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Koji Shiraishi

Director, Writer, Editor, Actor, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn June 1, 1973 (52 years)
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
  • Grotesque
  • Sadako vs. Kayako
  • Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman
  • Occult
  • Cult
  • House of Sayuri
  • Teketeke
  • A Record of Sweet Murder
  • Ju-Rei: The Uncanny
  • The Ghost Station
  • Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi File 01: Operation Capture the Slit-Mouthed Woman
  • Shirome
  • Impossibility Defense
  • Teketeke 2
  • Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi File 02: Shivering Ghost
  • Senritsu Kaiki World Kowasugi!
  • Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi File 04: The Truth! Hanako-san in the toilet
  • Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi File 03: Legend of a Human-Eating Kappa
  • Hell Girl
  • Safe Word
  • Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi: The Most Terrifying Movie in History
  • Dark Tales of Japan
  • Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! Preface: True Theory, Yotsuya Kaidan, the Curse of Oiwa

Filmography

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Shibuya2036 (TV Series)
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