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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".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tokyo Gore Police KEY STAFF/CREW Yoshihiro Nishimura )〕 ==Life and career== Nishimura, born on April 1, 1967, had been interested in film from childhood but a major influence on his career was a painting by Salvador Dalí with distorted human bodies that he saw when in elementary school. He majored in law in college. Nishimura has said that he doesn't watch much television or movies but reads horror magazines and gets much of his inspiration from his dreams. He started making films while in junior high school by teaching himself about filming, lighting, special effects and modeling.〔 In 1995 with a small crew he made the independently produced movie ''Anatomia Extinction'' (Genkai jinkō keisū). Nishimura wrote the screenplay, directed, and did the special effects. The film was shown at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival in February 1995 where it won a Special Jury Award. The film would later form the basis for ''Tokyo Gore Police''.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Genkai jinkô keisû (1995) )〕 For several years, Nishimura did special effects and special makeup effects for a number of movies including the controversial thriller from Sion Sono, ''Suicide Club'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jisatsu sâkuru (2001) )〕 and Noboru Iguchi's 2003 comedy-romance-horror .〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Koi-suru yôchû (2003) )〕 In 2005, he did the special effects for the science fiction horror film directed by Yūdai Yamaguchi and Jun'ichi Yamamoto.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Meatball Machine )〕 One review of the film says "the makeup and special effects that the film is sold on are solid. Produced on a very meager budget, the make-up appliances look great."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=DVD REVIEW: MEATBALL MACHINE )〕 Nishimura worked with Noboru Iguchi again in 2008 when he was in charge of special effects and makeup effects for the low-budget action and gore film ''The Machine Girl''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kataude mashin gâru (2008) )〕 When he finished ''The Machine Girl'', Media Blasters, the USA distributors of the DVD, asked if he wanted to do another movie. He decided to do a re-make of his earlier short film ''Anatomia Extinction'' from 1995 and created the science fiction horror movie ''Tokyo Gore Police''.〔 Nishimura co-wrote the screenplay, directed the movie, did the special make-up effects and modeling, and had a small cameo role as well.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tôkyô zankoku keisatsu (2008) )〕 Nishimura said that one difference was that as director, he could no longer take naps during breaks as he could when he was only concerned with special effects.〔 In 2009, he did the makeup effects on ''Samurai Princess'' (also called ''Samurai Princess: Devil Princess'') for director Kengo Kaji,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Samurai purinsesu: Gedô-hime (2009) )〕 and also on director Kōsuke Suzuki's ''Stop the Bitch Campaign''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Enjo-kôsai bokumetsu undô (2009) )〕 For the 2009 production of , Nishimura teamed with Naoyuki Tomomatsu as co-director and with fight choreographer Taku Sakaguchi who had previously worked with Nishimura on ''Tokyo Gore Police'' and ''Meatball Machine''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kyûketsu Shôjo tai Shôjo Furanken (2009) )〕 The movie had its world premier at the New York Asian Film Festival on June 26〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=VAMPIRE GIRL VS. FRANKENSTEIN GIRL (JAPAN, 2009) )〕 and opened in Japan August 15, 2009.〔 Nishimura started his own effects company based in Tokyo, Nishimura Eizo Co., Ltd.〔 Partnering with visual effects company Studio Buckhorn and Studio HigeMigane in 2010, it became part of Pabaan: The Image Production Group. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pabaan: Official Website )〕 In 2010, Nishimura co-directed ''Mutant Girls Squad'' with Noboru Iguchi and Tak Sakaguchi, as well as directing the action/horror film ''Helldriver'', his first solo directing duty since "Tokyo Gore Police." The same year, he created the special effects for ''Horny House of Horror'', starring AV starlets Asami, Mint Suzuki, and Saori Hara. In 2011, Nishimura directed the "Killer" music video for Osaka rock band . 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=the50kaitenz: Official Website )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yoshihiro Nishimura」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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