Koji Shiraishi
Directing
- Born
- June 1, 1973 (age 53) · Fukuoka, Japan
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
Noroi: The Curse
August 20, 2005
Grotesque
January 17, 2009
Sadako vs. Kayako
June 18, 2016
Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman
March 16, 2007
The Ghost Station
April 19, 2023
Occult
March 21, 2009
Teke Teke
March 21, 2009
Cult
July 20, 2013
August in the Water
September 9, 1995
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 01: Operation Capture the Slit-Mouthed Woman
July 4, 2012
Teke Teke 2
March 21, 2009
Impossibility Defense
February 1, 2018
Behind the camera100
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- 2024Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please Vol.2 Director, Editor, Writer
- 2024Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please Vol.1 Editor, Director, Writer
- 2023Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please Writer, Director, Editor
- 2023Senritsu Kaiki World Kowasugi! Director, Sound Effects, Writer, Cinematography