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Koji Shiraishi

Directing

Koji Shiraishi

JA, EN, KO, XX cinema · 111 credits

Born

1 June 1973 (age 53)

Birthplace

Fukuoka, Japan

Also known as Kōji Shiraishi · Kouji Shiraishi · 白石 晃士 · 白石晃士

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

Filmography

Red Spyder Liles poster

Red Spyder Liles

JANot rated

Director

Super Man Eater poster

Super Man Eater

JANot rated

Writer, Director

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 poster

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

JA · 20258.0

as 自己

Found Again: Koji Shiraishi Talks Fake Documentary

2025

Found Again: Koji Shiraishi Talks Fake Documentary

JA · 20256.0

as Self, Thanks

Man With a Movie Camera: The Found Footage Legacy of 'Man Bites Dog'

2025

Man With a Movie Camera: The Found Footage Legacy of 'Man Bites Dog'

EN · 2025Not rated

as Self, Thanks

KINKI poster

KINKI

JA · 20256.4

Director, Screenplay

Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please Vol.2 poster

Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please Vol.2

JA · 2024Not rated

as Koji Shiraishi, Writer, Editor, Director

Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please Vol.1 poster

Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please Vol.1

JA · 20249.0

as Koji Shiraishi, Director, Editor, Writer

Director's POV Koji Shiraishi on NOROl: The Curse poster

Director's POV Koji Shiraishi on NOROl: The Curse

JA · 20246.0

as 自己

Why So Serious?

2024

Why So Serious?

JA · 2024Not rated

as Self

緊急リポート! かぐたばの真相を追え!!

2024

Urgent report! Pursuing the Truth about Kagutaba!!

JA · 2024Not rated

Actor

House of Sayuri poster

House of Sayuri

JA · 20246.7

Director, Screenplay

Red Spider Lilies: The Ascension poster

Red Spider Lilies: The Ascension

JA · 2024Not rated

Writer, Director, Editor

ノロイ 削除されたシーン

2024

Noroi: The Curse - Deleted Scenes

JA · 2024Not rated

Director

呪いから身を守る方法 : 呪い殺されないための10か条

2024

How to Protect Yourself Against Curses

JA · 2024Not rated

Director

Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please poster

Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please

JA · 20237.0

Actor, Director, Editor, Writer

Senritsu Kaiki World Kowasugi! poster

Senritsu Kaiki World Kowasugi!

JA · 20235.8

as Masatsugu Tashiro, Director, Sound Effects, Writer, Cinematography

ミッドサマー・ウィッチ

2023

Midsummer Witch

JA · 2023Not rated

Editor, Director, Writer

The Ghost Station poster

The Ghost Station

KO · 20236.6

Screenplay

Visitor poster

Visitor

JA · 2022Not rated

as Kôji Kuroishi, Director of Photography, Screenplay, Director

Welcome to the Occult Forest: The Movie poster

Welcome to the Occult Forest: The Movie

JA · 20226.7

as Kôji Kuroishi, Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography

Who? poster

Who?

JA · 20225.0

Actor, Colorist, Cinematography, Sound, Writer, Editor, Director

Namade Kowasugi! 2.5 poster

Namade Kowasugi! 2.5

JA · 2022Not rated

as Masatsugu Tashiro, Director, Writer, Cinematography

Safe Word poster

Safe Word

JA · 20225.9

Director, Editor, Screenplay

Knife poster

Knife

XX · 20226.5

Writer, Director, Editor, Cinematography, Colorist

Window poster

Window

JA · 20226.0

Director, Sound, Cinematography, Editor, Colorist, Writer

A Beast in Love poster

A Beast in Love

JA · 20206.0

Director, Writer

Hell Girl poster

Hell Girl

JA · 20196.3

Screenplay, Director

超エドガーケイシー

2018

Cho Edogakeishi

JA · 2018Not rated

as Self, Director, Camera Operator

Impossibility Defense poster

Impossibility Defense

JA · 20187.2

Screenplay, Director

Crazy Road of Love poster

Crazy Road of Love

JA · 2018Not rated

Director

Cinema Capriccio poster

Cinema Capriccio

JA · 2017Not rated

as Self

Simokita 2014 poster

Simokita 2014

JA · 20175.5

Writer, Director

Koji Shiraishi's Declaration of World Domination poster

Koji Shiraishi's Declaration of World Domination

JA · 20168.0

Actor, Screenplay, Director of Photography, Director

Vauxhall Rideshow - Escape from Dead School poster

Vauxhall Rideshow - Escape from Dead School

JA · 2016Not rated

as Tashiro, Director, Writer, Cinematography

白石晃士のフェイクドキュメンタリー入門 - 撮影篇

2016

Koji Shiraishi's Textbook of Fake Documentary - Filming

JA · 2016Not rated

Actor, Director

白石晃士のフェイクドキュメンタリー入門 - 編集篇

2016

Koji Shiraishi's Textbook of Fake Documentary - Editing

JA · 2016Not rated

Actor

Museum: Introduction poster

Museum: Introduction

JA · 20166.8

Director, Screenplay

Sadako vs. Kayako poster

Sadako vs. Kayako

JA · 20165.6

Director, Screenplay

Kidan Piece of Darkness poster

Kidan Piece of Darkness

JA · 20165.4

Writer, Director

Namade Kowasugi! poster

Namade Kowasugi!

