Koji Shiraishi
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)
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: June 01, 1973
Deathday: N/A
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She's Above the Clouds
1998-01-01
She's Above the Clouds
Overview: A fantasy of love, friendship, death, and the afterlife, humorously depicted in an apartment room.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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Shirome
2010-08-13
Shirome
Overview: In his latest film, Shirome, Stardust Promotion's relatively new pop idol unit Momoiro Clover star as a group of girls who enter an old abandoned school hoping to have their wishes granted by a spirit called Shirome. The girls initially had no clue they were being filmed for a movie at all. Instead, they were told that they were being filmed for an upcoming television show exploring haunted locations. The result is a faux documentary style in the same vein as "The Blair Witch Project" and "Paranormal Activity".
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-08-13
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Kudo's Secret
2014-01-29
Kudo's Secret
Overview: Spin-off short story of the "Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi!" series, which is set after "Kowa Too!" FILE-01.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-01-29
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Man in the Shop
1991-01-01
Man in the Shop
Overview: A ghost of a violent man appears in a store, and confronts a psychic.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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Coming Future
2010-01-01
Coming Future
Overview: Nakagawa shot “Coming Future” on the nights of December 24 and 25, 2010 in Shibuya, making it his location for an idealized Bohemia in the heart of Tokyo. Interesting interviews/discussions with Kenji Murakami, Nobuhiro Yamashita, Kenji Onishi, Tetsuaki Matsue and more... By far the most interesting sequence is with Kenji Onishi (“A Burning Star”). Wielding a super-8 camera, Onishi documents his own interview, taking random shots of street-life and buildings. He leavens his monologue with statements bordering between cliché and outré. “A movie that aims to make a message is boring.”
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-01-01
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Namade Kowasugi!
2015-06-13
Namade Kowasugi!
Overview: Spin-off film in Kōji Shiraishi's "Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi" series. Made in 2014 and broadcast on NicoNico in 2015.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-06-13
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Ultra Violent People - Deluxe
2014-02-04
Ultra Violent People - Deluxe
Overview: Extended version of Koji Shiraishi's Ultra Violent People from 2011 that adds Kudo from the "Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi" series!
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-02-04
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Violence Men
1997-07-17
Violence Men
Overview: A faux-documentary that closely follows two maniacally violent people who rebel against the old traditions of their film studies club.
Genres: Crime Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-07-17
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Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please
2023-10-13
Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please
Overview: Horror film director Koji Shiraishi receives a video of a young couple, Keisuke and Yuki, filmed in a dimly lit abandoned building that is rumored to be haunted. As they proceeded deeper into the ruins, Yuki suddenly disappeared without a trace. Keisuke panics and Yuki is finally found, a black shadow with a terrifying atmosphere swirls behind her. With Yuki now holding an old VHS tape in her hand. This VHS tape contains a horrifying and hair-raising video that took place in an abandoned village.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-10-13
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Seishun Gunjyoiro no Natsu
2015-09-05
Seishun Gunjyoiro no Natsu
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-09-05
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Really! Cursed Video: The Movie 2
2003-11-21
Really! Cursed Video: The Movie 2
Overview: The second work of a psychic documentary that approaches the mystery of a person who died suddenly after watching the video "Unhappiness occurs when you see it."
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-11-21
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Really! Cursed Video: The Movie
2003-10-27
Really! Cursed Video: The Movie
Overview: A movie version of the original video psychic documentary series that explores the relationship between the allegedly disaster-causing footage and the death of a man who saw it. On the morning of July 22, 2002, a body was discovered in an alley behind a busy Tokyo street. Although the police were able to identify the corpse as Hara, a man in his thirties, they were unable to discover any cause of death and foul play has been ruled out.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-10-27
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Koji Shiraishi's Declaration of World Domination
2016-01-07
Koji Shiraishi's Declaration of World Domination
Overview: A short film that was made in one day on an iPhone.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-01-07
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Visitor
2022-08-27
Visitor
Overview: Short film edited into "Welcome to the Occult Forest: The Movie".
