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
Grotesque
(2009)
Director
Sadako vs. Kayako
(2016)
Director
Noroi: The Curse
(2005)
Director
Murder Workshop
(2014)
Director
Teke Teke
(2009)
Director
Dark Tales of Japan
(2004)
Director
Full Filmography
Directing
Man in the Shop
(1991)
Director
Violence Men
(1997)
Director
Kaze wa Fukudarou
(1998)
Director
She's Above the Clouds
(1998)
Director
The Exorcist's Vengeful Curse
(2001)
Director
Japan's Map of Grudges!! Investigation: The Curse of Sugisawa Village
(2001)
Director
Mysterious! Unbelievable 2
(2002)
Director
Exorcist 2: Human Exorcism
(2002)
Director
Japan's Map of Grudges 2!! Investigation: Curse of the Sea of Trees
(2002)
Director
Onmyoji Real Record! Hyakuki Annihilation
(2003)
Director
Suicide Net
(2003)
Director
Really! Cursed Video: The Movie 2
(2003)
Director
Really! Cursed Video: The Movie
(2003)
Director
Dead Girl Walking
(2004)
Director
Dark Tales of Japan
(2004)
Director
Ju-rei: The Uncanny
(2004)
Director
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video: Ver. X: 3
(2004)
Director
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video: Ver. X: 4
(2004)
Director
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video: Dreadful Post - BEST20
(2004)
Director
Dark Tales of Japan - Special Edition: 10 Most Terrifying Things in History that Really Happened
(2005)
Director
Noroi: The Curse
(2005)
Director
Stories of Apparitions
(2006)
Director
Ghost Zombie
(2007)
Director
Uwasa no Shinsô! Kuchisake-onna
(2007)
Director
Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman
(2007)
Director
Ura Horror
(2008)
Director
Takada Wataru teki zero
(2008)
Director
Occult
(2009)
Director
Teke Teke 2
(2009)
Director
Grotesque
(2009)
Director
Teke Teke
(2009)
Director
Paranormal Phenomenon
(2010)
Director
Cursed Violent People
(2010)
Director
Shirome
(2010)
Director
Ultra Violent People
(2011)
Director
Villain
(2011)
Director
Nemosu Idol Sosenkyo Battle
(2011)
Director
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 02: Shivering Ghost
(2012)
Director
Gakkô no Kaidan
(2012)
Director
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 01: Operation Capture the Slit-Mouthed Woman
(2012)
Director
To The Other Side
(2012)
Director
GOOD-BYE
(2012)
Director
Kudo's Secret
(2012)
Director
Yuri Takami's ○○ Story
(2012)
Director
Anna Ishibashi: The Missing Actress
(2012)
Director
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 04: The Truth! Hanako-san in the Toilet
(2013)
Director
The Showing - The Scariest Meeting Ever
(2013)
Director
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 03: Legend of a Human-Eating Kappa
(2013)
Director
Ada: Senritsu-hen
(2013)
Director
Ada 2: Zetsubô hen
(2013)
Director
Cult
(2013)
Director
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! The Most Terrifying Movie in History
(2014)
Director
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! Preface: True Story of the Ghost of Yotsuya
(2014)
Director
Zetsuosore Taikan Kimodameshi
(2014)
Director
A Record of Sweet Murder
(2014)
Director
Murder Workshop
(2014)
Director
Ultra Violent People - Deluxe
(2014)
Director
Her Brother
(2014)
Director
Mystery Man
(2014)
Director
Senritsu Kaiki File Super Kowa Too! Dark Mystery: Snake Woman
(2015)
Director
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! Final Chapter
(2015)
Director
Senritsu Kaiki File Super Kowa Too! Fear Adventure: Kokkuri-san
(2015)
Director
Please
(2015)
Director
Message From Beyond
(2015)
Director
Namade Kowasugi!
(2015)
Director
Rest
(2015)
Director
Museum: Introduction
(2016)
Director
Vauxhall Rideshow - Escape from Dead School
(2016)
Director
Koji Shiraishi's Declaration of World Domination
(2016)
Director
Kidan Piece of Darkness
(2016)
Director
Sadako vs. Kayako
(2016)
Director
Simokita 2014
(2017)
Director
Cho Edogakeishi
(2018)
Director
Crazy Road of Love
(2018)
Director
IMPOSSIBILITY DEFENSE
(2018)
Director
Hell Girl
(2019)
Director
A Beast in Love
(2020)
Director
Shibuya2036
(2021)
Director
Visitor
(2022)
Director
Knife
(2022)
Director
Safe Word
(2022)
Director
Welcome to the Occult Forest: The Movie
(2022)
Director
Window
(2022)
Director
Who?
(2022)
Director
Horror and Mystery World Scary!
