Directing • AGE 57
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...


The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide
Horror Film Expert
2025

Tokyo Evil Hotel
Director
2025

Meatball Machine : Dissection
Himself
2024

The Wizard
2024

Samurai Ninja Onimanji
Director
2023

Holy Mother
Director
2022

Freedom in My Hands
Director
2022

Go Home
Director
2020

Tokyo Dragon Chef
Director
2020

Welcome to Japan
Director
2019

Rise of the Machine Girls
Producer
2019

Unfinished
Director
2019

Unfinished
Director
2019

Extremity
Cameraman
2018

Giver: Revenge's Giver
Director
2018

Yellow Road
Director
2018

Vampire Clay
Producer
2018

Last Winter, We Parted
Special Effects Makeup Artist
2018

Witch-Which
Producer
2018

Hedoroba
Producer
2017

Death Row Family
Editor
2017

Meatball Machine Kodoku
Director
2017

Tetsudon: the kaiju dream match
Director
2017

Tetsudon: Fool Wars -Battlefront Japan-
Director
2016

Attack on Titan: Counter Rockets
Director
2015

The Ninja War of Torakage
Director
2015

Tag
Special Effects
2015

Raining Blood
Special Effects Supervisor
2014

Kept
Editor
2014

Zombie TV
Director
2013

Jellyfish Eyes
Screenplay
2013

The Profane Exhibit
Director
2013

The ABCs of Death
Director
2013

Dead Sushi
Creature Design
2012

BAD FILM
Special Effects Makeup Artist
2012

Gekijō-ban: Harapeko Yamagami-kun
Director
2012

Karate-Robo Zaborgar
Sensei
2011

Sword of Blood
Special Effects Coordinator
2011

Tomie: Unlimited
Special Effects
2011

Underwater Love
Makeup Supervisor
2011

Yakuza Weapon
2011

GeishaCop: Fearsome Geisha Corps - Go to Hell
Special Effects
2010

Helldriver
Director
2010

Mutant Girls Squad
Exploding Head Soldier
2010

Yakuza-Busting Girls: Final Death-Ride Battle
Makeup Effects
2010

Yakuza-Busting Girls: Duel in Hell
Makeup Effects
2010

The Ancient Dogoo Girl: Special Movie Edition
Special Effects Supervisor
2010

The Ancient Dogoo Girl
Director
2009

RoboGeisha
Yakuza's Boss
2009

Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl
Director
2009

Teke Teke 2
Makeup Artist
2009

63 Minutes Later
Director
2009

Shyness Machine Girl
Cinematography
2009

Love Exposure
Special Effects Makeup Artist
2008

Tokyo Gore Police
2008

The Machine Girl
Special Effects Makeup Artist
2008

Exte: Hair Extensions
Special Effects Makeup Artist
2007

Meatball Machine: Reject of Death
Director
2007

Prisoner/Terrorist
Special Effects
2007

Meatball Machine
Special Effects Supervisor
2006

Sukeban Boy
Special Effects Makeup Artist
2006

Noriko's Dinner Table
Prosthetics
2005

Tales of Terror: Haunted Apartment
Makeup Department Head
2005

A Gap in the Skin
Special Effects Makeup Artist
2005

Saishū seiki! Natsume nana ~ kyūkyoku no erosu
Special Effects
2005

Honto Ni Atta! Noroi No Video 14
Editor
2004

Speakerman: The Boo
2004

Utsushimi
Art Direction
2000

Rubber's Lover
Special Effects Makeup Artist
1996

Anatomia Extinction
Director
1995

Geisha War
Director