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1. Grotesque (2009)
Not Rated | 73 min | Horror, Thriller
A doctor kidnaps a young couple and forces them into a game of torment that slowly extinguishes their hopes for survival.
Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Kotoha Hiroyama, Hiroaki Kawatsure, Shigeo Ôsako, Tsugumi Nagasawa
Votes: 7,447
2. Noroi (2005)
Not Rated | 115 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A documentary filmmaker explores seemingly unrelated paranormal incidents connected by the legend of an ancient demon called the "kagutaba."
Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Jin Muraki, Rio Kanno, Tomono Kuga, Marika Matsumoto
Votes: 15,289
3. The Ghost Station (2022)
80 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A public service worker at Oksu Station witnesses a shocking incident and recruits his friend to help uncover the truth behind the station's mysterious happenings.
Director: Yong-ki Jeong | Stars: Kim Bo-ra, Kim Jae-hyun, Shin So-yul, Oh Jin-Seok
Votes: 460
4. Kuchisake-onna (2007)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A suburban town in Japan is the victim of what is supposedly just an urban legend, a woman's spirit with a horribly disfigured face who is intent on kidnapping children for unknown reasons.
Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Eriko Satô, Haruhiko Katô, Chiharu Kawai, Rie Kuwana
Votes: 3,045
5. Occult (2009)
110 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Koji Shiraishi is interested in strange indiscriminate murder at a sightseeing resort. He goes behind the camera to investigate the circumstances surrounding strange occurrences and interview the survivors.
Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Mika Azuma, Horiken, Kôen Kondô, Shinobu Kuribayashi
Votes: 1,845
6. Sadako vs. Kayako (2016)
Not Rated | 98 min | Horror
The vengeful spirits of the Ring and Grudge series face off.
Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Mizuki Yamamoto, Tina Tamashiro, Aimi Satsukawa, Misato Tanaka
Votes: 3,981
7. Teketeke (2009)
70 min | Horror
A young girl learns of the urban legend of Teke Teke after her friend is killed in a gruesome way. The legend tells of a female ghost that has no legs. When she visits the spot where her friend died she comes into contact with it .
Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Yûko Ôshima, Mami Yamasaki, Mai Nishida, Yamamoto Kazuyoshi
Votes: 656
8. Cult (2013)
84 min | Horror
Follows 3 actresses who play themselves as they appear on a paranormal television show to investigate the exorcism of the Kaneda family.
Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Yû Abiru, Mayuko Iwasa, Sayuri Oyamada, Mari Iriki
Votes: 966
9. Aishiteru! (2022)
94 min | Drama
Misa is an underground idol and being filmed closely for a documentary. One day, an owner of BDSM club "H" perceives Misa's potential and headhunts her as a dominatrix. Misa is confused at ... See full summary »
Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Kawase Chisako, Torinomi Nagisa, Otsuha Ai, Ryuchell
Votes: 140
10. A Record of Sweet Murder (2014)
86 min | Horror
A South Korean journalist and a Japanese cameraman in South Korea are invited to an abandoned apartment one day.
Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Yeon Je-wook, Kim Kkobbi, Tsukasa Aoi, Ryôtarô Yonemura
Votes: 534
11. Senritsu Kaiki World Kowasugi! (2023)
78 min | Horror
Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Akari Fukunaga, Keisaku Kimura, Chika Kuboyama, Rie Kuwana
Votes: 46
12. Hell Girl (2019)
107 min | Fantasy, Horror
Tormented and bullied people can access a special website, run by a Hell Girl who will enable them to take revenge on their torturers. The price for such a service is only that the person must join their torturer in damnation.
Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Tina Tamashiro, Tom Fujita, Manami Hashimoto, Hazuki Kimura
Votes: 239
13. Ura horâ (2008 Video)
70 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A found footage anthology horror film by Kôji Shiraishi.
Directors: Yôhei Fukuda, Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Mihiro, Hitomi Miwa, Naporeonzu, Takashi Shimizu
Votes: 80
14. The Found Footage Phenomenon (2021)
101 min | Documentary
The Found Footage Phenomenon is an independent documentary charting the origins of the found footage sub-genre, tracking it through to the technique's current form, and asking what the future is.
