He is primarily known for directing Japanese horror films, including Noroi: The Curse (2005), Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman (2007), Occult, Teketeke (both 2009), Cult (2013), and Sadako vs. Kayako (2016).

[1] In the early 2000s, he became involved in the production of horror films, and from 2002 to 2003, he directed several videos in the Honto ni Atta!

The following year, he made his feature film directorial debut with Jurei THE MOVIE Kuro-Jurei.

From the mid-2010s, he began directing commercial films with decent budgets, such as Sadako vs. Kayako (2016), Funouhan (2018), and Hell Girl (2019), while he has directed a number of fake documentaries from the beginning of his career to the present, including Noroi (2005), Occult (2009), Cult (2013), A Record of Sweet Murder (2014), Welcome to the Occult Forest (2022), and Aishiteru!

Shiraishi's domestic popularity, along with films such as Noroi, Occult, and Cult, was enhanced by the Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi!