Overview
Koji Shiraishi
Known For
Director's POV Koji Shiraishi on NOROl: The Curse
Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please Vol.2
Volume 2 of "Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please" with...
Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please Vol.1
Volume 1 of "Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please" with...
Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please
Horror film director Koji Shiraishi receives a video of a...
Welcome to the Occult Forest: The Movie
A washed up horror film director named Kôji Kuroishi and...
Welcome to the Occult Forest
A washed up horror film director named Kôji Kuroishi (played...
Biography
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)