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-08-27
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Welcome to the Occult Forest: The Movie
2022-08-27
Welcome to the Occult Forest: The Movie
Overview: A washed up horror film director named Kôji Kuroishi and his assistant director named Miho Ichikawa visit a house deep in wooded mountains to film a movie. Once arrived, they meet a mentally deranged woman named Maria Miyoshi who proclaims she's a fan of Kuroishi's works. The woman pleads that she's experienced the same things as documented in Kuroishi's works. Unexplainable phenomena quickly begin to happen, so Kuroishi sets out to document these experiences and turn them into a film, together with the help of a 'super volunteer' named Shôhei Uno and a handsome psychic medium named Nanashi.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-08-27
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Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 01: Operation Capture the Slit-Mouthed Woman
2012-07-04
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 01: Operation Capture the Slit-Mouthed Woman
Overview: 1st Entry in a mockumentary series from Koji Shiraishi. Depicts a TV crew as they cover the urban legend of "Kuchisake-Onna" or "Slit-Mouthed Woman".
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-07-04
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Message From Beyond
2015-01-01
Message From Beyond
Overview: A short film following Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! The Final Chapter.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-01-01
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Senritsu Kaiki World Kowasugi!
2023-09-08
Senritsu Kaiki World Kowasugi!
Overview: The research team investigates a crazy supernatural phenomenon and plunges into an even more outrageous situation!
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-09-08
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NEET of the Living Dead
2015-06-13
NEET of the Living Dead
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Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-06-13
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Suicide Net
2003-07-25
Suicide Net
Overview: The interview team, who went to talk to the mother of Mr. K, a high school girl who died in suicide, learns that she frequently wrote on suicide sites before Mr. K died. According to his mother who read the email left on the computer after Mr. K's death, Mr. K started to think about suicide by watching some kind of video on the Internet. According to the testimony of his friends, it seems that Mr. K's actions and remarks began to die at some point. What exactly is that video? We were able to contact the suicide applicants on the bulletin board of the suicide site and talk to those who have seen the video. It was the beginning of horror and fear...
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-07-25
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Villain
2011-05-14
Villain
Overview: A criminal gossip magazine receives a video tape from Japan's most notorious criminal rapist, the "Hyper Villain" Shouhei Eno. On the tape, Eno reveals himself and proclaims he has raped 107 girls in 10 years. He also offers the magazine a chance to interview him and film his upcoming 108th rape.
Genres: Drama Crime Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-05-14
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Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please Vol.1
2024-05-03
Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please Vol.1
Overview: Volume 1 of "Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please" with brand new footage added, not present in the theatrical version! Horror film director Koji Shiraishi receives a video of a young couple, Keisuke and Yuki, filmed in a dimly lit abandoned building that is rumored to be haunted. As they proceeded deeper into the ruins, Yuki suddenly disappeared without a trace. Keisuke panics and Yuki is finally found, a black shadow with a terrifying atmosphere swirls behind her. With Yuki now holding an old VHS tape in her hand. This VHS tape contains a horrifying and hair-raising video that took place in an abandoned village.
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-05-03
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Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please Vol.2
2024-05-03
Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please Vol.2
Overview: Volume 2 of "Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please" with brand new footage added, not present in the theatrical version! After Koji Shiraishi watches a horrifying VHS tape, a mysterious woman calling herself 'Karame' calls him. Telling Shiraishi to "investigate Keisuke immediately". In addition, Karame sends Shiraishi a video clip showing Keisuke and Yuki entering Keisuke's room without permission and being filmed in secret. This incident prompts Shiraishi to start his own investigation.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-05-03
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Ultra Violent People
2011-09-03
Ultra Violent People
Overview: Nasu, who works for a magazine working on DVD supplemental's, begins interviewing a man who calls himself a "Violent Man". However, the man's words and actions quickly become insane, and eventually he tries to get Nasu and the cameraman to film him committing murder.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-09-03
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Who?
2022-08-19
Who?
Overview: The first [Geki Yaba] short horror story by Koji Shiraishi.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-08-19
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Cinema Capriccio
2017-11-14
Cinema Capriccio
Overview: Documentary about the crazy cinephile Atsushi Tsuboi, vice president of the Nagoya art theatre "cinemaskhole".
