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Japanese art director and film producer (1922–2019)

Yoshinobu Nishioka (西岡善信, Nishioka Yoshinobu, July 8, 1923 – October 11, 2019) was a Japanese jidaigeki production designer, art director, producer and set decorator from Asuka, Nara Prefecture who won three Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction.

Nishioka joined Daiei Kyoto film in 1948. His first work as an art director was in the 1952 film Tenpo Suikoden. After the bankruptcy of Daiei film he founded Eizo Kyoto production with former employees of Daiei film.

Selected works

Film

Tenpo Suikoden (1952)
Gate of Hell (1953)
Enjō (1958)
Echizen Takaningyo (1963)
An Actor's Revenge (1963)
Zatoichi on the Road (1963)
Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold (1964)
Zatoichi's Revenge (1965)
Zatoichi's Vengeance (1966)
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage (1966)
Daimajin Strikes Again (1966)
Zatoichi's Cane Sword (1967)
Zatoichi the Outlaw (1967)
The Yoshiwara Story (1968)
Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters (1968)
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1969)
Hitokiri (1969)
Onna Gokuakuchō (1970)
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival (1970)
Zatoichi and the One-Armed Swordsman (1971)
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades (1973)
The Wanderers (1973)
Death at an Old Mansion (1975) (Producer and Art director)
Kinkaku-ji (1976)
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron (1978)
Hunter in the Dark (1979)
Onimasa (1982)
The Geisha (1983)
MacArthur's Children (1984)
Fireflies in the North (1984)
Gonza the Spearman (1986)
Rikyu (1991)
Rainbow Kids (1991)
The Oil-Hell Murder (1992)
Lone Wolf and Cub: Final Conflict (1993) (Executive producer and Art director)
Crest of Betrayal (1994)
kura (1995)
East Mets West (1995)
Onihei's Detective Records (1995)
Owls' Castle (1998)
Gohatto (1999)
Sennen no Koi Story of Genji (2001)
Kāchan (2001)
Dora-heita (2002) (Producer and Art director)
Vengeance for Sale (2002)
The Twilight Samurai (2002) (Supervising Production Designer)
Azumi (2003)
The Hidden Blade (2004)
Baruto no Gakuen (2006)
The Last Ronin (2010)

Television

Kogarashi Monjirō (1972)
The Abe Clan (1995) (TV Movie)
Gokenin Zankurō (1997-2001)
Kenkaku Shōbai (1998-2010)

Awards

Mainichi Film Award for Best Art Direction - Echizen Takningyo and An Actor's Revenge(1963)
Mainichi Film Award for Best Art Direction - Yoshiwara Enjō, Hachiko Monogatari and The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma (1987)
The Japanese Academy Award for "Best Art Direction" - Owls' Castle (2000)
The Japanese Academy Award for "Best Art Direction" - Sennen no Koi Story of Genji (2002)
The Japanese Academy Award for "Best Art Direction" - The Hidden Blade (2005)

Medals of Honor (1992)
Order of the Rising Sun 4th class (1997)
Kawakita Eiga Award (2002)

References

"Yoshinobu Nishioka" (in Japanese). THe TV. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
"生活の痕跡すら創出する西岡善信の最高の美術！――春日太一の木曜邦画劇場" (in Japanese). 文春オンライン. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
^ "デジタル版日本人名大辞典+Plus「西岡善信」の解説" (in Japanese). kotobank. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
"訃報】映画美術監督の西岡善信さんが亡くなられました（享年97）" (in Japanese). 時代劇専門チャンネル. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
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"太秦支えた最後の活動屋、西岡善信美術監督逝く" (in Japanese). Nikkei. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
"映画美術監督の西岡善信さん死去　「地獄門」「利休」" (in Japanese). Asahi. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
"毎日映画コンクール第18回（1963年）" (in Japanese). Mainichi Shimbun. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
"毎日映画コンクール第42回（1987年）" (in Japanese). Mainichi Shimbun. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
"第23回日本アカデミー賞" (in Japanese). Japan Academy Film Prize Association. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
"第25回日本アカデミー賞" (in Japanese). Japan Academy Film Prize Association. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
"第28回日本アカデミー賞" (in Japanese). Japan Academy Film Prize Association. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
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