Koji Shiraishi
Directing
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)
Born: June 1, 1973 · Fukuoka, Japan
Filmography (33)
KINKI
2025
House of Sayuri
2024
Senritsu Kaiki World Kowasugi!
2023
The Ghost Station
2023
Safe Word
2022
Hell Girl
2019
Impossibility Defense
2018
Sadako vs. Kayako
2016
Kidan Piece of Darkness
2016
Senritsu Kaiki File Super Kowa Too! Dark Mystery: Snake Woman
2015
Senritsu Kaiki File Super Kowa Too! Fear Adventure: Kokkuri-san
2015
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! Final Chapter
2015
A Record of Sweet Murder
2014
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! The Most Terrifying Movie in History
2014
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! Preface: True Story of the Ghost of Yotsuya
2014
Cult
2013
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 04: The Truth! Hanako-san in the Toilet
2013
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 03: Legend of a Human-Eating Kappa
2013
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 02: Shivering Ghost
2012
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 01: Operation Capture the Slit-Mouthed Woman
2012
Shirome
2010
Occult
2009
Teke Teke
2009
Teke Teke 2
2009
Grotesque
2009
Ura Horror
2008
Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman
2007
Noroi: The Curse
2005
Dead Girl Walking
2004
Dark Tales of Japan
2004
Ju-rei: The Uncanny
2004
Waterboys
2001
August in the Water
1995