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-11-14
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A Record of Sweet Murder
2014-09-06
A Record of Sweet Murder
Overview: A murderer in the middle of a killing spree enlists a reporter to interview him as he prepares to finish sacrificing his victims to his god.
Genres: Horror Thriller Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-09-06
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Occult
2009-03-21
Occult
Overview: Koji Shiraishi interviews the survivors of an indiscriminate attack at a sightseeing resort and starts investigating the strange events that have been happening to them.
Genres: Horror Mystery Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-03-21
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Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! Preface: True Story of the Ghost of Yotsuya
2014-04-02
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! Preface: True Story of the Ghost of Yotsuya
Overview: From the team's previous work, director Kudo is now convinced of the existence of parallel universes. But now, a new video posted convinces the group to learn the truth about a mysterious woman with a swollen face.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-04-02
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Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! The Most Terrifying Movie in History
2014-05-03
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! The Most Terrifying Movie in History
Overview: In this sixth installment, director Kudo enlists the help of powerful psychic Dogen , physicist Masahiko Saito, and idol Akari, to make a big movie while investigating the abandoned "Tatari Village", where anyone who enters goes insane or dies.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-05-03
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Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! Final Chapter
2015-04-11
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! Final Chapter
Overview: Eighteen months have gone by and Kudo and Ichikawa are still lost in a parallel universe. When they vanished, a giant appeared in the sky above Shinjuku.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-04-11
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Paranormal Phenomenon
2010-08-27
Paranormal Phenomenon
Overview: A video sent from a man living in Shinjuku Ward recorded psychic phenomenon that was taken at a hotel. In another event, a woman went missing after her and husband went mountain climbing.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-08-27
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Senritsu Kaiki File Super Kowa Too! Fear Adventure: Kokkuri-san
2015-06-13
Senritsu Kaiki File Super Kowa Too! Fear Adventure: Kokkuri-san
Overview: Based on the previous 'Final Chapter', world history has now been modified and reconstructed. Although Kudo was able to release himself from the curse caused by demon soldiers, he now has no money. Despite losing the memory of the previous world, Kudo, Ichikawa and Tashiro continue to work together in producing a horror documentary.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-06-13
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Senritsu Kaiki File Super Kowa Too! Dark Mystery: Snake Woman
2015-07-11
Senritsu Kaiki File Super Kowa Too! Dark Mystery: Snake Woman
Overview: Kudo receives a video shot by a job-hopper named Sakurai. The video shows a beautiful woman who visits the side of a river in the countryside. Sakurai has fallen in love with her and visits her home, but it's there he witnesses a terrifying scene.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-07-11
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Cursed Violent People
2010-08-23
Cursed Violent People
Overview: Following a film shoot gone wrong, director Koji Shiraishi finds himself forced to employ two violent criminals in his future productions.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-08-23
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Vauxhall Rideshow - Escape from Dead School
2016-01-16
Vauxhall Rideshow - Escape from Dead School
Overview: A group of young women are being trapped inside an empty school while being stalked by a deranged killer.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-01-16
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Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 02: Shivering Ghost
2012-08-03
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 02: Shivering Ghost
Overview: Three journalists specializing in the supernatural will follow in the footsteps of a ghost, woken by 4 friends exploring an abandoned school.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-08-03
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Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 03: Legend of a Human-Eating Kappa
2013-02-02
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 03: Legend of a Human-Eating Kappa
Overview: A new posted video was delivered to Ichikawa. A couple fishing in a pond captured a strange creature that emerged from the surface of the water.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-02-02
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Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 04: The Truth! Hanako-san in the Toilet
2013-03-02
Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 04: The Truth! Hanako-san in the Toilet
Overview: A video recently posted by two teens shows something popping out of a closed toilet at an abandoned school.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-03-02
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Director's POV Koji Shiraishi on NOROl: The Curse
2024-10-28
Director's POV Koji Shiraishi on NOROl: The Curse
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-10-28
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Why So Serious?
2024-10-28
Why So Serious?
Overview: A brand new interview with Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman director Koji Shiraishi.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-10-28
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