Though not widely used, this label was first implemented by michael bonedigger on, and references an early film of this style, tokyo gore police yoshihiro nishimura, 2008. Directed by yoshihiro nishimura written by yoshihiro nishimura and kengo kaji cinematography by shu g. With eihi shiina, itsuji itao, yukihide benny, jiji bu. This pachinko parlors worth of bright colors and frenzy left me wondering when exactly director yoshihiro nishimura let the special effects department direct his movie. Helldriver is a trip back into the extreme world of yoshihiro nishimura of tokyo gore police fame and many other insanely named films. The ninja war of torakage 2015 directed by yoshihiro. Eihi shiina actor, yoshihiro nishimura director rated. Director yoshihiro nishimura had previously worked as a makeup effects artist. Tokyo gore police yoshihiro nishimuras latest gorefest looks set to raise the bar in the exploitation market, with swords, cops and mutants galore tony oneill. Yoshihiro nishimura was born on april 1, 1967 in asakusa, tokyo, japan. Please do not answer this question if you dont like horror, gore, or japanese films. Tokyo gore police director talks drill bra sisters and juon. This is a sufficiently auspicious opening for a film called tokyo gore police and, as the exploding head is that of a policeman, immediately announces that this film will have something to do with the police, will take place in tokyo, and will feature a tremendous quantity of gore.
Yoshihiro nishimura, film director tokyo gore police toco. Qualifizierte bestellungen werden kostenlos geliefert. In june 2001, he founded irregulars and partners, inc with ichiro yamamoto, but later left there. Starring eihi shiina, itsuji itao, yukihide benny, jijibu, keisuke horibe, ikuko sawada, with special appearance by tak sakaguchi and tokyo police commissioner general shun sugata. In keeping with the mood of past productions, the police set is an overthetop assortment of scantly clad mutant women, bizarre fetish gear and anatomically accurate chairs of the female. Air interviews reknowned special effects designer turned director for his debut feature, tokyo gore police. Yoshihiro nishimura, film director tokyo gore police. This fad has included other films such as meatball machine 2005, attack girls swim team vs. The films biggest issue is about 30 minutes in the middle, where it becomes a silly, dull mess of cgi comedy. Its the latest in a subgenre of horror flicks known as splatter, of which the japanese are, arguably, the forerunners of producing in high quantity if not quality, although. Sep 25, 2008 we mentioned quickly last night that tokyo gore police director yoshihiko nishimura had mentioned that the next film from the crew behind tokyo gore police and machine girl would be drill bra.
Central features defining this category include targeting. Tokyo gore police director talks drill bra sisters and ju. Set in a future tokyo, where the police have been privatized and bitter selfmutilation is so casual that advertising is often specially geared to the cutter demographic, this is the story of samuraisword. Vallejo, kengo kaji, maki mizui, yoshihiro nishimura. Following the success of tokyo gore police at various niche film festivals around the globe, including an award for best asian film at montreals fantasia, nishimura collaborated with naoyuki tomomatsu to create vampire girl vs. In future tokyo, a young woman in the privatized police force tracks down her fathers killer while battling against mutant rebels known as engineers. So renew your passport, get your shots, and brush up on the local age of legal consent, this. The second episode of our summer special series features yoshihiro nishimura, film director and effects artist on many horror films, including tokyo gore police. Tokyo gore police is a 2008 japanese action splatter film cowritten, edited and directed by yoshihiro nishimura and starring eihi shiina as ruka, a vengeful. Doch auch hier gelingt regisseur nishimura eine nachdenklich stimmende ambivalenz. The hardest thing of all for me to swallow was the idea that machine girl was nothing but a dress rehearsal for this. Background although he made short films as early as 1995, yoshihiro nishimura made a living early in his career supervising gory special effects and makeup for movies like rubbers lover 1996, suicide club 2001, and meatball machine 2005 tokyo gore police was a huge success, and following right on the heels of 2008s the machine girl for which nishimura did the effects, it. Yoshihiro nishimura is a japanese film director, special effects and makeup effects artist, and a screenwriter who has worked predominantly in the horror gen. For all its splashy gore, tokyo gore police is a mangled gore effects overload with no thematic or dramatic strength.
Watch tokyo gore police english subtitles at set in a futureworld vision of tokyo where the police have been privatized and bitter selfmutilation is so casual that advertising is often specially geared to the cutter demographic, this is the story of samuraiswordwielding ruka and her m. Tokyo gore police internet movie firearms database. The colors are bright and vivid, flesh tones look excellent, and the blacks are strong and heavy. A close analysis of the films tokyo gore police and meatball machine which exposes a cultural identity crisis caused by japans rapid and sometimes unwelcome westernisation. Tokyo gore police was released to several film festivals in north america. He is known for his work on tokyo gore police 2008, the abcs of death 2012 and kodoku. Im sitting in a sterile white conference room waiting for hiroyuki nishimura. Magnificent it is one of my favorite film scores from any genre.
Tokyo gore police begins almost immediately with a head exploding. From the people who gave you the machine girl comes the even crazier tokyo gore police. Find release information for tokyo gore police 2008 yoshihiro nishimura on. Dispatcher marie machida the following weapons were used in the film tokyo gore police. Eihi shiina, a troubled loner who is very skilled in dispatching the engineers.
Tokyo gore police 2 disc collectors edition dvd 2008. Foreign objects travels the world of international cinema each week to highlight films worth visiting. Nishimura was born in sagamihara, kanagawa but raised in tokyo. In future tokyo, a young woman in the privatized police force tracks down. Ride in the whirlwind western starring jack nicholson, free full movie, english youtube movies duration. Not only is the film full of bloody scenes in real chambara style but. This interview was conducted during fantastic fest moments in time. Tokyo gore police is a 2008 japaneseamerican science fiction splatter feature film cowritten, edited, and directed by yoshihiro nishimura vampire girl vs. The same year, he created the special effects for horny house of horror, starring av starlets asami, mint suzuki, and saori hara.
Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Eihi shiina, itsuji itao, yukihide benny, jiji bu, ikuko sawada, cay izumi, mame. Tokyo gore police by yoshihiro nishimura eihi shiina, itsuji itao. Join facebook to connect with yoshihiro nishimura and others you may know. Nishimura has been described as a legendary director and effects artist 1 and the tom savini of japan with talent to burn. In 2010, nishimura codirected mutant girls squad with noboru iguchi and tak sakaguchi, as well as directing the actionhorror film helldriver, his first solo directing duty since tokyo gore police. Sep 01, 2017 the second episode of our summer special series features yoshihiro nishimura, film director and effects artist on many horror films, including tokyo gore police. Feb 21, 2012 helldriver is a trip back into the extreme world of yoshihiro nishimura of tokyo gore police fame and many other insanely named films. The makeup and special effects guru behind the machine girl, exte, and meatball machine, director nishimura yoshihiro remakes his own awardwinning 1995 indie short anatomia extinction into a gleeful splatter galore bound for cult classic status. I watched this outrages movie called tokyo gore police. Tokyo gore police 2008 directed by yoshihiro nishimura.
Tokyo gore police is a 2008 japanese action splatter film cowritten, edited. Tokyo gore police, tokyo zankoku keisatsu is a 2008 japaneseamerican action splatter film cowritten, edited and directed by yoshihiro nishimura and starring eihi shiina as ruka, a vengeful police officer. Tokyo gore police internet movie firearms database guns. The ninja war of torakage was a very enjoyable experience that made me think that yoshihiro nishimura is more than just a person who specializes in gore and the film ends with a great to be continued tag, which i will eagerly wait for a sequel. Tokyo gore police has the gore but also the sly attitude, in everything from its candybright color scheme to its cast of popeyed lunatics the vjlike police dispatcher is a scream. Find release information for tokyo gore police 2008 yoshihiro nishimura on allmovie. Tokyo zankoku keisatsu tokyo gore police 2008 rotten. Ruka is a cop from a squad whose mission is to destroy homicidal mutants known as engineers. The murder of rukas father that is to say, the explosion at the back of his head and the large flap of scalp waving about afterward seems to be based on the autopsy photographs of the jfk assassination. Tokyo gore police makes it bloody appearance on dvd thanks to tokyo shock and media blasters.
I found it so entertaining i was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction of some titles i can check out. A manufactured, focusgrouped attempt at a cult movie, tokyo gore police is a film that makes overthetop violence seem completely mundane. Set in a futureworld vision of tokyo where the police have been privatized and bitter selfmutilation is so casual that advertising is often specially geared to the cutter demographic, this is the story of samuraiswordwielding ruka and her mission to avenge her fathers assassination. Eihi shiina, itsuji itao, yukihide benny, jui bu, keisuke horibe.
Chief among these brave officers is ruka, a swordswinging dealer of death who has a special knack for dispatching with key mans hideous. He founded the company tokyo access in 1998 while he was at chuo university. The extreme gory trailer for an extreme gory horrorchambarascifiaction film from japan. We mentioned quickly last night that tokyo gore police director yoshihiko nishimura had mentioned that the next film from the crew behind tokyo gore. Yet another gorefest surrounding the conflict of two schoolgirls one already a vampire and the other turned into a frankenstein monster. Tokyo gore police is also indicative of the best and or worst of avantgardism. Tokyo gore police, tokyo zankoku keisatsu is a 2008 japanese action splatter film cowritten, edited and directed by yoshihiro nishimura and starring eihi shiina as ruka, a vengeful police officer. But then, after careful or perhaps careless consideration and unnecessary honesty, i decided to restore the edited material to its original place, right here where it. But then, after careful or perhaps careless consideration and unnecessary honesty, i decided to restore the edited material to its original place, right here where it belongs. A description of tropes appearing in tokyo gore police. Tokyo gore police was one of the most prominent films amid the. Tokyo gore police 2008 yoshihiro nishimura releases. Tokyo gore police, meatball machine and the consumption of.
Sep 11, 2016 tokyo gore police and machine girl take this idea and the common idea in sciencefiction that we will all one day be part machine and interconnected through technology such as in neuromancer gibson and make the claim that technology has changed japanese society into a place where no one truly belongs and everyone is in constant competition. Oct 30, 20 tokyo gore police begins almost immediately with a head exploding. In may 1999, he opened 2channel while he was studying at the university of central arkansas. Tokyo gore police 2008 yoshihiro nishimura synopsis. Country japan directed by yoshihiro nishimura release date 2008 language japanese studio fever dreams, nikkatsu distributor nikkatsu, media blasters, tokyo shock.
As a country which has gone through many cultural changes in a relatively short period of time japan has found itself in the position of having. All bloody hell tossed into a horror movie is not enough. Tokyo gore police is my favorite movie from the splatter genre, and is one of my favorite movies from any genre. Currently in the middle of a 15day shoot in the capital of tokyo, the staff of tokyo gore police laid out the welcome mat for fango this week photos below. In 2008, yoshihiro nishimura, fast making a name for himself amidst those the likes of noboru iguchi. Tokyo gore police was one of the most prominent films amid the japanese gonzo splatter film that has emerged in the latter half of the 2000s. Its the latest in a subgenre of horror flicks known as splatter, of which the japanese are, arguably, the forerunners of producing in high quantity if not quality, although, the sushi typhoon brand in.
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