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)
97 directing credits · 47 acting credits
Directing · 97
The Dogs of Karma
2024
Sadako vs. Kayako
2016
Noroi: The Curse
2005
Grotesque
2009
Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman
2007
KINKI
2025
Welcome to the Occult Forest
2022
Impossibility Defense
2018
Teke Teke
2009
Dark Tales of Japan
2004
Teke Teke 2
2009
Hell Girl
2019
Occult
2009
House of Sayuri
2024
Safe Word
2022
Cult
2013
A Record of Sweet Murder
2014
Kidan Piece of Darkness
2016
Ura Horror
2008
Museum: Introduction
2016
Top Secret Job 24 Hours
2020
Stories of Apparitions
2006
Villain
2011
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 04: The Truth! Hanako-san in the Toilet
2013
Welcome to the Occult Forest: The Movie
2022
Shibuya2036
2021
A Beast in Love
2020
Senritsu Kaiki World Kowasugi!
2023
Dead Girl Walking
2004
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 03: Legend of a Human-Eating Kappa
2013
Exorcist 2: Human Exorcism
2002
Zetsuosore Taikan Kimodameshi
2014
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 01: Operation Capture the Slit-Mouthed Woman
2012
Dark Tales of Japan - Special Edition: 10 Most Terrifying Things in History that Really Happened
2005
Red Spyder Liles
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Senritsu Kaiki File Super Kowa Too! Fear Adventure: Kokkuri-san
2015
Cursed Violent People
2010
Crazy Road of Love
2018
The Exorcist's Vengeful Curse
2001
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! Preface: True Story of the Ghost of Yotsuya
2014
Namade Kowasugi!
2015
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! The Most Terrifying Movie in History
2014
Ju-rei: The Uncanny
2004
Senritsu Kaiki File Super Kowa Too! Dark Mystery: Snake Woman
2015
Ada: Senritsu-hen
2013
Good-Bye
2012
Murder Workshop
2014
Namade Kowasugi! 2.5
2022
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 02: Shivering Ghost
2012
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video: Dreadful Post - BEST20
2004
Ultra Violent People
2011
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! Final Chapter
2015
Shirome
2010
Who?
2022
Ultra Violent People - Deluxe
2014
Window
2022
Visitor
2022
Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please Vol.2
2024
Anna Ishibashi: The Missing Actress
2012
Ada 2: Zetsubô hen
2013
Nemosu Idol Sosenkyo Battle
2011
Red Spider Lilies: The Ascension
2024
Ghost Zombie
2007
Gakkô no Kaidan
2012
Simokita 2014
2017
Knife
2022
Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please Vol.1
2024
Message From Beyond
2015
Mystery Man
2014
Really! Cursed Video: The Movie
2003
Suicide Net
2003
Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please
2023
Her Brother
2014
Kudo's Secret
2014
Onmyoji Real Record! Hyakuki Annihilation
2003
Midsummer Witch
2023
Mysterious! Unbelievable 2
2002
Cho Edogakeishi
2018
Vauxhall Rideshow - Escape from Dead School
2016
Koji Shiraishi's Declaration of World Domination
2016
Paranormal Phenomenon
2010
Japan's Map of Grudges 2!! Investigation: Curse of the Sea of Trees
2002
Violence Men
1997
Rest
2015
Kaze wa Fukudarou
1998
Uwasa no Shinsô! Kuchisake-onna
2007
Please
2015
Takada Wataru Teki: Zero
2008
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video: Ver. X: 4
2004
She's Above the Clouds
1998
Really! Cursed Video: The Movie 2
2003
Man in the Shop
1991
To The Other Side
2012
Yuri Takami's ○○ Story
2012
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video: Ver. X: 3
2004
NMB48 - Omowase Kousen
2013
Japan's Map of Grudges!! Investigation: The Curse of Sugisawa Village
2001
Acting · 47
Welcome to the Occult Forest
2022
Occult
2009
A Record of Sweet Murder
2014
Director's POV Koji Shiraishi on NOROl: The Curse
2024
Villain
2011
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 04: The Truth! Hanako-san in the Toilet
2013
Welcome to the Occult Forest: The Movie
2022
Senritsu Kaiki World Kowasugi!
2023
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 03: Legend of a Human-Eating Kappa
2013
Cinema Capriccio
2017
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 01: Operation Capture the Slit-Mouthed Woman
2012
Senritsu Kaiki File Super Kowa Too! Fear Adventure: Kokkuri-san
2015
Cursed Violent People
2010
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! Preface: True Story of the Ghost of Yotsuya
2014
Namade Kowasugi!
2015
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! The Most Terrifying Movie in History
2014
Senritsu Kaiki File Super Kowa Too! Dark Mystery: Snake Woman
2015
Namade Kowasugi! 2.5
2022
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 02: Shivering Ghost
2012
Coming Future
2010
Ultra Violent People
2011
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! Final Chapter
2015
Seishun Gunjyoiro no Natsu
2015
Shirome
2010
Who?
2022
Ultra Violent People - Deluxe
2014
Visitor
2022
Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please Vol.2
2024
NEET of the Living Dead
2015
Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please Vol.1
2024
Message From Beyond
2015
Found Again: Koji Shiraishi Talks Fake Documentary
2025
Really! Cursed Video: The Movie
2003
Suicide Net
2003
Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please
2023
Kudo's Secret
2014
Cho Edogakeishi
2018
Man With a Movie Camera: The Found Footage Legacy of 'Man Bites Dog'
2025
Vauxhall Rideshow - Escape from Dead School
2016
Koji Shiraishi's Declaration of World Domination
2016
Paranormal Phenomenon
2010
Violence Men
1997
Why So Serious?
2024
She's Above the Clouds
1998
Really! Cursed Video: The Movie 2
2003
Man in the Shop
1991
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