India, Oct. 9 -- The upcoming adaptation of Street Fighter, directed by Kitao Sakurai, completely flips how the big screen has viewed the iconic video game so far. The film is a more over-the-top, goofy, game-faithful adaptation that captures the eccentricities of the video game and its era - the 90s. In a candid conversation with Hindustan Times, director Kitao opens up on taking this tone for the game and what he hopes to achieve with it.

Kitao says he wanted the viewer to feel as if they were playing Street Fighter 2 while watching the film. He tells us, "I really wanted to have a very accurate expression of the feeling of the game, especially Street Fighter 2, and what it felt like growing up in the 90s playing Street Fighter. It has...