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)
Known for
Directing100
movieKINKI
2025
Director
tvThe Dogs of Karma
2024
Series Director, Director
movieHouse of Sayuri
2024
Director
movieSafe Word
2022
Director
movieKnife
2022
Director
movieWindow
2022
Director
movieVisitor
2022
Director
movieWho?
2022
Director
movieNamade Kowasugi! 2.5
2022
Director
movieShibuya2036
2021
Director
movieA Beast in Love
2020
Director
tvTop Secret Job 24 Hours
2020
Director
movieHell Girl
2019
Director
movieCrazy Road of Love
2018
Director
movieImpossibility Defense
2018
Director
movieSimokita 2014
2017
Director
movieMuseum: Introduction
2016
Director
movieSadako vs. Kayako
2016
Director
movieKidan Piece of Darkness
2016
Director
moviePlease
2015
Director
movieRest
2015
Director
movieNamade Kowasugi!
2015
Director
movieMessage From Beyond
2015
Director
movieMurder Workshop
2014
Director
movieKudo's Secret
2014
Director
movieMystery Man
2014
Director
movieHer Brother
2014
Director
movieNMB48 - Omowase Kousen
2013
Director
movieCult
2013
Director
movieAda: Senritsu-hen
2013
Director
movieAda 2: Zetsubô hen
2013
Director
movieTo The Other Side
2012
Director
movieGakkô no Kaidan
2012
Director
movieGood-Bye
2012
Director
movieUltra Violent People
2011
Director
movieVillain
2011
Director
movieParanormal Phenomenon
2010
Director
movieCursed Violent People
2010
Director
movieShirome
2010
Director
movieTeke Teke
2009
Director
movieTeke Teke 2
2009
Director
movieOccult
2009
Director
movieGrotesque
2009
Director
movieUra Horror
2008
Director
movieGhost Zombie
2007
Director
movieStories of Apparitions
2006
Director
movieNoroi: The Curse
2005
Director
movieDead Girl Walking
2004
Director
movieDark Tales of Japan
2004
Director
movieJu-rei: The Uncanny
2004
Director
movieSuicide Net
2003
Director
movieKaze wa Fukudarou
1998
Director
movieShe's Above the Clouds
1998
Director
movieViolence Men
1997
Director
movieAugust in the Water
1995
Assistant Director
movieRed Spyder Liles
Director
Writing73
movieKINKI
2025
Screenplay
movieHouse of Sayuri
2024
Screenplay
movieThe Ghost Station
2023
Screenplay
movieSafe Word
2022
Screenplay
movieKnife
2022
Writer
movieWindow
2022
Writer
movieVisitor
2022
Screenplay
movieWho?
2022
Writer
movieA Beast in Love
2020
Writer
movieHell Girl
2019
Screenplay
movieImpossibility Defense
2018
Screenplay
movieSimokita 2014
2017
Writer
movieMuseum: Introduction
2016
Screenplay
movieSadako vs. Kayako
2016
Screenplay
moviePlease
2015
Screenplay
movieRest
2015
Screenplay
movieMurder Workshop
2014
Writer
movieKudo's Secret
2014
Writer
movieMystery Man
2014
Writer
movieHer Brother
2014
Writer
movieCult
2013
Screenplay
movieGood-Bye
2012
Writer
movieUltra Violent People
2011
Screenplay
movieNemosu Idol Sosenkyo Battle
2011
Screenplay
movieVillain
2011
Screenplay
movieShirome
2010
Screenplay
movieOccult
2009
Screenplay
movieGrotesque
2009
Screenplay
movieUra Horror
2008
Writer
movieGhost Zombie
2007
Screenplay
movieUwasa no Shinsô! Kuchisake-onna
2007
Screenplay
movieNoroi: The Curse
2005
Writer, Screenplay
movieDead Girl Walking
2004
Screenplay
movieDark Tales of Japan
2004
Teleplay
tvThe Life of Bangaku
2002
Original Concept
movieKaze wa Fukudarou
1998
Screenplay
movieViolence Men
1997
Writer
Acting49
movieKoji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please Vol.1
2024
Koji Shiraishi
movieKoji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please Vol.2
2024
Koji Shiraishi
movieSenritsu Kaiki World Kowasugi!
