Directing · b. 1973 · Fukuoka, Japan

Koji Shiraishi

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...

Directed
KINKI 2025 Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please Vol.1 2024 Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please Vol.2 2024 House of Sayuri 2024 Red Spider Lilies: The Ascension 2024 Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please 2023 Senritsu Kaiki World Kowasugi! 2023 Midsummer Witch 2023 Safe Word 2022 Welcome to the Occult Forest: The Movie 2022 Knife 2022 Window 2022 Who? 2022 Visitor 2022 Namade Kowasugi! 2.5 2022 Shibuya2036 2021 A Beast in Love 2020 Hell Girl 2019 Crazy Road of Love 2018 Impossibility Defense 2018 Cho Edogakeishi 2018 Simokita 2014 2017 Vauxhall Rideshow - Escape from Dead School 2016 Museum: Introduction 2016 Sadako vs. Kayako 2016 Koji Shiraishi's Declaration of World Domination 2016 Kidan Piece of Darkness 2016 Namade Kowasugi! 2015 Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! Final Chapter 2015 Senritsu Kaiki File Super Kowa Too! Dark Mystery: Snake Woman 2015 Senritsu Kaiki File Super Kowa Too! Fear Adventure: Kokkuri-san 2015 Message From Beyond 2015 Please 2015 Rest 2015 Ultra Violent People - Deluxe 2014 Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! Preface: True Story of the Ghost of Yotsuya 2014 Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! The Most Terrifying Movie in History 2014 Zetsuosore Taikan Kimodameshi 2014 A Record of Sweet Murder 2014 Murder Workshop 2014 Mystery Man 2014 Her Brother 2014 Kudo's Secret 2014 Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 03: Legend of a Human-Eating Kappa 2013 Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 04: The Truth! Hanako-san in the Toilet 2013 Cult 2013 Ada 2: Zetsubô hen 2013 Ada: Senritsu-hen 2013 The Showing: The Scariest Meeting Ever 2013 NMB48 - Omowase Kousen 2013 Anna Ishibashi: The Missing Actress 2012 Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 02: Shivering Ghost 2012 To The Other Side 2012 Good-Bye 2012 Yuri Takami's ○○ Story 2012 Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 01: Operation Capture the Slit-Mouthed Woman 2012 Gakkô no Kaidan 2012 Villain 2011 Nemosu Idol Sosenkyo Battle 2011 Ultra Violent People 2011 Shirome 2010 Cursed Violent People 2010 Paranormal Phenomenon 2010 Grotesque 2009 Teke Teke 2009 Teke Teke 2 2009 Occult 2009 Takada Wataru Teki: Zero 2008 Ura Horror 2008 Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman 2007 Ghost Zombie 2007 Uwasa no Shinsô! Kuchisake-onna 2007 Stories of Apparitions 2006 Dark Tales of Japan - Special Edition: 10 Most Terrifying Things in History that Really Happened 2005 Noroi: The Curse 2005 Ju-rei: The Uncanny 2004 Dead Girl Walking 2004 Dark Tales of Japan 2004 Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video: Ver. X: 3 2004 Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video: Ver. X: 4 2004 Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video: Dreadful Post - BEST20 2004 Suicide Net 2003 Onmyoji Real Record! Hyakuki Annihilation 2003 Really! Cursed Video: The Movie 2 2003 Really! Cursed Video: The Movie 2003 Exorcist 2: Human Exorcism 2002 Japan's Map of Grudges 2!! Investigation: Curse of the Sea of Trees 2002 Mysterious! Unbelievable 2 2002 The Exorcist's Vengeful Curse 2001 Japan's Map of Grudges!! Investigation: The Curse of Sugisawa Village 2001 Kaze wa Fukudarou 1998 She's Above the Clouds 1998 Violence Men 1997 Man in the Shop 1991
Cinematography
Visitor 2022 Welcome to the Occult Forest: The Movie 2022 Koji Shiraishi's Declaration of World Domination 2016 Murder Workshop 2014 Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 01: Operation Capture the Slit-Mouthed Woman 2012 Ultra Violent People 2011
Acting
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 2025 Director's POV Koji Shiraishi on NOROl: The Curse 自己 2024 Why So Serious? Self 2024 Cinema Capriccio Self 2017 Seishun Gunjyoiro no Natsu 2015 NEET of the Living Dead 2015 Coming Future 2010
Other Credits
Found Again: Koji Shiraishi Talks Fake Documentary Thanks 2025 Man With a Movie Camera: The Found Footage Legacy of 'Man Bites Dog' Thanks 2025 The Ghost Station Screenplay 2023 Suicide Pneuma Thanks 2003 Waterboys Assistant Director 2001 August in the Water Production Supervisor 1995
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