United Kingdom, May 27 -- Yoshihiro Nishimura, the cult Japanese filmmaker whose blood-soaked horror films helped redefine splatter cinema for a new generation, has died aged 59 following a battle with liver disease.

The filmmaker died on Monday (25.05.26) in Tokyo after spending nearly two weeks in hospital, according to reports from Japan.

Yoshihiro became internationally famous through his 2008 breakout film Tokyo Gore Police, a hyper-violent science-fiction horror film which gained a devoted following at genre festivals around the world and established him as one of the defining figures of modern Japanese extreme cinema.

His death comes as horror continues to dominate global box offices and streaming platforms, with renewed interes...