Director and Special Effects Artist Yoshihiro Nishimura Dies at 59
Nishimura was a singular figure in Japanese genre cinema whose practical-effects-driven B-movie sensibility and long career as a model-maker and effects consultant on major titles leaves a gap in both the independent horror scene and the broader industry.
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Yoshihiro Nishimura, the Japanese film director and special effects artist known for his work on Shin Godzilla, the live-action Attack on Titan film, and his own cult horror films such as Tokyo Gore Police, died on Monday at age 59 after a battle with liver disease. He was in post-production on his upcoming film Geisha War at the time of his death.
Yoshihiro Nishimura, the Japanese film director and special effects artist, died on Monday at age 59. Variety reported that Nishimura had been hospitalized for nearly two weeks with a liver disease. Born in Tokyo on April 1, 1967, Nishimura built a career that spanned both mainstream blockbuster effects work and a fiercely independent directorial streak. He contributed model-making and special effects to Shin Godzilla, the live-action Attack on Titan film, Death Note: L, change the WorLd, and Sion Sono's Suicide Club. As a director, he made his name with the 2008 cult hit Tokyo Gore Police, a sci-fi horror film that became a festival favorite, and followed it with a string of B-movie horror-comedies including Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl, Helldriver, and Mutant Girls Squad. He also ran his own effects company, Nishimura Eizo Co., Ltd., and served as a special effects producer and consultant on other directors' projects. At the time of his death, Nishimura was co-writing and directing the upcoming film Geisha War, which is now in post-production.
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