Yasuaki Kurata
Known For
Acting
Born
1946-03-20 in Niihari, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
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.
Most Known For
GARO
as Sonshi
Bloodfight
as Masahiko Kai
Yasuragi no Toki: Michi
The Great Adventurer Wesley
as 藤原龙太
Fist of Legend
as Fuimo Funakoshi
Police Story
as Passerby (uncredited)
Warriors Within
as 武田寬
Warriors Within
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
as Takei
Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen
as Chikaraishis Vater
Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars
as Parachute Assassin
Fight! Dragon!
as Dragon
So Close
as Master
Shinjuku Incident
as Taro Watagawa
Pandora's Box
as Hiroshi Kuroki
Eastern Condors
as Vietnamese Captain
Fist Of Hero
as 横山十兵卫
God of War
as Kumasawa
Millionaires' Express
as Japanese Ninja
Samouraïs
as Fujiwara Morio