Koji Shiraishi
Directing
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)
As actor 50
Welcome to the Occult Forest
2022
Occult
2009
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 01: Operation Capture the Slit-Mouthed Woman
2012
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! Final Chapter
2015
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 02: Shivering Ghost
2012
Welcome to the Occult Forest: The Movie
2022
A Record of Sweet Murder
2014
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 04: The Truth! Hanako-san in the Toilet
2013
Villain
2011
Senritsu Kaiki World Kowasugi!
2023
Cinema Capriccio
2017
Really! Cursed Video: The Movie 2
2003
Shirome
2010
Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please Vol.2
2024
Really! Cursed Video: The Movie
2003
Coming Future
2010
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! The Most Terrifying Movie in History
2014
Senritsu Kaiki File Super Kowa Too! Dark Mystery: Snake Woman
2015
Namade Kowasugi!
2015
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 03: Legend of a Human-Eating Kappa
2013
Ultra Violent People - Deluxe
2014
Seishun Gunjyoiro no Natsu
2015
Director's POV Koji Shiraishi on NOROl: The Curse
2024
Message From Beyond
2015
Man With a Movie Camera: The Found Footage Legacy of 'Man Bites Dog'
2025
Ultra Violent People
2011
Cursed Violent People
2010
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! Preface: True Story of the Ghost of Yotsuya
2014
Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please Vol.1
2024
Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please
2023
Suicide Net
2003
Koji Shiraishi's Textbook of Fake Documentary - Editing
2016
Kudo's Secret
2014
NEET of the Living Dead
2015
Violence Men
1997
Senritsu Kaiki File Super Kowa Too! Fear Adventure: Kokkuri-san
2015
Namade Kowasugi! 2.5
2022
Who?
2022
Found Again: Koji Shiraishi Talks Fake Documentary
2025
Vauxhall Rideshow - Escape from Dead School
2016
Visitor
2022
Why So Serious?
2024
Urgent report! Pursuing the Truth about Kagutaba!!
2024
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
Koji Shiraishi's Declaration of World Domination
2016
Cho Edogakeishi
2018
Paranormal Phenomenon
2010
She's Above the Clouds
1998
Koji Shiraishi's Textbook of Fake Documentary - Filming
2016
Man in the Shop
1991
On the crew 108
KINKI
2025
The Dogs of Karma
2024
Noroi: The Curse
2005
Sadako vs. Kayako
2016
The Life of Bangaku
2002
Grotesque
2009
The Ghost Station
2023
Kidan Piece of Darkness
2016
Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman
2007
Teke Teke 2
2009
Safe Word
2022
Impossibility Defense
2018
未来世紀SHIBUYA
2021
Dark Tales of Japan
2004
August in the Water
1995
Welcome to the Occult Forest
2022
Teke Teke
2009
House of Sayuri
2024
Occult
2009
Hell Girl
2019
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 01: Operation Capture the Slit-Mouthed Woman
2012
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! Final Chapter
2015
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 02: Shivering Ghost
2012
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video: Dreadful Post - BEST20
2004
Welcome to the Occult Forest: The Movie
2022
Cult
2013
A Record of Sweet Murder
2014
Stories of Apparitions
2006
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 04: The Truth! Hanako-san in the Toilet
2013
Her Brother
2014
A Beast in Love
2020
Anna Ishibashi: The Missing Actress
2012
Museum: Introduction
2016
Villain
2011
NMB48 - Omowase Kousen
2013
Murder Workshop
2014
Knife
2022
Ura Horror
2008
Ada 2: Zetsubô hen
2013
Top Secret Job 24 Hours
2020
Ju-rei: The Uncanny
2004
Senritsu Kaiki World Kowasugi!
2023
Really! Cursed Video: The Movie 2
2003
Good-Bye
2012
Shirome
2010
Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please Vol.2
2024
Really! Cursed Video: The Movie
2003
To The Other Side
2012
Exorcist 2: Human Exorcism
2002
Ada: Senritsu-hen
2013
Red Spyder Liles
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! The Most Terrifying Movie in History
2014
Senritsu Kaiki File Super Kowa Too! Dark Mystery: Snake Woman
2015
Namade Kowasugi!
2015
Mystery Man
2014
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 03: Legend of a Human-Eating Kappa
2013
Crazy Road of Love
2018
Ultra Violent People - Deluxe
2014
Takada Wataru Teki: Zero
2008
Dead Girl Walking
2004
Shibuya2036
2021
Zetsuosore Taikan Kimodameshi
2014
Message From Beyond
2015
Man With a Movie Camera: The Found Footage Legacy of 'Man Bites Dog'
2025
Dark Tales of Japan - Special Edition: 10 Most Terrifying Things in History that Really Happened
2005
Please
2015
Ultra Violent People
2011
Cursed Violent People
2010
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! Preface: True Story of the Ghost of Yotsuya
2014
Nemosu Idol Sosenkyo Battle
2011
Kaze wa Fukudarou
1998
Uwasa no Shinsô! Kuchisake-onna
2007
Ghost Zombie
2007
Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please Vol.1
2024
Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please
2023
Rest
2015
Suicide Net
2003
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video: Ver. X: 4
2004
Kudo's Secret
2014
Red Spider Lilies: The Ascension
2024
Violence Men
1997
Mysterious! Unbelievable 2
2002
Senritsu Kaiki File Super Kowa Too! Fear Adventure: Kokkuri-san
2015
Japan's Map of Grudges 2!! Investigation: Curse of the Sea of Trees
2002
Namade Kowasugi! 2.5
2022
Who?
2022
Found Again: Koji Shiraishi Talks Fake Documentary
2025
Vauxhall Rideshow - Escape from Dead School
2016
Simokita 2014
2017
Visitor
2022
Suicide Pneuma
2003
The Exorcist's Vengeful Curse
2001
Onmyoji Real Record! Hyakuki Annihilation
2003
Noroi: The Curse - Deleted Scenes
2024
Yuri Takami's ○○ Story
2012
Koji Shiraishi's Declaration of World Domination
2016
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video: Ver. X: 3
2004
Cho Edogakeishi
2018
Japan's Map of Grudges!! Investigation: The Curse of Sugisawa Village
2001
Gakkô no Kaidan
2012
Paranormal Phenomenon
2010
She's Above the Clouds
1998
Window
2022
Midsummer Witch
2023
Koji Shiraishi's Textbook of Fake Documentary - Filming
2016
Man in the Shop
1991
How to Protect Yourself Against Curses
2024
Super Man Eater