(2023)
Director
Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please
(2023)
Director
Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please Vol.2
(2024)
Director
Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please Vol.1
(2024)
Director
Acting
Man in the Shop
(1991)
Violence Men
(1997)
She's Above the Clouds
(1998)
Really! Cursed Video: The Movie
(2003)
Really! Cursed Video: The Movie 2
(2003)
Suicide Net
(2003)
Occult
(2009)
Self
Coming Future
(2010)
Shirome
(2010)
Self
Cursed Violent People
(2010)
Paranormal Phenomenon
(2010)
Ultra Violent People
(2011)
Villain
(2011)
Koji Shiraishi
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 01: Operation Capture the Slit-Mouthed Woman
(2012)
Masatsugu Tashiro
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 02: Shivering Ghost
(2012)
Masatsugu Tashiro
Kudo's Secret
(2012)
Tashiro
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 04: The Truth! Hanako-san in the Toilet
(2013)
Masatsugu Tashiro
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 03: Legend of a Human-Eating Kappa
(2013)
Masatsugu Tashiro
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! Preface: True Story of the Ghost of Yotsuya
(2014)
Masatsugu Tashiro
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! The Most Terrifying Movie in History
(2014)
Masatsugu Tashiro
A Record of Sweet Murder
(2014)
Tashiro
Ultra Violent People - Deluxe
(2014)
Message From Beyond
(2015)
Masatsugu Tashiro
NEET of the Living Dead
(2015)
Senritsu Kaiki File Super Kowa Too! Fear Adventure: Kokkuri-san
(2015)
Masatsugu Tashiro
Senritsu Kaiki File Super Kowa Too! Dark Mystery: Snake Woman
(2015)
Masatsugu Tashiro
Namade Kowasugi!
(2015)
Masatsugu Tashiro
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! Final Chapter
(2015)
Masatsugu Tashiro
Seishun Gunjyoiro no Natsu
(2015)
Vauxhall Rideshow - Escape from Dead School
(2016)
Tashiro
Koji Shiraishi's Declaration of World Domination
(2016)
Cinema Capriccio
(2017)
Self
Welcome to the Occult Forest: The Movie
(2022)
Kôji Kuroishi
Visitor
(2022)
Kôji Kuroishi
Who?
(2022)
Horror and Mystery World Scary!
(2023)
Masatsugu Tashiro
Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please
(2023)
Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please Vol.1
(2024)
Koji Shiraishi
Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please Vol.2
(2024)
Koji Shiraishi
Production
August in the Water
(1995)
Production Supervisor
Kaze wa Fukudarou
(1998)
Producer
Shirome
(2010)
Producer
Ultra Violent People
(2011)
Producer
Ultra Violent People - Deluxe
(2014)
Producer
Editing
Violence Men
(1997)
Editor
She's Above the Clouds
(1998)
Editor
Kaze wa Fukudarou
(1998)
Editor
Japan's Map of Grudges 2!! Investigation: Curse of the Sea of Trees
(2002)
Editor
Occult
(2009)
Editor
Shirome
(2010)
Editor
Cursed Violent People
(2010)
Editor
Ultra Violent People
(2011)
Editor
Nemosu Idol Sosenkyo Battle
(2011)
Editor
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 02: Shivering Ghost
(2012)
Editor
Anna Ishibashi: The Missing Actress
(2012)
Editor
GOOD-BYE
(2012)
Editor
Ultra Violent People - Deluxe
(2014)
Editor
Murder Workshop
(2014)
Editor
Mystery Man
(2014)
Editor
Her Brother
(2014)
Editor
Please
(2015)
Editor
Knife
(2022)
Editor and Colorist
Safe Word
(2022)
Editor
Welcome to the Occult Forest: The Movie
(2022)
Editor
Who?
(2022)
Editor and Colorist
Window
(2022)
Editor and Colorist
Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please
(2023)
Editor
Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please Vol.1
(2024)
Editor
Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please Vol.2
(2024)
Editor
Writing
Violence Men
(1997)
Writer
She's Above the Clouds
(1998)
Writer
Kaze wa Fukudarou
(1998)
Screenplay
Onmyoji Real Record! Hyakuki Annihilation
(2003)
Writer
Really! Cursed Video: The Movie 2
(2003)
Writer
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video: Ver. X: 4
(2004)
Writer
Dead Girl Walking
(2004)
Screenplay
Dark Tales of Japan
(2004)
Teleplay
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video: Ver. X: 3
(2004)
Writer
Noroi: The Curse
(2005)
Screenplay and Writer
Ghost Zombie
(2007)
Screenplay
Uwasa no Shinsô! Kuchisake-onna
(2007)
Screenplay
Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman
(2007)
Writer
Ura Horror
(2008)
Writer
Occult
(2009)
Screenplay
Grotesque
(2009)
Screenplay
Paranormal Phenomenon
(2010)
Writer
Cursed Violent People
(2010)
Writer
Shirome
(2010)
Screenplay
Ultra Violent People
(2011)
Screenplay
Nemosu Idol Sosenkyo Battle
(2011)
Screenplay
Villain
(2011)
Writer
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 02: Shivering Ghost
(2012)
Writer
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 01: Operation Capture the Slit-Mouthed Woman
(2012)
Screenplay
GOOD-BYE
(2012)
Writer
To The Other Side
(2012)
Writer
Anna Ishibashi: The Missing Actress
(2012)
Writer
Kudo's Secret
(2012)
Writer
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 04: The Truth! Hanako-san in the Toilet
(2013)
Writer
Ada: Senritsu-hen
(2013)
Writer
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 03: Legend of a Human-Eating Kappa
(2013)
Writer
Cult
(2013)
Screenplay
Ada 2: Zetsubô hen
(2013)
Writer
Murder Workshop
(2014)
Writer
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! The Most Terrifying Movie in History
(2014)
Writer
Ultra Violent People - Deluxe
(2014)
Writer
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! Preface: True Story of the Ghost of Yotsuya
(2014)
Writer
Zetsuosore Taikan Kimodameshi
(2014)
Writer
A Record of Sweet Murder
(2014)
Writer
Her Brother
(2014)
Writer
Mystery Man
(2014)
Writer
Senritsu Kaiki File Super Kowa Too! Dark Mystery: Snake Woman
(2015)
Writer
Senritsu Kaiki File Super Kowa Too! Fear Adventure: Kokkuri-san
(2015)
Writer
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! Final Chapter
(2015)
Writer
Rest
(2015)
Screenplay
Please
(2015)
Screenplay
Namade Kowasugi!
