★ HOW OLD IS KŌJI SHIRAISHI?
Kōji Shiraishi is 53 years old, born June 1, 1973 in Japan · Gemini.
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About
Kōji Shiraishi directs and writes Japanese horror films that fuse found-footage dread with folklore. Born June 1, 1973, he crafted cult hits like Noroi: The Curse (2005), Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman (2007), and Occult (2009). His 2016 crossover Sadako vs. Kayako merged two horror franchises into one fever dream. Gemini restlessness tracks: he bounces between directorial control and occasional acting.
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Biography
Kōji Shiraishi is a Japanese filmmaker and occasional actor born June 1, 1973. He made his name directing and writing or co-writing horror films, starting with Noroi: The Curse (2005), which became a cult landmark in found-footage supernatural cinema. He followed with Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman (2007), Occult (2009), and Teketeke (2009), establishing a signature style that grafts folklore—urban legends, urban nightmares—onto handheld-camera aesthetics. By 2016, he orchestrated Sadako vs. Kayako, a crossover event merging two of Japan's most iconic horror franchises, blending his indie sensibility with studio-scale production. His screenwriting practice draws equally from directorial vision: he does not just adapt existing material but shapes and co-writes it, maintaining authorial control. As a Gemini born in 1973, his restless approach to genre—horror as a vehicle for social unease, not just jump scares—reflects an instinctive need to complicate the familiar [F1, enrichments]. Japanese filmmakers of his era often work across genres; Shiraishi has committed himself almost entirely to horror, a rarity that cements his auteur status within the Japanese genre cinema landscape.
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Trivia
- Noroi: The Curse (2005) was shot in found-footage style years before that grammar became oversaturated, positioning Shiraishi as an early architect of Japanese found-footage horror.
- He operates as both director and writer or co-writer on his projects, maintaining authorial control over narrative and visual language.
- Sadako vs. Kayako (2016) brought together two separate J-horror franchises—The Ring and The Grudge—in a single crossover, a rare event in Japanese genre cinema.
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Numerology
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- How old is Kōji Shiraishi?
- Kōji Shiraishi is 53 years old (born June 1, 1973).
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- Kōji Shiraishi was born on June 1, 1973.
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- Kōji Shiraishi is a Gemini, born June 1, 1973.
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- Kōji Shiraishi was born in 1973, the year of the Water Ox.
- Where is Kōji Shiraishi from?
- Kōji Shiraishi is from Japan.
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- Kōji Shiraishi is a writer.
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