Kitao Sakurai
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Director

Kitao Sakurai

Born
1 January 1983
Age
43 years old
Next birthday in
66 days
Zodiac sign
Capricorn
Birthplace
Kinugasa, Kyoto, Japan
Credits
20

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Kitao Sakurai is a director born in 1983 in Kinugasa, Kyoto, Japan. His career spans film and television, with 23 credits to date. He directed The Eric Andre Show (2012), on which he also appeared as himself, and has directing credits on the series DAVE (2020), The Premise (2021), BEEF (2023) and Twisted Metal (2023).

In film, Sakurai directed Bad Trip (2021), in which he also appears as himself. His earlier credits include acting roles as Justin Banning in Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back (1995) and as a Stygian Triplet in Dogma (1999). His most recent directing work includes the series Butterfly (2025) and the movie Street Fighter (2026).

Where to watch their movies

  • Fandango At Home: Street Fighter

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Frequent co-stars

  • Josette Barchilon · 2 films together: Unemployable, Aardvark
  • Hannibal Buress · 2 films together: Unemployable, The Eric Andre New Year's Eve Spooktacular
  • Darren Branch · 2 films together: Coda, Aardvark
  • Eric Andre · 2 films together: Bad Trip, The Eric Andre New Year's Eve Spooktacular

Career at a glance

First credit: Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back (1995) · Credits: 20

Roles played

Titles reviewed on Drama4U

Other work

  • Butterfly (2025)Butterfly2025 · Director
  • Twisted Metal (2023)Twisted Metal2023 · Director
  • BEEF (2023)BEEF2023 · Director
  • Culture Beat2022 · Director
  • The Premise (2021)The Premise2021 · Director
  • Bad Trip (2021)Bad Trip2021 · Director
  • DAVE (2020)DAVE2020 · Director
  • The Passage (2018)The Passage2018 · Director
  • Unemployable (2015)Unemployable2015 · Director
  • The Eric Andre New Year's Eve Spooktacular (2012)The Eric Andre New Year's Eve Spooktacular2012 · Director
  • We Are the Hartmans (2012)We Are the Hartmans2012 · Music Video Director
  • The Eric Andre Show (2012)The Eric Andre Show2012 · Director
  • Treatment (2011)Treatment2011 · Tennis Instructor
  • Aardvark (2010)Aardvark2010 · Director
  • Aardvark (2010)Aardvark2010 · Darius Szopa
  • Coda2003 · Director
  • Dogma (1999)Dogma1999 · Stygian Triplet
  • The Best Bad Thing (1997)The Best Bad Thing1997 · Zenny Hata
  • Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back (1995)Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back1995 · Justin Banning

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