2023
Masatsugu Tashiro
movieVisitor
2022
Kôji Kuroishi
movieWelcome to the Occult Forest: The Movie
2022
Kôji Kuroishi
tvWelcome to the Occult Forest
2022
Kuroishi Koji
movieNamade Kowasugi! 2.5
2022
Masatsugu Tashiro
movieNamade Kowasugi!
2015
Masatsugu Tashiro
movieMessage From Beyond
2015
Masatsugu Tashiro
movieSenritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! Final Chapter
2015
Masatsugu Tashiro
movieKudo's Secret
2014
Tashiro
movieSenritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 04: The Truth! Hanako-san in the Toilet
2013
Masatsugu Tashiro
movieSenritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 02: Shivering Ghost
2012
Masatsugu Tashiro
movieSenritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 01: Operation Capture the Slit-Mouthed Woman
2012
Masatsugu Tashiro
movieVillain
2011
Koji Shiraishi
movieShirome
2010
Self
movieOccult
2009
Self
Crew32
movieSenritsu Kaiki World Kowasugi!
2023
Cinematography
movieKnife
2022
Cinematography
movieWindow
2022
Cinematography
movieWho?
2022
Cinematography
movieNamade Kowasugi! 2.5
2022
Cinematography
movieVauxhall Rideshow - Escape from Dead School
2016
Cinematography
movieNamade Kowasugi!
2015
Cinematography
movieSenritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! Final Chapter
2015
Cinematography
movieA Record of Sweet Murder
2014
Cinematography
movieMystery Man
2014
Cinematography
movieHer Brother
2014
Cinematography
movieSenritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 01: Operation Capture the Slit-Mouthed Woman
2012
Cinematography
movieGood-Bye
2012
Cinematography
movieParanormal Phenomenon
2010
Cinematography
movieOccult
2009
Cinematography
movieHonto ni Atta! Noroi no Video: Ver. X: 3
2004
Cinematography
movieSuicide Pneuma
2003
Thanks
movieReally! Cursed Video: The Movie 2
2003
Cinematography
movieReally! Cursed Video: The Movie
2003
Cinematography
movieOnmyoji Real Record! Hyakuki Annihilation
2003
Cinematography
movieSuicide Net
2003
Cinematography
movieShe's Above the Clouds
1998
Cinematography
Editing27
movieSafe Word
2022
Editor
movieKnife
2022
Editor, Colorist
movieWindow
2022
Editor, Colorist
movieWho?
2022
Editor, Colorist
moviePlease
2015
Editor
movieMurder Workshop
2014
Editor
movieMystery Man
2014
Editor
movieHer Brother
2014
Editor
movieGood-Bye
2012
Editor
movieShirome
2010
Editor
movieOccult
2009
Editor
movieViolence Men
1997
Editor
Camera7
movieVisitor
2022
Director of Photography
movieWelcome to the Occult Forest: The Movie
2022
Director of Photography
Cho Edogakeishi
2018
Camera Operator
movieKoji Shiraishi's Declaration of World Domination
2016
Director of Photography
movieMurder Workshop
2014
Director of Photography
movieSenritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 01: Operation Capture the Slit-Mouthed Woman
2012
Director of Photography
movieUltra Violent People
2011
Director of Photography
Visual Effects6
movieNamade Kowasugi!
2015
Visual Effects
movieMystery Man
2014
Effects Supervisor
movieHer Brother
2014
Visual Effects
movieAnna Ishibashi: The Missing Actress
2012
Effects Supervisor
movieGood-Bye
2012
Effects Supervisor
Production5
movieUltra Violent People
2011
Producer
movieShirome
2010
Producer
movieKaze wa Fukudarou
1998
Producer
movieAugust in the Water
1995
Production Supervisor
