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)
Filmography
KINKI2025 · Director, Screenplay
Found Again: Koji Shiraishi Talks Fake Documentary2025 · Thanks
Man With a Movie Camera: The Found Footage Legacy of 'Man Bites Dog'2025 · Thanks
Red Spider Lilies: The Ascension2024 · Writer, Director, Editor
House of Sayuri2024 · Director, Screenplay
Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please Vol.12024 · Director, Writer, Editor
Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please Vol.22024 · Writer, Editor, Director
Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please2023 · Director, Writer, Editor
Senritsu Kaiki World Kowasugi!2023 · Director, Sound Effects, Writer, Cinematography
The Ghost Station2023 · Screenplay
Midsummer Witch2023 · Editor, Director, Writer
Safe Word2022 · Director, Screenplay, Editor
Knife2022 · Writer, Director, Cinematography, Editor, Colorist
Window2022 · Writer, Director, Cinematography, Editor, Colorist, Sound
Welcome to the Occult Forest: The Movie2022 · Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography
Visitor2022 · Screenplay, Director of Photography
Who?2022 · Director, Writer, Cinematography, Editor, Colorist, Sound
Namade Kowasugi! 2.52022 · Director, Writer, Cinematography
Shibuya20362021 · Director
A Beast in Love2020 · Director, Writer