Koji Shiraishi

About

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

KINKIMovie • 2025The Dogs of KarmaSeries • 2024Sadako vs. KayakoMovie • 2016Noroi: The CurseMovie • 2005The Ghost StationMovie • 2023GrotesqueMovie • 2009House of SayuriMovie • 2024Carved: The Slit-Mouthed WomanMovie • 2007August in the WaterMovie • 1995A Record of Sweet MurderMovie • 2014Teke TekeMovie • 2009OccultMovie • 2009Teke Teke 2Movie • 2009Impossibility DefenseMovie • 2018Dark Tales of JapanMovie • 2004Hell GirlMovie • 2019Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 01: Operation Capture the Slit-Mouthed WomanMovie • 2012CultMovie • 2013Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 02: Shivering GhostMovie • 2012Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 03: Legend of a Human-Eating KappaMovie • 2013