Director
Yoshihiro Nishimura
57 years · Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan · 41 films
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'.
Best known for
Filmography 41
Geisha War
2026 · Director, Producer
Tokyo Evil Hotel
2025 · Director, Writer
Meatball Machine : Dissection
2024 · Himself
The Wizard
2024 · Actor, Producer
Samurai Ninja Onimanji
2023 · Director, Screenplay
Holy Mother
2022 · Director, Editor
On Fawesome
Freedom in My Hands
2022 · Director, Screenplay
Go Home
2020 · Director
Tokyo Dragon Chef
2020 · Director, Producer
Welcome to Japan
2019 · Director, Writer
Rise of the Machine Girls
2019 · Producer, Editor
On Hoopla
Unfinished
2019 · Director
Extremity
2018 · Cameraman
On AMC+
Yellow Road
2018 · Director, Writer
Vampire Clay
2018 · Producer
On OVID
Witch-Which
2018 · Producer
Hedoroba
2017 · Producer
Death Row Family
2017 · Editor, Producer
Meatball Machine Kodoku
2017 · Director, Writer
On Tubi TV
Tetsudon: the kaiju dream match
2017 · Director
Tetsudon: Fool Wars -Battlefront Japan-
2016 · Director
The Ninja War of Torakage
2015 · Director, Screenplay
Kept
2014 · Editor, Producer
Zombie TV
2013 · Director