Koji Shiraishi
Known for Directing
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
Occult
2009
as Self
A Record of Sweet Murder
2014
as Tashiro
Senritsu Kaiki World Kowasugi!
2023
as Masatsugu Tashiro
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! Final Chapter
2015
as Masatsugu Tashiro
Villain
2011
as Koji Shiraishi
Cinema Capriccio
2017
as Self
Welcome to the Occult Forest: The Movie
2022
as Kôji Kuroishi
Cursed Violent People
2010
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! The Most Terrifying Movie in History
2014
as Masatsugu Tashiro
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 01: Operation Capture the Slit-Mouthed Woman
2012
as Masatsugu Tashiro
Who?
2022
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 04: The Truth! Hanako-san in the Toilet
2013
as Masatsugu Tashiro
Coming Future
2010
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 02: Shivering Ghost
2012
as Masatsugu Tashiro
Seishun Gunjyoiro no Natsu
2015
Ultra Violent People
2011
Shirome
2010
as Self
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 03: Legend of a Human-Eating Kappa
2013
as Masatsugu Tashiro
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! Preface: True Story of the Ghost of Yotsuya
2014
as Masatsugu Tashiro
Cho Edogakeishi
2018
as Self