KŠji Shiraishi (白石 晃士, Shiraishi KŠji, born June 1, 1973) is
a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and occasional actor. He is
primarily known for directing Japanese horror films, most notably
Noroi: The Curse.KÅ ji Shiraishi 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
Waterboys.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).
a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and occasional actor. He is
primarily known for directing Japanese horror films, most notably
Noroi: The Curse.KÅ ji Shiraishi 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
Waterboys.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).
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