JA · 20154.0

as Masatsugu Tashiro, Writer, Cinematography, Director, Visual Effects

Seishun Gunjyoiro no Natsu poster

Seishun Gunjyoiro no Natsu

JA · 20157.0

Actor

Message From Beyond poster

Message From Beyond

EN · 20154.0

as Masatsugu Tashiro, Director

NEET of the Living Dead poster

NEET of the Living Dead

JA · 2015Not rated

Actor

Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! Final Chapter poster

Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! Final Chapter

JA · 20157.4

as Masatsugu Tashiro, Writer, Director, Cinematography

Senritsu Kaiki File Super Kowa Too! Fear Adventure: Kokkuri-san poster

Senritsu Kaiki File Super Kowa Too! Fear Adventure: Kokkuri-san

JA · 20155.8

as Masatsugu Tashiro, Cinematography, Director, Writer

Senritsu Kaiki File Super Kowa Too! Dark Mystery: Snake Woman poster

Senritsu Kaiki File Super Kowa Too! Dark Mystery: Snake Woman

JA · 20156.0

as Masatsugu Tashiro, Director, Writer, Cinematography, Visual Effects

Please poster

Please

JA · 20158.0

Director, Screenplay, Editor

Rest poster

Rest

JA · 20153.0

Screenplay, Director

Kudo's Secret poster

Kudo's Secret

JA · 20145.0

as Tashiro, Director, Writer

超・暴力人間 デラックス

2014

Ultra Violent People - Deluxe

JA · 2014Not rated

Actor, Producer, Director, Cinematography, Writer, Editor

A Record of Sweet Murder poster

A Record of Sweet Murder

JA · 20146.6

as Tashiro, Director, Cinematography, Writer

Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! Preface: True Story of the Ghost of Yotsuya poster

Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! Preface: True Story of the Ghost of Yotsuya

JA · 20146.6

as Masatsugu Tashiro, Director, Writer, Cinematography

Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! The Most Terrifying Movie in History poster

Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! The Most Terrifying Movie in History

JA · 20146.9

as Masatsugu Tashiro, Director, Cinematography, Writer

Murder Workshop poster

Murder Workshop

JA · 2014Not rated

Writer, Director, Editor, Director of Photography

Zetsuosore Taikan Kimodameshi poster

Zetsuosore Taikan Kimodameshi

JA · 20148.0

Director, Writer

Mystery Man poster

Mystery Man

JA · 20148.0

Writer, Effects Supervisor, Editor, Cinematography, Director

Her Brother poster

Her Brother

JA · 20145.5

Director, Writer, Editor, Visual Effects, Cinematography

Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 03: Legend of a Human-Eating Kappa poster

Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 03: Legend of a Human-Eating Kappa

JA · 20136.3

as Masatsugu Tashiro, Director, Writer, Cinematography

Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 04: The Truth! Hanako-san in the Toilet poster

Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 04: The Truth! Hanako-san in the Toilet

JA · 20136.8

as Masatsugu Tashiro, Director, Cinematography, Writer

Cult poster

Cult

JA · 20136.1

Director, Screenplay

Ada 2: Zetsubô hen poster

Ada 2: Zetsubô hen

JA · 20136.0

Director, Writer

Ada: Senritsu-hen poster

Ada: Senritsu-hen

JA · 20136.0

Director, Writer

NMB48 - Omowase Kousen poster

NMB48 - Omowase Kousen

JA · 2013Not rated

Director

Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 01: Operation Capture the Slit-Mouthed Woman poster

Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 01: Operation Capture the Slit-Mouthed Woman

JA · 20126.5

as Masatsugu Tashiro, Director, Cinematography, Screenplay, Director of Photography

Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 02: Shivering Ghost poster

Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 02: Shivering Ghost

JA · 20125.8

as Masatsugu Tashiro, Writer, Director, Editor, Cinematography

Anna Ishibashi: The Missing Actress poster

Anna Ishibashi: The Missing Actress

JA · 20126.0

Editor, Director, Writer, Effects Supervisor

To The Other Side poster

To The Other Side

JA · 20126.0

Director, Writer

Good-Bye poster

Good-Bye

JA · 20126.0

Cinematography, Editor, Director, Effects Supervisor, Writer

高見侑里の○○な話

2012

Yuri Takami's ○○ Story

JA · 2012Not rated

Director

Gakkô no Kaidan poster

Gakkô no Kaidan

JA · 20126.0

Director

Villain poster

Villain

JA · 20116.7

as Koji Shiraishi, Director, Screenplay

Ultra Violent People poster

Ultra Violent People

JA · 2011Not rated

Actor, Screenplay, Director of Photography, Producer, Editor, Director

Nemosu Idol Sosenkyo Battle poster

Nemosu Idol Sosenkyo Battle

JA · 20112.7

Editor, Director, Screenplay

Shirome poster

Shirome

JA · 20105.1

as Self, Director, Screenplay, Editor, Producer

Coming Future poster

Coming Future

JA · 2010Not rated

Actor

Paranormal Phenomenon poster

Paranormal Phenomenon

JA · 20103.0

Actor, Cinematography, Writer, Director

Cursed Violent People poster

Cursed Violent People

JA · 20106.0

Actor, Writer, Director, Editor

Occult poster

Occult

JA · 20096.7

as Self, Director, Screenplay, Editor, Cinematography

Grotesque poster

Grotesque

JA · 20095.8

Director, Screenplay

Teke Teke poster

Teke Teke

JA · 20096.0

Director

Teke Teke 2 poster

Teke Teke 2

JA · 20095.8

Director

Takada Wataru Teki: Zero poster

Takada Wataru Teki: Zero

JA · 2008Not rated

Director

Ura Horror poster

Ura Horror

JA · 20086.5

Director, Writer

Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman poster

Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman

JA · 20076.0

Director, Writer

Ghost Zombie poster

Ghost Zombie

JA · 20075.8

Director, Screenplay

Uwasa no Shinsô! Kuchisake-onna poster

Uwasa no Shinsô! Kuchisake-onna

JA · 2007Not rated

Screenplay, Director

Stories of Apparitions poster

Stories of Apparitions

JA · 20066.0

Director

Dark Tales of Japan - Special Edition: 10 Most Terrifying Things in History that Really Happened poster

Dark Tales of Japan - Special Edition: 10 Most Terrifying Things in History that Really Happened

JA · 2005Not rated

Director

Noroi: The Curse poster

Noroi: The Curse

JA · 20056.9

Screenplay, Writer, Director

Ju-rei: The Uncanny poster

Ju-rei: The Uncanny

JA · 20044.7

Director

Dead Girl Walking poster

Dead Girl Walking

JA · 20045.5

Director, Screenplay

Dark Tales of Japan poster

Dark Tales of Japan

JA · 20045.8

Teleplay, Director

Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video: Dreadful Post - BEST20 poster

Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video: Dreadful Post - BEST20

JA · 2004Not rated

Director

Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video: The Movie poster

Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video: The Movie

JA · 2003Not rated

Actor, Cinematography, Director

Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video: The Movie 2 poster

Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video: The Movie 2

JA · 2003Not rated

Actor, Cinematography, Writer, Director

Suicide Net poster

Suicide Net

JA · 20037.0

Actor, Director, Cinematography

Onmyoji Real Record! Hyakuki Annihilation poster

Onmyoji Real Record! Hyakuki Annihilation

JA · 20036.0

Director, Writer, Cinematography

Suicide Pneuma poster

Suicide Pneuma

JA · 2003Not rated

Thanks

Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video: Ver. X: 3 poster

Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video: Ver. X: 3

JA · 2002Not rated

Director, Writer, Cinematography

Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video: Ver. X: 4 poster

Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video: Ver. X: 4

JA · 2002Not rated

Director, Writer

Exorcist 2: Human Exorcism poster

Exorcist 2: Human Exorcism

JA · 2002Not rated

Director

Japan's Map of Grudges 2!! Investigation: Curse of the Sea of Trees poster

Japan's Map of Grudges 2!! Investigation: Curse of the Sea of Trees

JA · 2002Not rated

Editor, Director

Mysterious! Unbelievable 2 poster

Mysterious! Unbelievable 2

JA · 2002Not rated

Director

The Exorcist's Vengeful Curse poster

The Exorcist's Vengeful Curse

JA · 20018.8

Director

Japan's Map of Grudges!! Investigation: The Curse of Sugisawa Village poster

Japan's Map of Grudges!! Investigation: The Curse of Sugisawa Village

JA · 2001Not rated

Director

She's Above the Clouds poster

She's Above the Clouds

JA · 1998Not rated

Actor, Writer, Editor, Director, Cinematography

Kaze wa Fukudarou poster

Kaze wa Fukudarou

JA · 1998Not rated

Screenplay, Producer, Editor, Director

Violence Men poster

Violence Men

EN · 1997Not rated

Actor, Director, Writer, Editor

August in the Water poster

August in the Water

JA · 19957.2

Production Supervisor, Assistant Director

売店の男

1991

Man in the Shop

JA · 1991Not rated

Actor, Director