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David Sakurai

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David Sakurai
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David Ken Sakurai Bo, was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. Sakurai first became known to international audiences for his performance in Károly Ujj Mészáros' fantasy noir Liza, The Fox-Fairy. The film was a European festival darling and heralded for best picture several times over. David's performance as the lead character "Tomy Tani", gained quite the cult following with both European and Asian audience.

In the U.S. market, he was introduced in the flashy role of Marvel villain, Scythe, in Scott Buck's martial arts series Iron Fist from Marvel Studios. He followed this, with the role as Mutsuhiro 'The Bird' Watanabe in the Harold Cronk-directed Unbroken: Path to Redemption, the sequel to the three-time Academy Award nominated 2014 film.

His work in Scandinavia and Europe include Hans Peter Mollands' revenge comedy In Order of Disappearance, opposite Stellan Skarsgård, the Netflix show Lilyhammer, and Acts of Vengeance, alongside Antonio Banderas.

2017 saw him starring as lead opposite Clémentine Poidatz in the controversial drama Housewife from Turkish filmmaker Can Evrenol.

In 2018 he joined J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter Wizarding World, in David Yates' Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. Here he portrayed the role of Krall, a wizard and loyal follower of Johnny Depp's Grindelwald.

On the Televison side he has been a recurring on the Paul WS Anderson series Origin, Ridley Scott's Amazon series The Man in The High Castle, guest-starred in S.W.A.T. and been a season regular on the Danish TV series Hvide Sande & Grow.

His most recent work include The Doorman, from Japanese director Ryûhei Kitamura, starring opposite Jean Reno and Ruby Rose and Scandinavian fantasy film Wonderland Recoil.
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David Sakurai
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David Sakurai
Johnny Depp and David Sakurai in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)
David Sakurai in Dark Samurai (2014)
David Sakurai in Dark Samurai (2014)
David Sakurai in Dark Samurai (2014)
David Sakurai in Dark Samurai (2014)
David Sakurai in Dark Samurai (2014)

Known for

Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Dan Fogler, William Nadylam, Alison Sudol, Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Claudia Kim, Zoë Kravitz, Ezra Miller, and Callum Turner in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
6.5
  • Krall
  • 2018
The Man in the High Castle (2015)
The Man in the High Castle
7.9
TV Series
  • Colonel Saito
Finn Jones and Anand Bhatt in Iron Fist (2017)
Iron Fist
6.4
TV Series
  • Scythe
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Avatar: The Last Airbender
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Actor

  • Fishy
    • Pre-production
  • Avatar: The Last Airbender
    • Post-production
  • Koyuki
    • Pre-production
  • Lion-Girl
  • Sisse Marie and Melanie Beckendorff-Leavens in Wonderland Recoil (2022)
    Wonderland Recoil
  • Carsten Bjørnlund and Marie Bach Hansen in Hvide Sande (2021)
    Hvide Sande
  • Jean Reno and Ruby Rose in The Doorman (2020)
    The Doorman
  • Andreas Jessen and Sebastian Jessen in Alfa (2020)
    Alfa
  • Shemar Moore in S.W.A.T. (2017)
    S.W.A.T.
  • The Man in the High Castle (2015)
    The Man in the High Castle
  • Origin (2018)
    Origin
  • Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Dan Fogler, William Nadylam, Alison Sudol, Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Claudia Kim, Zoë Kravitz, Ezra Miller, and Callum Turner in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)
    Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
  • Samuel Hunt in Unbroken: Path to Redemption (2018)
    Unbroken: Path to Redemption
  • David Sakurai in The Butcher (2018)
    The Butcher
  • Antonio Banderas in Acts of Vengeance (2017)
    Acts of Vengeance
  • Le Accelerator (2017)
    Le Accelerator
  • Housewife (2017)
    Housewife
  • Finn Jones and Anand Bhatt in Iron Fist (2017)
    Iron Fist

Producer

  • Space Drummer
  • Child of Night
    • Pre-production
  • Koyuki
    • Pre-production
  • Kristina Korsholm in Lionesse (2022)
    Lionesse
  • Shaky González, David Sakurai, and Katinka Elmin Danielsen in Echoes of a Ronin (2014)
    Echoes of a Ronin
  • Ud af mørket (2012)
    Ud af mørket
  • Hapa
  • Love Is Vengeance (2010)
    Love Is Vengeance
  • Wasteland Tales (2010)
    Wasteland Tales
    • (segment I Barbari Dei Cph)

Writer

  • Child of Night
    • Pre-production
  • Koyuki
    • Pre-production
  • Kristina Korsholm in Lionesse (2022)
    Lionesse
  • Shaky González, David Sakurai, and Katinka Elmin Danielsen in Echoes of a Ronin (2014)
    Echoes of a Ronin
  • Ud af mørket (2012)
    Ud af mørket
  • Hapa
  • Wasteland Tales (2010)
    Wasteland Tales
    • (segment I Barbari Dei Cph)
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David Sakurai Action Demo
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David Sakurai Action Demo
Official Trailer
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Official Trailer
Unbroken: Path to Redemption
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Unbroken: Path to Redemption
Housewife
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Housewife
Liza, the foxfairy
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Liza, the foxfairy

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    • July 19
    • Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Kristina Korsholm2021 - present
  • Other works
    Appears in the Danish music video "Lad mig leve" by Ali Kazim.
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    • 2 Interviews
    • 1 Article
    • 1 Pictorial

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    His father is Japanese and his mother is Danish.
    • Athletic stunt skills

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