Japanese director Kōji Shiraishi may not have worldwide popularity, but he is a very skilled horror director. He is probably best known to international audiences for his spin-off crossover of the Ringu and Ju-on franchises, Sadako vs. Kayako, which was released on Shudder in 2017. He was also at the center of controversy in 2009 when his exploitation torture porn horror Grotesque was banned in the UK. His 2004 feature debut, Ju-Rei: The Uncanny, made little impact, but he followed it up with the well-received found-footage horror Noroi: The Curse a year later. Understandably regarded as one of the best of its kind, Noroi: The Curse subverted audience’s expectations and challenged found-footage conventions. Shiraishi found his flair with the subgenre and went on to write and direct several found-footage movies in his career, as well as starring as himself in some of them. He continued to bring audiences unique additions to the subgenre, and he is not done with it either with the upcoming movie Welcome to the Occult Forest in which he is once again playing a fictionalized version of himself.
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