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Yasuaki Kurata

Yasuaki Kurata

Actor · Born 1946-03-20 · Niihari, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan

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Biography

Yasuaki Kurata (born March 20, 1946), a.k.a David Kurata, is a Japanese actor specializing in action movies. An accomplished martial artist, he has dan ranks in karate (5th degree), judo (3rd degree), and aikido (2nd degree). He is perhaps best known for his extended battle against Jet Li in Fist of Legend and for his villainous role in So Close. He is fluent in Cantonese. Kurata's home town is Sakura-mura, Niihari District, Ibaraki (now part of Tsukuba). Having studied performing arts at Nihon University and Toei Theater School, he began to work as an actor in the late 1960s. In 1971, Kurata made his Hong Kong debut in the Shaw Brothers Studio kung-fu movie Angry Guest  . Since then he has appeared in numerous other films and TV series within the genre. In addition to his work as an actor, Kurata runs the stunt agency Kurata Promotion (established 1976 under the name Kurata Action Club),  teaches at a private college (the University of Creation, Art, Music & Social Work),  is chief advisor to the All Japan Nunchaku League, and in 2004 published a book, Hong Kong Action Star Kōyūroku. Description above from the Wikipedia article Yasuaki Kurata, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list …

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Police Story (1985) — Passerby (uncredited)
  2. Fist of Legend (1994) — Fuimo Funakoshi
  3. Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen (2010) — Chikaraishis Vater
  4. Blood: The Last Vampire (2009) — Kato Takatora
  5. Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985) — Takei
  6. Shinjuku Incident (2009) — Taro Watagawa
  7. So Close (2002) — Master
  8. Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars (1985) — Parachute Assassin
  9. Manhunt (2017) — Hideo Sakaguchi
  10. Eastern Condors (1987) — Vietnamese Captain
  11. Iceman: The Time Traveler (2018) — Bei Tiao
  12. God of War (2017) — Kumasawa
  13. Golden Job (2018) — Morimoto
  14. The Return of Sister Street Fighter (1975) — Go Kurosaki
  15. Heroes of the East (1978) — Takeno
  16. The Seventh Curse (1986) — Captain Ho
  17. Millionaires' Express (1986) — Japanese Ninja
  18. Aces Go Places II (1983) — Bull
  19. The Wrath of Vajra (2013) — Amano Kawao
  20. The Last Tycoon (2012)
  21. The Brink (2017) — Chen Ding-Kui
  22. Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by a Thread (1974) — Shunsuke Tsubaki
  23. The Executioner (1974) — Kurayamada
  24. GARO (2005) — Sonshi
  25. Bloodfight (1989) — Masahiko Kai
  26. The Empty Hands (2017) — Akira Hirakawa
  27. Legend of a Fighter (1982) — Teacher Kong Ho San
  28. Fist of Unicorn (1973) — Sun
  29. Eijanaika (1981) — Hanjiro
  30. Dragon Princess (1976) — Masahiko Okizaki
  31. Samouraïs (2002) — Fujiwara Morio
  32. Enter the Clones of Bruce (2023) — Self
  33. The King of Boxers (1972) — Tu Pien
  34. Sword of Blood (2011) — Genjiro Mishima
  35. The Angry Guest (1972) — Katsu
  36. Four Riders (1972) — Lei Tai
  37. BLACKFOX: Age of the Ninja (2019) — Hyoe Isurugi
  38. Conman in Tokyo (2000) — Tetsuo
  39. Fat Buddies (2018)
  40. Zodiac Killers (1991) — Ishikawa (cameo)