Yoshihiro Nishimura

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

1.0111

Gender

Male

Birthday

01-Apr-1969

Age

(57 years old)

Place of Birth

Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan

Also Known As
  • 西村喜広
  • 西村喜广

Yoshihiro Nishimura

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

Making F.R.I.E.N.D.s: Behind-the scenes of 'Jellyfish Eyes' Making F.R.I.E.N.D.s: Behind-the scenes of 'Jellyfish Eyes' (2015) Character: N/A
Documentary giving an extensive look into the design and development of the creatures created for artist Takashi Murakami's first feature film, Jellyfish Eyes.
Meatball Machine : Dissection Meatball Machine : Dissection (2024) Character: Himself
Documentary on the Japanese saga Meatball Machine. Interviews, Archive Images, Retrospective and Analyzes tell the formidable story of a saga that is as gory as it is inventive.
スピーカーマン THE BOO スピーカーマン THE BOO (2004) Character: N/A
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, Speakerman ends up lonely and in search of new friends and meaning in his life.
The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide (2025) Character: Horror Film Expert
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?
東京残酷警察 東京残酷警察 (2008) Character: N/A
In a futuristic Tokyo where police have been privatized and bitter self-mutilation is so casual that advertising is often specially geared to the 'cutter' demographic, Ruka is on a mission to avenge her father's assassination. Ruka is a cop from a squad whose goal is to destroy homicidal mutant humans known as 'engineers', that possess the ability to transform any injury to a weapon in and of itself.
電人ザボーガー 電人ザボーガー (2011) Character: Sensei
An evil criminal organisation called Sigma kidnap prominment business leaders to harvest their DNA and only Karate-Robo Zaborgar can save them.
極道兵器 極道兵器 (2011) Character: N/A
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 replaced with an M61 Vulcan cannon and his leg replaced with a rocket launcher. Meanwhile, Kurawaki has been fitted with mechanical augmentations of his own. Get ready for the second round.
ロボゲイシャ ロボゲイシャ (2009) Character: Yakuza's Boss
Sisters Yoshie and Kikue are two Geisha who are abducted by a mysterious organization to be transformed into murderous cyborg assassins.
Extremity Extremity (2018) Character: Cameraman
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 will be-or what dark secrets buried in her psyche will emerge.
戦闘少女 血の鉄仮面伝説 戦闘少女 血の鉄仮面伝説 (2010) Character: Exploding Head Soldier
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.
呪禁師 呪禁師 (2024) Character: N/A
Igami would have wanted to be a manga artist, but he become an exorcist. And in this, he excels. When a yakuza boss asks for his help in dealing with a grave curse, he realizes that a supernatural insect master is active behind the scenes. Furthermore, a great master of the supernatural is putting Tokyo in danger. Igami decides to delve into his arsenal of tricks and spells to thwart these plans.



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