David Sakurai (Copenhagen, 19 July 1979) is a Japanese-Danish actor,
director, scriptwriter and martial artist.Born in Copenhagen to a
Danish mother and a Japanese father and raised in Frederiksværk,
Sakurai has a brother named Kristoffer, who is a former dancer. He was
interested in filmmaking from a young age and at the age of 18 moved
to Japan, where he also learned acting. He played smaller roles in
theatre and in indie films, like Tokyo G.P. in 2001 and Scarlet
Runaway in 2005.He returned to Denmark in 2008, mainly because he
wanted to work with talented new directors and in his native tongue.
Here he continued training under the Danish Actors' Association. He
played one of his first leading roles in Eastern Army. He worked with
Stellan Skarsgård, Steven Van Zandt and Hans Petter Moland, among
others.In 2012, he starred in Hungarian dark romantic comedy Liza, the
Fox-Fairy, which won the Grand Prize at Portuguese film festival
Fantasporto in 2015.
director, scriptwriter and martial artist.Born in Copenhagen to a
Danish mother and a Japanese father and raised in Frederiksværk,
Sakurai has a brother named Kristoffer, who is a former dancer. He was
interested in filmmaking from a young age and at the age of 18 moved
to Japan, where he also learned acting. He played smaller roles in
theatre and in indie films, like Tokyo G.P. in 2001 and Scarlet
Runaway in 2005.He returned to Denmark in 2008, mainly because he
wanted to work with talented new directors and in his native tongue.
Here he continued training under the Danish Actors' Association. He
played one of his first leading roles in Eastern Army. He worked with
Stellan Skarsgård, Steven Van Zandt and Hans Petter Moland, among
others.In 2012, he starred in Hungarian dark romantic comedy Liza, the
Fox-Fairy, which won the Grand Prize at Portuguese film festival
Fantasporto in 2015.
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