Yoshihiro Nishimura, Director of ‘Tokyo Gore Police,’ Dies at 59 | HappeningNow.news

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Yoshihiro Nishimura, Director of ‘Tokyo Gore Police,’ Dies at 59

“It is a great loss for the indie horror community and Nishimura’s fans around the world,” friend and collaborator Robert Rhine writes Yoshihiro Nishimura, the horror filmmaker and special effects/makeup artist behind such films as “Tokyo…

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“It is a great loss for the indie horror community and Nishimura’s fans around the world,” friend and collaborator Robert Rhine writes Yoshihiro Nishimura, the horror filmmaker and special effects/makeup artist behind such films as “Tokyo Gore Police,” has died at the age of 59. This news comes after Nishimura reportedly faced a weeks-long battle with cirrhosis of the liver.

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