Yoshihiro Nishimura

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".

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The Profane Exhibit (2013)

Deep within the underbelly of Paris, there is a club which is the home of a secret, wicked society. At first it resembles an ordinary fetish or Goth nightclub, but within the cavernous building are many hidden rooms, one of which is known as "The Room of Souls," a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony DiBlasi  •  Uwe Boll  •  Nacho Vigalondo  •  Yoshihiro Nishimura  •  Ryan Nicholson  •  Jeremy Kasten  •  Ruggero Deodato  •  Marian Dora  •  Michael Todd Schneider  •  Sergio Stivaletti
CAST:  Jiji Bû  •  Maki Mizui  •  Eihi Shiina  •  Caroline Williams

Deep within the underbelly of Paris, there is a club which is the home of a secret, wicked society. At first it resembles an ordinary fetish or Goth nightclub, but within the cavernous building are many hidden rooms, one of which is known as "The Room of Souls," a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony DiBlasi  •  Uwe Boll  •  Nacho Vigalondo  •  Yoshihiro Nishimura  •  Ryan Nicholson  •  Jeremy Kasten  •  Ruggero Deodato  •  Marian Dora  •  Michael Todd Schneider  •  Sergio Stivaletti
CAST:  Jiji Bû  •  Maki Mizui  •  Eihi Shiina  •  Caroline Williams

The ABCs of Death (2013)

An ambitious anthology film featuring segments directed by over two dozen of the world's leading talents in contemporary genre film. Inspired by children's educational ABC books, the film comprises 26 individual chapters, each helmed by a different director ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ti West  •  Adrián García Bogliano  •  Timo Tjahjanto  •  Adam Wingard  •  Noboru Iguchi  •  Hélène Cattet  •  Bruno Forzani  •  Ben Wheatley  •  Jason Eisener  •  Yudai Yamaguchi  •  Andrew Traucki  •  Nacho Vigalondo  •  Xavier Gens  •  Jorge Michel Grau  •  Ernesto Díaz Espinoza  •  Lee Hardcastle  •  Angela Bettis  •  Thomas Cappelen Malling  •  Yoshihiro Nishimura  •  Banjong Pisanthanakun  •  Simon Rumley  •  Marcel Sarmiento  •  Jon Schnepp  •  Srđan Spasojević  •  Jake West  •  Kaare Andrews  •  Anders Morgenthaler
CAST:  Ingrid Bolsø Berdal  •  Erik Audé  •  Iván González  •  Kyra Zagorsky

An ambitious anthology film featuring segments directed by over two dozen of the world's leading talents in contemporary genre film. Inspired by children's educational ABC books, the film comprises 26 individual chapters, each helmed by a different director ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ti West  •  Adrián García Bogliano  •  Timo Tjahjanto  •  Adam Wingard  •  Noboru Iguchi  •  Hélène Cattet  •  Bruno Forzani  •  Ben Wheatley  •  Jason Eisener  •  Yudai Yamaguchi  •  Andrew Traucki  •  Nacho Vigalondo  •  Xavier Gens  •  Jorge Michel Grau  •  Ernesto Díaz Espinoza  •  Lee Hardcastle  •  Angela Bettis  •  Thomas Cappelen Malling  •  Yoshihiro Nishimura  •  Banjong Pisanthanakun  •  Simon Rumley  •  Marcel Sarmiento  •  Jon Schnepp  •  Srđan Spasojević  •  Jake West  •  Kaare Andrews  •  Anders Morgenthaler
CAST:  Ingrid Bolsø Berdal  •  Erik Audé  •  Iván González  •  Kyra Zagorsky

Yakuza Weapon (2011)

After four years overseas, Shozo returns to Japan to avenge his yakuza boss who was assassinated by his own treacherous top man, Kurawaki. The resulting battle leaves both men severely injured, and Shozo awakens in a mysterious medical facility to find his arm ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tak Sakaguchi  •  Yudai Yamaguchi
CAST:  Dennis Gunn  •  Cay Izumi  •  Shinji Kasahara  •  Mei Kurokawa

After four years overseas, Shozo returns to Japan to avenge his yakuza boss who was assassinated by his own treacherous top man, Kurawaki. The resulting battle leaves both men severely injured, and Shozo awakens in a mysterious medical facility to find his arm ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tak Sakaguchi  •  Yudai Yamaguchi
CAST:  Dennis Gunn  •  Cay Izumi  •  Shinji Kasahara  •  Mei Kurokawa

