Koji Shiraishi
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)
Behind the camera
2025KINKI
Director & Screenplay
2024Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please Vol.1
Director & Writer
2024Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please Vol.2
Director & Writer
2024House of Sayuri
Director & Screenplay
2024Red Spider Lilies: The Ascension
Director & Writer
2023Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please
Director & Writer
2023Senritsu Kaiki World Kowasugi!
Director & Writer
2023The Ghost Station
Screenplay
2022Safe Word
Director & Screenplay
2022Welcome to the Occult Forest: The Movie
Director & Writer
2022Visitor
Director & Screenplay
2022Knife
Director & Writer
2022Window
Director & Writer
2022Who?
Director & Writer
2022Namade Kowasugi! 2.5
Director & Writer
2021Shibuya2036
Director
2020A Beast in Love
Director & Writer
2019Hell Girl
Director & Screenplay
2018Impossibility Defense
Director & Screenplay
2018Crazy Road of Love
Director
2017Simokita 2014
Director & Writer
2016Vauxhall Rideshow - Escape from Dead School
Director & Writer
2016Museum: Introduction
Director & Screenplay
2016Koji Shiraishi's Declaration of World Domination
Director & Screenplay