Yoshihiro Nishimura
Also Known As: 西村喜広, 西村喜广
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".
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan
Birthday: April 01, 1969
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Tokyo Gore Police
Overview: 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.
Genres: Horror Action Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-10-04
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Mutant Girls Squad
Overview: 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.
Genres: Thriller Action Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-05-22
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Yakuza Weapon
Overview: 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.
Genres: Action Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-02-27
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The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide
Overview: 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?
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-09-18
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Speakerman: The Boo
Overview: 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.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-02-22
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The Wizard
Overview: 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.
Genres: Horror Comedy Fantasy Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-03-30
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BAD FILM
Overview: 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.
Genres: Crime Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-09-17
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Extremity
Overview: 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.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-09-17
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Making F.R.I.E.N.D.s: Behind-the scenes of 'Jellyfish Eyes'
Overview: Documentary giving an extensive look into the design and development of the creatures created for artist Takashi Murakami's first feature film, Jellyfish Eyes.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-12-08
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Takashi Murakami: The Art of Film
Overview: A behind the scenes look at the making of Jellyfish Eyes by first-time feature-film director, the world-renowned artist, Takashi Murakami.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-12-08
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Meatball Machine : Dissection
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2024-10-24
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