Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 20, 1946
Place of Birth
Niihari, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
Credits
119 titles
Yasuaki Kurata
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 of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
The Living Dragon
Ninja Wars: BlackFox vs Shogun's Ninja
Hyoe Isurugi
Enter the Clones of Bruce
Self
Pandora's Box
Hiroshi Kuroki
Warriors Within
武田寬
BLACKFOX: Age of the Ninja
Hyoe Isurugi
Yasuragi no Toki: Michi
Iceman: The Time Traveler
Bei Tiao
Fat Buddies
Golden Job
Morimoto
The Great Adventurer Wesley
藤原龙太
The Brink
Chen Ding-Kui
Manhunt
Hideo Sakaguchi
The Empty Hands
Akira Hirakawa
The One
新右卫门大师
God of War
Kumasawa
KIRI – Profession: Assassin
Saburi
The Wrath of Vajra
Amano Kawao
The Last Tycoon
Sword of Blood
Genjiro Mishima
Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen
Chikaraishis Vater
Blood: The Last Vampire
Kato Takatora
Shinjuku Incident
Taro Watagawa
GoGo Sentai Boukenger The Movie: The Greatest Precious
Kouichi Akashi
Origin: Spirits of the Past
Producer
Legend of Seven Monks
Santoku
Dragon Get Angry
GARO
Sonshi
The Royal Swordsmen
柳生但马守
Fights of Fury
Anna in Kungfu-land
Sword Shek
Yellow Dragon
Gouzaburo "Go" Azuma
Samouraïs
Fujiwara Morio
So Close
Master
Dark War
Chang
Conman in Tokyo
Tetsuo
Ginza Midnight Story — Utopia 2
Ginza Midnight Story — Utopia
Quiet Don 11
Fist Of Hero
横山十兵卫
Quiet Don 10
Quiet Don 9
Quiet Don 8
Quiet Don 7
Fist of Legend
Fuimo Funakoshi
The Fighting King
Quiet Don 6
Quiet Don 5
My Home Yakuza
Violent Island: Dirty Money Hijack