Yoshihiro Nishimura, regissör för ”Tokyo Gore Police”, har avlidit vid 59 års ålder

26 maj 2026

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Yoshihiro Nishimura, känd för att ha regisserat ”Tokyo Gore Police”, avled på måndagen i Tokyo vid 59 års ålder efter en tids sjukhusvistelse för leversjukdom.

Nishimura gick bort efter nästan två veckors behandling på ett sjukhus i Tokyo. Hans karriär inleddes i början av 2000-talet med kortfilmer och arbete med specialeffekter, innan hans kommersiella genombrott kom 2008 med ”Tokyo Gore Police”. Filmen visades på festivaler världen över och kom att påverka japansk skräck- och science fiction-film.

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