Speakerman: The Boo (2004)

The story of an odd creature called the Speakerman, who served duty in a small mining village by sounding the siren/megaphone that is his head to tell the workers when it was time for lunch and to alert people in case of a mining accident. When the mine closes, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Nishimura
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The story of an odd creature called the Speakerman, who served duty in a small mining village by sounding the siren/megaphone that is his head to tell the workers when it was time for lunch and to alert people in case of a mining accident. When the mine closes, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Nishimura
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Helldriver (2010)

Still reeling from the events of a zombie apocalypse, a young woman, along with a group of allies, makes her way across a dystopian Japan in search of her mother, the Zombie Queen.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Nishimura
CAST:  Yumiko Hara  •  Eihi Shiina  •  Kazuki Namioka  •  Yûrei Yanagi

Still reeling from the events of a zombie apocalypse, a young woman, along with a group of allies, makes her way across a dystopian Japan in search of her mother, the Zombie Queen.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Nishimura
CAST:  Yumiko Hara  •  Eihi Shiina  •  Kazuki Namioka  •  Yûrei Yanagi

Mutant Girls Squad (2010)

Rin a young high school student is your everyday awkward girl who gets bullied by her fellow students. On her 16th birthday, Rin gets an unexpected surprise: she finds out that she is, on her father's side, a half-mutant.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tak Sakaguchi  •  Noboru Iguchi  •  Yoshihiro Nishimura
CAST:  Yumi Sugimoto  •  Cay Izumi  •  Maki Mizui  •  Suzuka Morita

Rin a young high school student is your everyday awkward girl who gets bullied by her fellow students. On her 16th birthday, Rin gets an unexpected surprise: she finds out that she is, on her father's side, a half-mutant.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tak Sakaguchi  •  Noboru Iguchi  •  Yoshihiro Nishimura
CAST:  Yumi Sugimoto  •  Cay Izumi  •  Maki Mizui  •  Suzuka Morita

Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl (2009)

High school student Mizushima receives Valentines Day chocolates from the new student, Monami. Little did she know that the chocolates contained traces of Monami's vampire blood. He gets infected from eating them and Monami confesses that she wants to live with him ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Nishimura  •  Naoyuki Tomomatsu
CAST:  Yukie Kawamura  •  Takumi Saitoh  •  Sayaka Kametani  •  Cay Izumi

High school student Mizushima receives Valentines Day chocolates from the new student, Monami. Little did she know that the chocolates contained traces of Monami's vampire blood. He gets infected from eating them and Monami confesses that she wants to live with him ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Nishimura  •  Naoyuki Tomomatsu
CAST:  Yukie Kawamura  •  Takumi Saitoh  •  Sayaka Kametani  •  Cay Izumi

Tokyo Gore Police (2008)

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In future Tokyo, a young woman in the privatized police force tracks down her father's killer while battling against mutant rebels known as engineers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Nishimura
CAST:  Eihi Shiina  •  Itsuji Itao  •  Yukihide Benny  •  Jiji Bû

In future Tokyo, a young woman in the privatized police force tracks down her father's killer while battling against mutant rebels known as engineers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Nishimura
CAST:  Eihi Shiina  •  Itsuji Itao  •  Yukihide Benny  •  Jiji Bû

BAD FILM (2012)

Near the end of the 20th century on Tokyo's Chuo train line, just before Hong Kong's return to Chinese control, masses of people go on a rampage, and love runs wild.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sion Sono
CAST:  Tokyo GAGAGA  •  Yoshihiro Nishimura  •  Kunifumi Yoshida  •  Sion Sono

Near the end of the 20th century on Tokyo's Chuo train line, just before Hong Kong's return to Chinese control, masses of people go on a rampage, and love runs wild.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sion Sono
CAST:  Tokyo GAGAGA  •  Yoshihiro Nishimura  •  Kunifumi Yoshida  •  Sion Sono

The Ninja War of Torakage (2015)

Set in the Sengoku Period, Torakage is retired ninja. He lives his life peacefully, but turmoil comes as he becomes involved a fight over treasures.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Nishimura
CAST:  Takumi Saitoh  •  Eihi Shiina  •  Nana Seino  •  Yuria Haga

