Person

Koji Shiraishi

Directing · Born 1973-06-01 · Fukuoka, Japan

Biography

Koji Shiraishi (白石晃士 Shiraishi Kōji) was born and raised in Fukuoka, Japan. After graduating from Kyushu Sangyo University with a degree in film making, he went on to work as an assistant director on such films as Gakuryū Ishii's August in the Water and Shinobu Yaguchi's WATER BOYS. He cites Gakuryū Ishii as his favorite Japanese director, and Ishii's 1980 Crazy Thunder Road as his favorite film. Other directors he admires include John Carpenter, Brian De Palma, Abbas Kiarostami, and Sam Raimi, and films he enjoy include the original Dawn of the Dead (1978), The Evil Dead (1981), Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (1987), The Thing (1982), and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

Known for

Filmography

2025KINKIDirector
2025Found Again: Koji Shiraishi Talks Fake DocumentarySelf
2025白石晃士監督が呪術のように実践してきた恐怖の方程式自己
2025Man With a Movie Camera: The Found Footage Legacy of 'Man Bites Dog'Self
2024The Dogs of KarmaSeries Director
2024Red Spider Lilies: The AscensionWriter
2024Urgent report! Pursuing the Truth about Kagutaba!!
2024Noroi: The Curse - Deleted ScenesDirector
2024How to Protect Yourself Against CursesDirector
2024Director's POV Koji Shiraishi on NOROl: The Curse自己
2024Why So Serious?Self
2024House of SayuriDirector
2024Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please Vol.1Koji Shiraishi
2024Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please Vol.2Koji Shiraishi
2023Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please
2023Senritsu Kaiki World Kowasugi!Masatsugu Tashiro
2023The Ghost StationScreenplay
2023Midsummer WitchEditor
2022Safe WordDirector
2022KnifeWriter
2022WindowWriter
2022VisitorKôji Kuroishi
2022Welcome to the Occult Forest: The MovieKôji Kuroishi
2022Who?
2022Welcome to the Occult ForestKuroishi Koji
2022Namade Kowasugi! 2.5Masatsugu Tashiro
2021Shibuya2036Director
2021未来世紀SHIBUYACreator
2020A Beast in LoveDirector
2020Top Secret Job 24 HoursDirector
2019Hell GirlScreenplay
2018Crazy Road of LoveDirector
2018Impossibility DefenseScreenplay
2018Cho EdogakeishiSelf
2017Cinema CapriccioSelf
2017Simokita 2014Writer
2016Museum: IntroductionDirector
2016Koji Shiraishi's Textbook of Fake Documentary - Filming
2016Koji Shiraishi's Textbook of Fake Documentary - Editing
2016Sadako vs. KayakoDirector
2016Kidan Piece of DarknessDirector
2016Vauxhall Rideshow - Escape from Dead SchoolTashiro
2016Koji Shiraishi's Declaration of World Domination
2015Seishun Gunjyoiro no Natsu
2015Senritsu Kaiki File Super Kowa Too! Dark Mystery: Snake WomanMasatsugu Tashiro
2015PleaseDirector
2015RestScreenplay
2015Namade Kowasugi!Masatsugu Tashiro
2015NEET of the Living Dead
2015Senritsu Kaiki File Super Kowa Too! Fear Adventure: Kokkuri-sanMasatsugu Tashiro
2015Message From BeyondMasatsugu Tashiro
2015Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! Final ChapterMasatsugu Tashiro
2014Murder WorkshopWriter
2014A Record of Sweet MurderTashiro
2014Zetsuosore Taikan KimodameshiDirector
2014Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! The Most Terrifying Movie in HistoryMasatsugu Tashiro
2014Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! Preface: True Story of the Ghost of YotsuyaMasatsugu Tashiro
2014Ultra Violent People - Deluxe
2014Kudo's SecretTashiro
2014Mystery ManCinematography
2014Her BrotherDirector
2013NMB48 - Omowase KousenDirector
2013CultDirector
2013Ada: Senritsu-henDirector
2013Ada 2: Zetsubô henDirector
2013Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 04: The Truth! Hanako-san in the ToiletMasatsugu Tashiro
2013Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 03: Legend of a Human-Eating KappaMasatsugu Tashiro
2012Anna Ishibashi: The Missing ActressDirector
2012Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 02: Shivering GhostMasatsugu Tashiro
2012To The Other SideDirector
2012Gakkô no KaidanDirector
2012Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 01: Operation Capture the Slit-Mouthed WomanMasatsugu Tashiro
2012Yuri Takami's ○○ StoryDirector
2012Good-ByeCinematography
2011Ultra Violent People
2011Nemosu Idol Sosenkyo BattleEditor
2011VillainKoji Shiraishi
2010Paranormal Phenomenon
2010Cursed Violent People
2010ShiromeSelf
2010Coming Future
2009OccultSelf
2009Teke TekeDirector
2009Teke Teke 2Director
2009GrotesqueDirector
2008Ura HorrorDirector
2008Takada Wataru Teki: ZeroDirector
2007Ghost ZombieDirector
2007Carved: The Slit-Mouthed WomanDirector
2007Uwasa no Shinsô! Kuchisake-onnaDirector
2006Stories of ApparitionsDirector
2005Dark Tales of Japan - Special Edition: 10 Most Terrifying Things in History that Really HappenedDirector
2005Noroi: The CurseWriter
2004Dead Girl WalkingDirector
2004Dark Tales of JapanDirector
2004Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video: Ver. X: 3Director
2004Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video: Ver. X: 4Director
2004Ju-rei: The UncannyDirector
2004Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video: Dreadful Post - BEST20Director
2003Suicide PneumaThanks
2003Really! Cursed Video: The Movie 2
2003Really! Cursed Video: The Movie
2003Onmyoji Real Record! Hyakuki AnnihilationWriter
2003Suicide Net
2002Japan's Map of Grudges 2!! Investigation: Curse of the Sea of TreesDirector
2002Exorcist 2: Human ExorcismDirector
2002The Life of BangakuOriginal Concept
2002Mysterious! Unbelievable 2Director
2001Japan's Map of Grudges!! Investigation: The Curse of Sugisawa VillageDirector
2001The Exorcist's Vengeful CurseDirector
1998She's Above the Clouds
1998Kaze wa FukudarouProducer
1997Violence Men
1995August in the WaterProduction Supervisor
1991Man in the Shop
—Red Spyder LilesDirector

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