
Speakerman: The Boo

2004

Screenplay

0
0.1
Noriko's Dinner Table
Noriko's Dinner Table

2005

Prosthetics

6.9
0.7
Noriko's Dinner Table
Noriko's Dinner Table

2005

Special Effects Makeup Artist

6.9
0.7
Love Exposure
Love Exposure

2009

Special Effects Makeup Artist

8
3
Exte: Hair Extensions
Exte: Hair Extensions

2007

Special Effects Makeup Artist

6
0.6
Exte: Hair Extensions
Exte: Hair Extensions

2007

Special Effects

6
0.6
Holy Mother
Holy Mother

2022

Editor

6.7
0.1
Holy Mother
Holy Mother

2022

Special Effects

6.7
0.1
Holy Mother
Holy Mother

2022

Producer

6.7
0.1
Jellyfish Eyes
Jellyfish Eyes

2013

Producer

5.1
0.4
Jellyfish Eyes
Jellyfish Eyes

2013

Editor

5.1
0.4
Tag
Tag

2015

Special Effects

6.5
1.7
Meatball Machine Kodoku
6
0.5
Meatball Machine Kodoku
6
0.5
The Machine Girl
The Machine Girl

2008

Special Effects Makeup Artist

6
1
The Wizard
The Wizard

2024

Producer

0
0.3
Paradox
Paradox

1984

Special Effects Makeup Artist

0
0
Paradox
Paradox

1984

Writer

0
0
Paradox
Paradox

1984

Producer

0
0
Paradox
Paradox

1984

Editor

0
0
Paradox
Paradox

1984

Special Effects

0
0
Paradox
Paradox

1984

Director

0
0
Raining Blood
Raining Blood

2014

Special Effects Supervisor

5.7
0.4
Onimanji
Onimanji

2023

Director

6
0.2
Death Row Family
5
0.2
Death Row Family
Death Row Family

2017

Producer

5
0.2
Vampire Clay
Vampire Clay

2018

Producer

6.1
0.3
Meatball Machine: Reject of Death
6.5
0.1
Meatball Machine: Reject of Death
6.5
0.1
Meatball Machine: Reject of Death
6.5
0.1
Meatball Machine: Reject of Death
6.5
0.1
Yellow Road
Yellow Road

2018

Director

0
0.1
Anatomia Extinction
Anatomia Extinction

1995

Costume Design

5.2
0.1
Anatomia Extinction
5.2
0.1
Anatomia Extinction
Anatomia Extinction

1995

Special Effects

5.2
0.1
Anatomia Extinction
Anatomia Extinction

1995

Makeup Artist

5.2
0.1
Anatomia Extinction
Anatomia Extinction

1995

Production Design

5.2
0.1
Anatomia Extinction
Anatomia Extinction

1995

Special Effects Makeup Artist

5.2
0.1
Anatomia Extinction
Anatomia Extinction

1995

Screenplay

5.2
0.1
The Profane Exhibit
3.4
0.4
Yellow Road
Yellow Road

2018

Editor

0
0.1
Yellow Road
Yellow Road

2018

Producer

0
0.1
Yellow Road
Yellow Road

2018

Writer

0
0.1
Helldriver
Helldriver

2010

Editor

5.9
0.6
Helldriver
Helldriver

2010

Special Effects Makeup Artist

5.9
0.6
Helldriver
Helldriver

2010

Character Designer

5.9
0.6
Freedom in My Hands
0
0.1
Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl
Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl

2009

Special Effects Makeup Artist

5.5
0.6
Hedoroba
Hedoroba

2017

Producer

4.2
0.2
Rubber's Lover
Rubber's Lover

1996

Special Effects Makeup Artist

6.5
0.4
Utsushimi
Utsushimi

2000

Art Direction

4.9
0.1
Unfinished
Unfinished

2019

Director

0
0.2
Tokyo Dragon Chef
Tokyo Dragon Chef

2020

Producer

8.5
0.1
Tokyo Dragon Chef
Tokyo Dragon Chef

2020

Director

8.5
0.1
Underwater Love
Underwater Love

2011

Makeup Supervisor

5.1
0.8
Freedom in My Hands
Freedom in My Hands

2021

Screenplay

0
0.1
Tokyo Evil Hotel
Tokyo Evil Hotel

2025

Director

0
0.1
Tokyo Evil Hotel
0
0.1
Go Home
Go Home

2020

Director

0
0
Final Fuck!
Final Fuck!

2001

Special Effects

0
0.1
Onimanji
Onimanji

2023

Screenplay

6
0.2
63 Minutes Later
3.8
0.2
63 Minutes Later
63 Minutes Later

2009

Special Effects Supervisor

3.8
0.2
63 Minutes Later
63 Minutes Later

2009

Creature Design

3.8
0.2
63 Minutes Later
63 Minutes Later

2009

Screenplay

3.8
0.2
Meatball Machine Kodoku
6
0.5
The Ancient Dogoo Girl: Special Movie Edition
The Ancient Dogoo Girl: Special Movie Edition

2010

Special Effects Supervisor

7
0.2
Shyness Machine Girl
4.7
0.4
Shyness Machine Girl
Shyness Machine Girl

2009

Special Effects Supervisor

4.7
0.4

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