Directing
Kitao Sakurai
Born
1983-01-01 (43)
Place of birth
Kinugasa, Kyoto, Japan
Known for
Directing
Credits
22 titles
Kitao Sakurai (born 1983) is a Japanese-American actor, writer, producer, and film and television director. He is known for directing the 2021 Netflix film Bad Trip. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kitao Sakurai, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
6.4In 1993, estranged Street Fighters Ryu and Ken Masters are thrown back into combat when the mysterious Chun-Li recruits them for the next World Warrior Tournament: a brutal clash of fists, fate, and fury. But behind this battle royale lies a deadly conspiracy that forces them to face off against each other and the demons of their past. And if they don't, it's GAME OVER!
Street Fighter
2026
7.9A comedic talk show from an alternate reality featuring unstable hosts, a variety of celebrities—both real and fake—and unusual studio action.
The Eric Andre Show
2012
6.9An abortion clinic worker with a special heritage is called upon to save the existence of humanity from being negated by two renegade angels trying to exploit a loophole and re-enter Heaven.
Dogma
1999
6.1In this hidden-camera prank comedy, two best friends bond on a wild road trip to New York as they pull real people into their raunchy, raucous antics.
Bad Trip
2021
5.6A martial arts instructor comes to the defense of a schoolteacher who has taken a stand against a local white supremacist organization.
Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back
1995
NRHannibal Buress's first outing as a goat farmer in Moreauville, La., finds him alternately bored, grossed out, and exhausted, and his time on the line at a New Orleans diner is marked by broken eggs and dreams alike.
Unemployable
2015
Film credits
2010s · 4 titles
1.0When the owner of Hartman's Rock Club falls ill, his estranged family swoops into town to sell the club and collect the money. What they don't expect is a full-scale neighborhood rebellion by the eccentric musicians, drunks and drag queens that frequent the club.
We Are the Hartmans
2012
2.0A young man, reeling from a long-distance romance gone awry, spirals increasingly deeper into depression and desperation as he video chats with his close friends and gets involved with a New Age, Right-wing, domestic terrorist cell.
SkyDiver (Instructional Video #4: Preparation for Mission)
2010
7.5All his life, Leonard has dreamed of being a famous filmmaker, but he's better at making excuses than making art. A chance encounter with a wasted A-list movie star could be his lucky break. All he has to do is come up with $15,000 to join the actor at a luxury rehab facility, where their friendship can blossom into wealth and glory. Leonard checks into treatment under false pretences, but soon discovers that addiction comes in many forms.
Treatment
2011
5.9A blind man searches for answers after a horrific act of violence.
Aardvark
2010
1990s · 3 titles
6.9An abortion clinic worker with a special heritage is called upon to save the existence of humanity from being negated by two renegade angels trying to exploit a loophole and re-enter Heaven.
Dogma
1999
5.6A martial arts instructor comes to the defense of a schoolteacher who has taken a stand against a local white supremacist organization.
Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back
1995
7.7After her husband's death, Mrs. Hata desperately needs help on her cucumber farm. Rinko' mother wants her to spend the summer helping Mrs. Hata, her life-long friend. But 12-year-old Rinko sees Mrs. Hata's traditional Japanese ways as being backward and "crazy." When she gives in to her mother's request, she discovers Mrs. Hata is kind and courageous, fighting to save her farm. Before summer ends, RInko comes to appreciate and defend "crazy" Mrs. Hata.
The Best Bad Thing
1997
Series credits
Behind the camera
6.4In 1993, estranged Street Fighters Ryu and Ken Masters are thrown back into combat when the mysterious Chun-Li recruits them for the next World Warrior Tournament: a brutal clash of fists, fate, and fury. But behind this battle royale lies a deadly conspiracy that forces them to face off against each other and the demons of their past. And if they don't, it's GAME OVER!
Street Fighter
2026
6.4In 1993, estranged Street Fighters Ryu and Ken Masters are thrown back into combat when the mysterious Chun-Li recruits them for the next World Warrior Tournament: a brutal clash of fists, fate, and fury. But behind this battle royale lies a deadly conspiracy that forces them to face off against each other and the demons of their past. And if they don't, it's GAME OVER!
Street Fighter
2026
6.1In this hidden-camera prank comedy, two best friends bond on a wild road trip to New York as they pull real people into their raunchy, raucous antics.
Bad Trip
2021
6.1In this hidden-camera prank comedy, two best friends bond on a wild road trip to New York as they pull real people into their raunchy, raucous antics.
Bad Trip
2021
NRHannibal Buress's first outing as a goat farmer in Moreauville, La., finds him alternately bored, grossed out, and exhausted, and his time on the line at a New Orleans diner is marked by broken eggs and dreams alike.
Unemployable
2015
An act of violence in the shower room of a boy's prep school gets out of hand and all of the participants are traumatized.
Coda
2003
An act of violence in the shower room of a boy's prep school gets out of hand and all of the participants are traumatized.
Coda
2003
7.9To celebrate New Year's Eve, Eric does his talk show live in front of a studio audience.
The Eric Andre New Year's Eve Spooktacular
2012
7.9To celebrate New Year's Eve, Eric does his talk show live in front of a studio audience.
The Eric Andre New Year's Eve Spooktacular
2012
5.9A blind man searches for answers after a horrific act of violence.
Aardvark
2010
5.9A blind man searches for answers after a horrific act of violence.
Aardvark
2010
6.4A man escapes again and again as he’s pursued by pagan cultists in this sprawling episode of sublime and humanist surrealism produced as a pilot for Adult Swim.
The Passage
2018
6.4A man escapes again and again as he’s pursued by pagan cultists in this sprawling episode of sublime and humanist surrealism produced as a pilot for Adult Swim.
The Passage
2018