Set in the Sengoku Period, Torakage is retired ninja. He lives his life peacefully, but turmoil comes as he becomes involved a fight over treasures.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Nishimura
CAST:  Takumi Saitoh  •  Eihi Shiina  •  Nana Seino  •  Yuria Haga

63 Minutes Later (2009)

This is a spin-off feature from Tokyo Gore Police and centres on 3 characters from the movie who are each given a short story telling us how they became an “engineer”. The first is about a retarded construction worker Dokata who can’t speak properly but is looking ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Nishimura
CAST:  Yukihide Benny  •  Kotoha Hiroyama  •  Itsuji Itao  •  Cay Izumi

This is a spin-off feature from Tokyo Gore Police and centres on 3 characters from the movie who are each given a short story telling us how they became an “engineer”. The first is about a retarded construction worker Dokata who can’t speak properly but is looking ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Nishimura
CAST:  Yukihide Benny  •  Kotoha Hiroyama  •  Itsuji Itao  •  Cay Izumi

Meatball Machine: Reject of Death (2007)

Shortfilm sequel to the movie Meatball Machine. There is no real action but we'll see a bunch of aliens kill both each other and humans.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Nishimura
CAST:  Asami  •  Maki Hamada  •  Kika  •  Oppe Ma

Shortfilm sequel to the movie Meatball Machine. There is no real action but we'll see a bunch of aliens kill both each other and humans.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Nishimura
CAST:  Asami  •  Maki Hamada  •  Kika  •  Oppe Ma

Meatball Machine Kodoku (2017)

Nobody knows where they came from. They parasitize in human beings, take control of them and change their bodies into hideous monsters (Necro-borg). The Necro-borg fight each other until the other dies. Where did they come from? To what end? Yuji and Kaoru, whom ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Nishimura
CAST:  Yoji Tanaka  •  Tomori Abe  •  Kensuke Ashihara  •  Satoshi Eishima

Nobody knows where they came from. They parasitize in human beings, take control of them and change their bodies into hideous monsters (Necro-borg). The Necro-borg fight each other until the other dies. Where did they come from? To what end? Yuji and Kaoru, whom ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Nishimura
CAST:  Yoji Tanaka  •  Tomori Abe  •  Kensuke Ashihara  •  Satoshi Eishima

Yellow Road (2018)

A blind girl is confronted by similarly blind assassins.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Nishimura
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A blind girl is confronted by similarly blind assassins.  (more)

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Extremity (2018)

A young woman with a severely troubled past signs up for an extreme haunt called Perdition. She believes that putting herself through Perdition's nightmarish trials will help her exorcise her internal traumas, but has no way of knowing just how shocking her ordeal ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony DiBlasi
CAST:  Chad Rook  •  September D'Angelo  •  Natalie Victoria  •  J. LaRose

A young woman with a severely troubled past signs up for an extreme haunt called Perdition. She believes that putting herself through Perdition's nightmarish trials will help her exorcise her internal traumas, but has no way of knowing just how shocking her ordeal ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony DiBlasi
CAST:  Chad Rook  •  September D'Angelo  •  Natalie Victoria  •  J. LaRose

Tetsudon: the kaiju dream match (2017)

A compilation of 28 short films about kaijus.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Nishimura  •  Hideki Oka  •  Ikki  •  Kiyotaka Taguchi  •  Hikaru Tsukuda  •  Chung-Man Leung  •  Bueno  •  Satoshi Imai  •  Tomohiko Iwasaki  •  Hiroyuki Keitora  •  Kazuki Kiyomoto  •  Devi Kobayashi  •  Yuuki Mizuno  •  Akira Nobi  •  Sen'ichi Tamura  •  Takashi Iitsuka  •  Taisuke Aoi  •  Kiyoto Naruse  •  HAYATOMARU  •  Hideo Okamoto  •  artegg-yumi  •  Ulises Ulicardo Guzmán  •  Keita Kinoshita  •  Kenji Nakama  •  Tomo Hyakutake  •  Akira Ishida  •  Shu Kageyama  •  Kensaku Tanizawa  •  Kengo Okuno
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A compilation of 28 short films about kaijus.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Nishimura  •  Hideki Oka  •  Ikki  •  Kiyotaka Taguchi  •  Hikaru Tsukuda  •  Chung-Man Leung  •  Bueno  •  Satoshi Imai  •  Tomohiko Iwasaki  •  Hiroyuki Keitora  •  Kazuki Kiyomoto  •  Devi Kobayashi  •  Yuuki Mizuno  •  Akira Nobi  •  Sen'ichi Tamura  •  Takashi Iitsuka  •  Taisuke Aoi  •  Kiyoto Naruse  •  HAYATOMARU  •  Hideo Okamoto  •  artegg-yumi  •  Ulises Ulicardo Guzmán  •  Keita Kinoshita  •  Kenji Nakama  •  Tomo Hyakutake  •  Akira Ishida  •  Shu Kageyama  •  Kensaku Tanizawa  •  Kengo Okuno
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Anatomia Extinction (1995)

