- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- June 1, 1973
- Place of Birth
- Fukuoka, Japan
Koji Shiraishi
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)
Filmography
movieKINKI
2025 · Director, Screenplay
Found Again: Koji Shiraishi Talks Fake Documentary
2025 · Self, Thanks
movie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
2025 · 自己
Man With a Movie Camera: The Found Footage Legacy of 'Man Bites Dog'
2025 · Self, Thanks
tvThe Dogs of Karma
2024 · Series Director, Creator
movieRed Spider Lilies: The Ascension
2024 · Writer, Director, Editor
movieDirector's POV Koji Shiraishi on NOROl: The Curse
2024 · 自己
Why So Serious?
2024 · Self
movieHouse of Sayuri
2024 · Director, Screenplay
movieKoji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please Vol.2
2024 · Koji Shiraishi, Director, Editor, Writer
movieKoji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please Vol.1
2024 · Koji Shiraishi, Editor, Director, Writer
movieKoji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please
2023 · , Writer, Director, Editor
movieSenritsu Kaiki World Kowasugi!
2023 · Masatsugu Tashiro, Director, Sound Effects, Writer, Cinematography
movieThe Ghost Station
2023 · Screenplay
Midsummer Witch
2023 · Editor, Director, Writer
movieSafe Word
2022 · Director, Screenplay, Editor
movieKnife
2022 · Director, Writer, Cinematography, Editor, Colorist
movieWindow
2022 · Director, Writer, Cinematography, Editor, Sound, Colorist
movieVisitor
2022 · Kôji Kuroishi, Screenplay, Director of Photography
movieWelcome to the Occult Forest: The Movie
2022 · Kôji Kuroishi, Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography
movieWho?
2022 · , Sound, Colorist, Editor, Cinematography, Director, Writer
tvWelcome to the Occult Forest
2022 · Kuroishi Koji, Director, Creator
movieNamade Kowasugi! 2.5
2022 · Masatsugu Tashiro, Director, Writer, Cinematography
movieShibuya2036
2021 · Director
tv未来世紀SHIBUYA
2021 · Creator
movieA Beast in Love
2020 · Director, Writer
tvTop Secret Job 24 Hours
2020 · Director
movieHell Girl
2019 · Screenplay, Director
movieCrazy Road of Love
2018 · Director
movieImpossibility Defense
2018 · Screenplay, Director
Cho Edogakeishi
2018 · Self, Director, Camera Operator
movieCinema Capriccio
2017 · Self
movieSimokita 2014
2017 · Director, Writer
movieMuseum: Introduction
2016 · Director, Screenplay
Koji Shiraishi's Textbook of Fake Documentary - Filming
2016 · , Director
Koji Shiraishi's Textbook of Fake Documentary - Editing
2016 · , Director
movieSadako vs. Kayako
2016 · Director, Screenplay
movieKidan Piece of Darkness
2016 · Writer, Director
movieVauxhall Rideshow - Escape from Dead School
2016 · Tashiro, Director, Writer, Cinematography
movieKoji Shiraishi's Declaration of World Domination
2016 · , Screenplay, Director of Photography
movieSeishun Gunjyoiro no Natsu
2015
movieSenritsu Kaiki File Super Kowa Too! Dark Mystery: Snake Woman
2015 · Masatsugu Tashiro, Writer, Director, Cinematography, Visual Effects
moviePlease
2015 · Director, Editor, Screenplay
movieRest
2015 · Screenplay, Director
movieNamade Kowasugi!