(2015)
Writer
Vauxhall Rideshow - Escape from Dead School
(2016)
Writer
Sadako vs. Kayako
(2016)
Screenplay
Museum: Introduction
(2016)
Screenplay
Koji Shiraishi's Declaration of World Domination
(2016)
Screenplay
Kidan Piece of Darkness
(2016)
Writer
Simokita 2014
(2017)
Writer
IMPOSSIBILITY DEFENSE
(2018)
Screenplay
Hell Girl
(2019)
Screenplay
A Beast in Love
(2020)
Writer
Who?
(2022)
Writer
Window
(2022)
Writer
Knife
(2022)
Writer
Safe Word
(2022)
Screenplay
Welcome to the Occult Forest: The Movie
(2022)
Writer
Visitor
(2022)
Screenplay
Horror and Mystery World Scary!
(2023)
Writer
The Ghost Station
(2023)
Writer
Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please
(2023)
Writer
Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please Vol.1
(2024)
Writer
Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please Vol.2
(2024)
Writer
Crew
She's Above the Clouds
(1998)
Cinematography
Suicide Pneuma
(2003)
Thanks
Really! Cursed Video: The Movie
(2003)
Cinematography
Really! Cursed Video: The Movie 2
(2003)
Cinematography
Onmyoji Real Record! Hyakuki Annihilation
(2003)
Cinematography
Suicide Net
(2003)
Cinematography
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video: Ver. X: 3
(2004)
Cinematography
Occult
(2009)
Cinematography
Paranormal Phenomenon
(2010)
Cinematography
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 02: Shivering Ghost
(2012)
Cinematography
GOOD-BYE
(2012)
Cinematography
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 01: Operation Capture the Slit-Mouthed Woman
(2012)
Cinematography
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 04: The Truth! Hanako-san in the Toilet
(2013)
Cinematography
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 03: Legend of a Human-Eating Kappa
(2013)
Cinematography
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! The Most Terrifying Movie in History
(2014)
Cinematography
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! Preface: True Story of the Ghost of Yotsuya
(2014)
Cinematography
A Record of Sweet Murder
(2014)
Cinematography
Mystery Man
(2014)
Cinematography
Ultra Violent People - Deluxe
(2014)
Cinematography
Her Brother
(2014)
Cinematography
Senritsu Kaiki File Super Kowa Too! Fear Adventure: Kokkuri-san
(2015)
Cinematography
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! Final Chapter
(2015)
Cinematography
Namade Kowasugi!
(2015)
Cinematography
Senritsu Kaiki File Super Kowa Too! Dark Mystery: Snake Woman
(2015)
Cinematography
Vauxhall Rideshow - Escape from Dead School
(2016)
Cinematography
Welcome to the Occult Forest: The Movie
(2022)
Cinematography
Who?
(2022)
Cinematography
Knife
(2022)
Cinematography
Window
(2022)
Cinematography
Horror and Mystery World Scary!
(2023)
Cinematography
Camera
Ultra Violent People
(2011)
Director of Photography
Murder Workshop
(2014)
Director of Photography
Koji Shiraishi's Declaration of World Domination
(2016)
Director of Photography
Visitor
(2022)
Director of Photography
Visual Effects
GOOD-BYE
(2012)
Effects Supervisor
Anna Ishibashi: The Missing Actress
(2012)
Effects Supervisor
Mystery Man
(2014)
Effects Supervisor
Her Brother
(2014)
Visual Effects
Namade Kowasugi!
(2015)
Visual Effects
Senritsu Kaiki File Super Kowa Too! Dark Mystery: Snake Woman
(2015)
Visual Effects
Sound