Directors: Sarah Appleton, Phillip Escott | Stars: Patrick Brice, Derek Lee, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Dean Alioto
Votes: 502
15. Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi: The Most Terrifying Movie in History (2014 Video)
80 min | Horror
Kudo, a director of a video production company has investigated numerous urban legends and strange phenomena with his assistant Ichikawa, and his cameraman, Tashiro. In this movie version ... See full summary »
Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Shigeo Ôsako, Chika Kuboyama, Kôji Shiraishi
Votes: 75
16. Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi File 01: Operation Capture the Slit-Mouthed Woman (2012 Video)
70 min | Horror
Director, Kudo and his assistant Ichikawa investigate a video showing a strange woman on the street, wearing a mask and a long coat. The young woman would be the legend of Kuchisake Onna, the woman with the sliced mouth.
Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Shigeo Ôsako, Chika Kuboyama, Kôji Shiraishi, Maki Nishiyama
Votes: 149
17. Dark Tales of Japan (2004 TV Movie)
92 min | Horror
Dark Tales of Japan is a collection of five short horror films that are directed by five notable Japanese film directors.
Directors: Yoshihiro Nakamura, Masayuki Ochiai, Takashi Shimizu, Kôji Shiraishi, Norio Tsuruta | Stars: Kayoko Shiraishi, Shôzô Endô, Yoshinori Okada, Kanako Fukaura
Votes: 595
18. Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi File 04: The Truth! Hanako-san in the toilet (2013 Video)
74 min | Horror
A video recently posted shows something popping out of a closed toilet. Before the school was closed, rumors of "Hanako-san in the toilet" were whispered at the school, and now the interview team will try to confirm the truth.
Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Shigeo Ôsako, Chika Kuboyama, Hitomi Kurihara, Rie Kuwana
Votes: 84
19. Welcome to the Occult Forest: The Movie (2022)
123 min | Horror
A washed up horror film director named Kôji Kuroishi (played by Kôji Shiraishi) and his assistant director named Miho Ichikawa (played by Mayu Hotta) visits a house deep in wooded mountains... See full summary »
Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Junpei Hashino, Mayu Hotta, Hiroki Iijima, Nobue Iketani
Votes: 24
20. Kidan Piece of Darkness (2016)
100 min | Horror
Based on Fuyumi Ono's best-selling books, these 10 tales of spookiness by six Japanese horror directors are designed to chill viewers to the bone.
Directors: Mari Asato, Hiroki Iwasawa, Eisuke Naitô, Yoshihiro Nakamura, Hajime Ohata, Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Izumi Fujimoto, Toshie Negishi, Amane Okayama, Riho Takada
Votes: 181
21. Impossibility Defense (2017)
106 min | Mystery, Thriller
This is a cat-and-mouse crime movie adapted from a popular Japanese comic book about a contractor killer-assassin who uses methods so smart and so difficult to solve by the police.
Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Mackenyu, Erika Sawajiri, Tôri Matsuzaka, Sei Ashina
Votes: 321
22. Welcome to the Occult Forest (2022– )
Comedy, Drama, Horror
A washed up horror film director named Kôji Kuroishi (played by Kôji Shiraishi) and his assistant director named Miho Ichikawa (played by Mayu Hotta) visits a house deep in wooded mountains... See full summary »
Stars: Kôji Shiraishi, Mayu Hotta, Miwako Kakei, Shôhei Uno
Votes: 33
23. Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please (2023)
79 min | Horror
Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Kaibashira, Yaeko Kiyose, Shinobu Kuribayashi, Arikawa Maiko
24. Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi File 02: Shivering Ghost (2012 Video)
72 min | Horror, Thriller
Three journalists specializing in the supernatural will follow in the footsteps of a ghost, immortalized by young people who have just visited an abandoned school to try and scare themselves.
Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Shigeo Ôsako, Chika Kuboyama, Kôji Shiraishi, Urara Haru
Votes: 97
25. Shirome (2010)
Not Rated | 83 min | Horror
Horror mockumentary about a school haunted by a wish-granting ghost that drags people off into hell if it deems their wish to be impure.
Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Kanako Momota, Akari Hayami, Shiori Tamai, Ayaka Sasaki
Votes: 379
26. Teketeke 2 (2009)
73 min | Horror
The story of TekeTeke, the ghost woman with no legs, continues. Conflict arises between a group of high school classmates, and TekeTeke starts hunting them down one by one.
Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Sayuri Iwata, Miu Nakamura, Yôko Chôsokabe, Hatsune Matsushima
Votes: 277
27. Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi: Final Chapter (2015 Video)
89 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
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.
Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Shigeo Ôsako, Chika Kuboyama, Kôji Shiraishi, Shôhei Uno
Votes: 51
28. Ju-rei: Gekijô-ban - Kuro-ju-rei (2004)
Not Rated | 76 min | Horror
Japanese school girls die violently after seeing a man wearing a black hood.
Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Chinatsu Wakatsuki, Miku Ueno, Eriko Ichinohe, Ichirô Ogura
Votes: 514
29. Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! Preface: True Theory, Yotsuya Kaidan, the Curse of Oiwa (2014 Video)
71 min | Horror
Fifth mockumentary file in the Kôji Shiraishi series, titled "Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi!". From the team's previous work, director Kudo is now convinced of the existence of parallel ... See full summary »
Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Shigeo Ôsako, Chika Kuboyama, Kôji Shiraishi
Votes: 62
30. Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi File 03: Legend of a Human-Eating Kappa (2013 Video)
73 min | Horror
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.
Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Shigeo Ôsako, Chika Kuboyama, Kôji Shiraishi, Yoshihito Momoki
Votes: 87
31. Chô Akunin (2011)
90 min | Crime, Drama
In an editorial office the staff write about murders and other crimes. A video tape arrives one day. It features a man who calls himself 'a bad person' who claims he has raped 107 women ... See full summary »
Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Eri Aoki, Hiroaki Kawatsure, Yaeko Kiyose, Chika Kuboyama
Votes: 50
32. Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please Vol.1 (2024 Video)
45 min | Drama, Horror
Volume 1 of Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please (2023) with brand new footage added, not present in the theatrical version. Horror film director Kôji Shiraishi receives a video of a ... See full summary »
Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Kaibashira, Arikawa Maiko, Kôji Shiraishi
33. Senritsu Kaiki File Super Kowa Too! Dark Mystery: Snake Woman (2015 Video)
92 min | Horror
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... See full summary »
Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Shigeo Ôsako, Chika Kuboyama, Rie Kuwana, Sawa Masaki
Votes: 29
34. Museum: Introduction (2016)
56 min | Horror
Hitoshi Kudo is a journalist who covers various murder cases. One day, his daughter is kidnapped by the frog man. In order to safely rescue her, Kudo is cornered by one unreasonable instruction after another.
Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Yoshitaka Hosokawa, Ririka Kawashima, Hidetoshi Kawaya, Masaki Miura
Votes: 7
35. Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please Vol.2 (2024 Video)
45 min | Drama, Horror
Volume 2 of Koji Shiraishi's Never Send Me, Please (2023) with brand new footage added, not present in the theatrical version. After Kôji Shiraishi watches a horrifying VHS tape, a ... See full summary »
Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Kaibashira, Arikawa Maiko, Ayano Ogura, Kôji Shiraishi
36. Senritsu Kaiki File Super Kowa Too! Fear Adventure: Kokkuri-san (2015 Video)
81 min | Horror
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 ... See full summary »
Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Shigeo Ôsako, Chika Kuboyama, Guama, Kôji Shiraishi
Votes: 34
37. Ada: Part 1 (2013)
Horror
One night at a strange cram school, a class and a small film crew shooting a commercial are attacked by two teenage girls.
Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Manami Arai, Yumi Endô, Seina Fukada, Konatsu Furukawa
Votes: 40
38. Dead Girl Walking (2004)
44 min | Short, Horror
The unimaginable happens. Sayuri is pronounced 'dead' by her doctor, but her body continues to function. Her wounds begin to fester and her body begins to rot. Her once loving mother, ... See full summary »
Directors: Kôji Shiraishi, Kazuhiro Yokoyama | Stars: Ayaka Maeda, Moe Karasawa, Yoshiyuki Morishita, Kibaji Tankobo
Votes: 207
39. The Wind Shall Blow (1998)
111 min
Machida, an aspiring filmmaker, heads for the room of a stranger, while using his brand new camera where he thinks his girlfriend Yukiko might be. The two end up breaking up, but Machida ... See full summary »
Directors: Futoshi Kondô, Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Akihiro Kasai, Saori Kitagawa, Futoshi Kondô, Tomoko Matsunashi
40. Ada 2: Zetsubô hen (2013)
Horror
This second part shows things from Miho's point of view, and reflects back on the death of a close friend which triggered the later incidents.
Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Manami Arai, Yumi Endô, Seina Fukada, Konatsu Furukawa
Votes: 27
41. Shibuya2036 (2021)
Comedy, Sci-Fi
Shibuya, the year is 2036. In contrast to the front face of the city with its huge skyscrapers, the backside of Shibuya is a home ground for WeTubers. Mitsuru (played by Daichi Kaneko) and ... See full summary »
Stars: Kotaro Daigo, Daichi Kaneko, Shôhei Uno, Shingo Fujimori
42. A Beast in Love (2020)
86 min | Thriller, Romance
Chuya, the most recent member of a small-time criminal gang, is constantly bullied by his boss and his peers. Tricked into running away by the treacherous Shiori and trapped in the wrong ... See full summary »
Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Tomoki Kimura, Shunsuke Tanaka, Shôhei Uno
Votes: 43
43. Namade Kowasugi! (2015)
72 min | Documentary, Horror
Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Runa Endo, Chika Kuboyama, Hatsune Matsushima, Elly Nanami
44. Really! Cursed Video: The Movie (2003)
82 min | Horror
A movie version of the original ghost video documentary series that explores the relationship between the allegedly disaster-causing footage and the death of a man who saw it. On the ... See full summary »
Director: Kôji Shiraishi
Votes: 5
45. Nesaru Aidoru Sousenkyo Batoru (2011 Video)
74 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
Teenage girls group kidnapped and forced to participate in game were winners advance to next stage and loser subjected to rape and humiliation.
Director: Akira Shiraishi | Stars: Ai Aita, Seiko Andô, Tadao Kawamoto, Rika Kawamura
Votes: 7
46. Paranormal Phenomenon 3 (2016 Video)
60 min | Horror
Two tales of phenomena: A mystery encountered by a couple who went fishing at the lake and a last resort to perform an exorcism on a woman's demonically possessed sister.
Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Ken Furusawa, Kôji Shiraishi
47. Dark Tales of Japan - Special Edition: 10 Most Terrifying Things in History that Really Happened! (2005 TV Special)
85 min | Horror
A show called "10 Most Terrifying Things in History that Really Happened" is struck with fear during a live broadcast on an infamous cursed house when bizarre phenomena occur, and the ... See full summary »
Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Teppei Arita, Gekidan Hitori, Junji Inagawa, Kunikazu Katsumata
48. Kudo's Secret (2014)
5 min | Short, Horror
Spin-off short story of the Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi!" series, which is set after "Kowa Too!" FILE-01.
Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Kôji Shiraishi, Shigeo Ôsako
Votes: 12
49. Ghost Zombie (2007 Video)
71 min | Horror
Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Yui Iizuka, Hiroya Matsumoto, Chise Nakamura, Nocchi
Votes: 17
50. Paranormal Phenomenon 2 (2016 Video)
68 min | Horror
Two tales of phenomena: In the ruins of Chiba prefecture, a video of a woman sobbing in the middle of the night and a bizarre video recording left by a mountaineer who went missing three years prior.
Director: Kôji Shiraishi | Stars: Kenji Murakami, Kôji Shiraishi