2015 · Masatsugu Tashiro, Writer, Director, Cinematography, Visual Effects
movieNEET of the Living Dead
2015
movieSenritsu Kaiki File Super Kowa Too! Fear Adventure: Kokkuri-san
2015 · Masatsugu Tashiro, Director, Writer, Cinematography
movieMessage From Beyond
2015 · Masatsugu Tashiro, Director
movieSenritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! Final Chapter
2015 · Masatsugu Tashiro, Director, Cinematography, Writer
movieMurder Workshop
2014 · Writer, Director, Editor, Director of Photography
movieA Record of Sweet Murder
2014 · Tashiro, Writer, Cinematography, Director
movieZetsuosore Taikan Kimodameshi
2014 · Director, Writer
movieSenritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! The Most Terrifying Movie in History
2014 · Masatsugu Tashiro, Director, Cinematography, Writer
movieSenritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! Preface: True Story of the Ghost of Yotsuya
2014 · Masatsugu Tashiro, Director, Writer, Cinematography
Ultra Violent People - Deluxe
2014 · , Director, Producer, Writer, Cinematography, Editor
movieKudo's Secret
2014 · Tashiro, Director, Writer
movieMystery Man
2014 · Cinematography, Effects Supervisor, Director, Writer, Editor
movieHer Brother
2014 · Writer, Director, Visual Effects, Cinematography, Editor
movieNMB48 - Omowase Kousen
2013 · Director
movieCult
2013 · Director, Screenplay
movieAda 2: Zetsubô hen
2013 · Director, Writer
movieAda: Senritsu-hen
2013 · Director, Writer
movieSenritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 04: The Truth! Hanako-san in the Toilet
2013 · Masatsugu Tashiro, Writer, Cinematography, Director
movieSenritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 03: Legend of a Human-Eating Kappa
2013 · Masatsugu Tashiro, Cinematography, Director, Writer
movieAnna Ishibashi: The Missing Actress
2012 · Editor, Director, Writer, Effects Supervisor
movieSenritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 02: Shivering Ghost
2012 · Masatsugu Tashiro, Cinematography, Writer, Director, Editor
movieTo The Other Side
2012 · Writer, Director
movieGakkô no Kaidan
2012 · Director
movieSenritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 01: Operation Capture the Slit-Mouthed Woman
2012 · Masatsugu Tashiro, Director, Cinematography, Screenplay, Director of Photography
Yuri Takami's ○○ Story
2012 · Director
movieGood-Bye
2012 · Writer, Editor, Effects Supervisor, Director, Cinematography
movieUltra Violent People
2011 · , Producer, Screenplay, Editor, Director of Photography
movieNemosu Idol Sosenkyo Battle
2011 · Editor, Director, Screenplay
movieVillain
2011 · Koji Shiraishi, Director, Screenplay
movieParanormal Phenomenon
2010 · , Writer, Cinematography, Director
movieCursed Violent People
2010 · , Writer, Director, Editor
movieShirome
2010 · Self, Screenplay, Director, Editor, Producer
movieComing Future
2010
movieOccult
2009 · Self, Screenplay, Director, Editor, Cinematography
movieTeke Teke
2009 · Director
movieTeke Teke 2
2009 · Director
movieGrotesque
2009 · Director, Screenplay
movieUra Horror
2008 · Director, Writer
movieTakada Wataru Teki: Zero
2008 · Director
movieGhost Zombie
2007 · Screenplay, Director
movieCarved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman
2007 · Director, Writer
movieUwasa no Shinsô! Kuchisake-onna
2007 · Director, Screenplay
movieStories of Apparitions
2006 · Director
movieDark Tales of Japan - Special Edition: 10 Most Terrifying Things in History that Really Happened
2005 · Director
movieNoroi: The Curse
2005 · Writer, Screenplay, Director
movieDead Girl Walking
2004 · Screenplay, Director
movieDark Tales of Japan
2004 · Teleplay, Director
movieHonto ni Atta! Noroi no Video: Ver. X: 3
2004 · Director, Writer, Cinematography
movieHonto ni Atta! Noroi no Video: Ver. X: 4
2004 · Director, Writer
movieJu-rei: The Uncanny
2004 · Director
movieHonto ni Atta! Noroi no Video: Dreadful Post - BEST20
2004 · Director
movieSuicide Pneuma
2003 · Thanks
movieReally! Cursed Video: The Movie 2
2003 · , Writer, Cinematography, Director
movieReally! Cursed Video: The Movie
2003 · , Cinematography, Director
movieOnmyoji Real Record! Hyakuki Annihilation
2003 · Writer, Director, Cinematography
movieSuicide Net
2003 · , Cinematography, Director
movieJapan's Map of Grudges 2!! Investigation: Curse of the Sea of Trees
2002 · Director, Editor
movieExorcist 2: Human Exorcism
2002 · Director
tvThe Life of Bangaku
2002 · Original Concept
movieMysterious! Unbelievable 2
2002 · Director
movieJapan's Map of Grudges!! Investigation: The Curse of Sugisawa Village
2001 · Director
movieThe Exorcist's Vengeful Curse
2001 · Director
movieShe's Above the Clouds
1998 · , Writer, Director, Cinematography, Editor
movieKaze wa Fukudarou
1998 · Editor, Screenplay, Producer, Director
movieViolence Men
1997 · , Director, Writer, Editor
movieAugust in the Water
1995 · Production Supervisor, Assistant Director
Man in the Shop
1991 · , Director
movieRed Spyder Liles
— · Director