A salaryman sees a murder in the subways and is soon pursued by the killer, who wants him to join a group called The Engineers, who have taken it upon themselves to reduce Japan's overpopulation. Despite not wanting any part of joining, the man begins to mutate, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Nishimura
CAST:  Kisei Ishizuka  •  Jun Sasaki  •  Chikako Tone  •  Tomoko Haseyama

A salaryman sees a murder in the subways and is soon pursued by the killer, who wants him to join a group called The Engineers, who have taken it upon themselves to reduce Japan's overpopulation. Despite not wanting any part of joining, the man begins to mutate, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Nishimura
CAST:  Kisei Ishizuka  •  Jun Sasaki  •  Chikako Tone  •  Tomoko Haseyama

Takashi Murakami: The Art of Film (2015)

A behind the scenes look at the making of Jellyfish Eyes by first-time feature-film director, the world-renowned artist, Takashi Murakami.  (more)

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CAST:  Takashi Murakami  •  Yoshihiro Nishimura  •  Himeka Asami  •  Takuto Sueoka

A behind the scenes look at the making of Jellyfish Eyes by first-time feature-film director, the world-renowned artist, Takashi Murakami.  (more)

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CAST:  Takashi Murakami  •  Yoshihiro Nishimura  •  Himeka Asami  •  Takuto Sueoka

Making F.R.I.E.N.D.s: Behind-the scenes of 'Jellyfish Eyes' (2015)

Documentary giving an extensive look into the design and development of the creatures created for artist Takashi Murakami's first feature film, Jellyfish Eyes.  (more)

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CAST:  Takashi Murakami  •  Yoshihiro Nishimura  •  Taiga Ishino  •  Takuto Sueoka

Documentary giving an extensive look into the design and development of the creatures created for artist Takashi Murakami's first feature film, Jellyfish Eyes.  (more)

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CAST:  Takashi Murakami  •  Yoshihiro Nishimura  •  Taiga Ishino  •  Takuto Sueoka

Tetsudon: Fool Wars -Battlefront Japan- (2016)

Second film in the Tetsuson anthology series comprised of 22 shorts.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Nishimura  •  Ikki  •  Tomohiko Iwasaki  •  Hiroyuki Keitora  •  Kazuki Kiyomoto  •  Yuuki Mizuno  •  Akira Nobi  •  Sen'ichi Tamura  •  Takashi Iitsuka  •  Takeshi Niizato  •  Kiyoto Naruse  •  HAYATOMARU  •  artegg-yumi  •  Kenji Nakama  •  Akira Ishida  •  Hiroshi Takahashi  •  TA☆SHIRONEKO  •  Nobuo Obi  •  Kotaro Takaoka  •  Shigeki Ohara  •  Hiroshi Onda  •  Satoru Moritoki  •  Kazuya Suzuki
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Second film in the Tetsuson anthology series comprised of 22 shorts.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Nishimura  •  Ikki  •  Tomohiko Iwasaki  •  Hiroyuki Keitora  •  Kazuki Kiyomoto  •  Yuuki Mizuno  •  Akira Nobi  •  Sen'ichi Tamura  •  Takashi Iitsuka  •  Takeshi Niizato  •  Kiyoto Naruse  •  HAYATOMARU  •  artegg-yumi  •  Kenji Nakama  •  Akira Ishida  •  Hiroshi Takahashi  •  TA☆SHIRONEKO  •  Nobuo Obi  •  Kotaro Takaoka  •  Shigeki Ohara  •  Hiroshi Onda  •  Satoru Moritoki  •  Kazuya Suzuki
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