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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Unfinished (2019)

The yakuza have their best days behind them and are only a shadow of themselves. The old rituals seem out of date and their tattoos make them outcasts of society. The inexperienced student Ryō stumbles into their ranks by chance, and before he knows it, he becomes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Nishimura  •  Yuki Kobayashi  •  Yugo Sakamoto  •  Kiyoto Naruse
CAST:  Ryohei Abe  •  Akihiro Furuno  •  Mika Ichinose  •  Wataru Ichinose

The yakuza have their best days behind them and are only a shadow of themselves. The old rituals seem out of date and their tattoos make them outcasts of society. The inexperienced student Ryō stumbles into their ranks by chance, and before he knows it, he becomes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Nishimura  •  Yuki Kobayashi  •  Yugo Sakamoto  •  Kiyoto Naruse
CAST:  Ryohei Abe  •  Akihiro Furuno  •  Mika Ichinose  •  Wataru Ichinose

Welcome to Japan: Hinomaru ranchi bokkusu (2019)

Japan hosts an East Asian international tournament in 2020. Many thuggish personalities are travelling to Japan for the event. Kicking into action is a woman who was raised by the Yakuza and has become an assassin. She is tasked with protecting Japan from the thugs ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Nishimura
CAST:  Ena Fujita  •  Cyborg Kaori  •  Ririne Sasano  •  Kentarō Shimazu

Japan hosts an East Asian international tournament in 2020. Many thuggish personalities are travelling to Japan for the event. Kicking into action is a woman who was raised by the Yakuza and has become an assassin. She is tasked with protecting Japan from the thugs ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Nishimura
CAST:  Ena Fujita  •  Cyborg Kaori  •  Ririne Sasano  •  Kentarō Shimazu

Tokyo Dragon Chef (2020)

Retired Yakuzas open a ramen restaurant and become an overnight sensation, thanks to their recipe developed in prison. But a mysterious upstart gang is taking down every Yakuza family one by one, drawing the chefs back into the gangland underworld once more!  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Nishimura
CAST:  Hitoshi Ozawa  •  Michi  •  Kazuyoshi Ozawa  •  Rinne Yoshida

Retired Yakuzas open a ramen restaurant and become an overnight sensation, thanks to their recipe developed in prison. But a mysterious upstart gang is taking down every Yakuza family one by one, drawing the chefs back into the gangland underworld once more!  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Nishimura
CAST:  Hitoshi Ozawa  •  Michi  •  Kazuyoshi Ozawa  •  Rinne Yoshida

Holy Mother (2022)

A racist corporation is looking to expand its territories of domination and for that it needs to destroy the Yakuza mafia. It is then that a transgender woman suddenly appears willing to defend the Yakuza tradition.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Nishimura
CAST:  Anna Nagasaki  •  Eihi Shiina  •  Natsumi Tadano

A racist corporation is looking to expand its territories of domination and for that it needs to destroy the Yakuza mafia. It is then that a transgender woman suddenly appears willing to defend the Yakuza tradition.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Nishimura
CAST:  Anna Nagasaki  •  Eihi Shiina  •  Natsumi Tadano

Zombie TV (2013)

An insane Japanese gore filled zombie anthology.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Nishimura  •  Naoya Tashiro  •  Maelie Makuno
CAST:  Maki Mizui  •  Takashi Nishina  •  Tomoya Maeno  •  Jiji Bû

An insane Japanese gore filled zombie anthology.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Nishimura  •  Naoya Tashiro  •  Maelie Makuno
CAST:  Maki Mizui  •  Takashi Nishina  •  Tomoya Maeno  •  Jiji Bû

Onimanji (2023)

Ninja samurai Onimanji, who has been sealed in a cursed urn for 631 years and 59 days, is resurrected in the modern era by the assassin-for-hire company, Kika Company. The odd team of Kika, Shigeru, a bumbling assassin, and Onimanjii perform a series of dark jobs ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Nishimura
CAST:  Natsumi Tadano  •  Masanori Mimoto  •  Yuya Ishikawa

Ninja samurai Onimanji, who has been sealed in a cursed urn for 631 years and 59 days, is resurrected in the modern era by the assassin-for-hire company, Kika Company. The odd team of Kika, Shigeru, a bumbling assassin, and Onimanjii perform a series of dark jobs ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Nishimura
CAST:  Natsumi Tadano  •  Masanori Mimoto  •  Yuya Ishikawa

The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide (2025)

Why do people no longer see this type of stories nowadays? How can this notion be awakened? Which films should begin to feed back from the past and balance them with the current horror?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jhon Jatenjor
CAST:  Eric Roberts  •  Peter Stormare  •  David Howard Thornton  •  William Sadler

Why do people no longer see this type of stories nowadays? How can this notion be awakened? Which films should begin to feed back from the past and balance them with the current horror?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jhon Jatenjor
CAST:  Eric Roberts  •  Peter Stormare  •  David Howard Thornton  •  William Sadler
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