David Sakurai
Biography
David Sakurai is a Danish-Japanese actor, martial artist, screenwriter and director who was born in Copenhagen and grew up in Frederiksværk. Drawn to filmmaking early, he moved to Japan at 18, studied acting there and picked up small stage and independent film parts, among them Tokyo G.P. (2001) and Scarlet Runaway (2005). He went back to Denmark in 2008 to work in his native language with Jack Hansen and other new directors, kept training through the Danish Actors' Association, and took a leading part in Eastern Army, which earned him best actor and audience honors at the Movie Battle Film Festival in Copenhagen plus a breakout action star award in Los Angeles. He starred in the Hungarian dark romantic comedy Liza the Fox-Fairy (2015), a Grand Prize winner at Fantasporto. His martial arts background includes Wing Chun and Muay Thai.
47years old
Turns 48 on July 19in 280 days
- Born Copenhagen
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 7
- Career span
- 6 years2014 to 2020
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Early training
Sakurai was drawn to filmmaking as a child, and at 18 he relocated to Japan, where he also studied acting. He took smaller parts in theater and indie films, such as Tokyo G.P. in 2001 and Scarlet Runaway in 2005.
Early training
In 2008, Sakurai went back to Denmark, driven by a desire to collaborate with Jack Hansen and other emerging directors and to perform in Danish. There, he kept studying with the Danish Actors' Association.
David Sakurai movies on Netflix
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Films together
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Hans Petter MolandDirector, 1 film, 2014
All films by Hans Petter Moland
All films by Isaac Florentine
Károly Ujj MészárosDirector, 1 film, 2015
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