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Yoshinobu Nishioka
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 decorater from Asuka, Nara Prefecture[1][2] who won three Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction.[3][4]
Nishioka joined Daiei Kyoto film in 1948.[3] His first work as an art director was in the 1952 film Tenpo Suikoden.[5] After the bankruptcy of Daiei film he founded Eizo Kyoto production with former employees of Daiei film.[6][7]