Yasuaki Kurata

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1946-03-20 (79 years old)

Place of Birth

Niihari, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan

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 Stu...

Acting

2009

Blood: The Last Vampire

as Kato Takatora

2009

Shinjuku Incident

as Taro Watagawa

2002

Samouraïs

as Fujiwara Morio

1978

1989

Bloodfight

as Masahiko Kai

2002

So Close

as Master

1988

1994

Fist of Legend

as Fuimo Funakoshi

1982

Legend of a Fighter

as Teacher Kong Ho San

1987

Eastern Condors

as Vietnamese Captain

1986

A Book of Heroes

as Yamashita sensei

1973

Knight Errant

as Tetsuro

1973

1973

1974

Call Me Dragon

as Panther / Leopard Head

2011

Sword of Blood

as Genjiro Mishima

1972

1974

1976

Dragon Princess

as Masahiko Okizaki

1988

Carry On Hotel

as Tomohara

1972

Tiger

as Tze Chiang

1978

Edge of Fury

as Mr King

1985

Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars

as Parachute Assassin

1986

Millionaires' Express

as Japanese Ninja

1986

The Seventh Curse

as Captain Ho

1974

The Executioner

as Karate teacher

1972

1991

Zodiac Killers

as Ishikawa (cameo)

1972

Four Riders

as Lei Tai

1973

1983

Deadly Life of a Ninja

as Iga Ninja Leader

1981

Ninja In The Deadly Trap

as Shi Ping-Wei, the Ninja Leader

1972

1981

Why Not?

as Hanjiro

2017

The One

as 新右卫门大师

1989

1977

Secret of the Shaolin Poles

as Tiger Lei (as Shoji Kurada)

1980

The Magnificent 3

as Japanese tourist

1973

Black Panther

as Chang Hui-Feng

1985

Police Story

as Passerby (uncredited)

2013

The Wrath of Vajra

as Amano Kawao

2003

Anna in Kungfu-land

as Sword Shek

1981

2001

Dark War

as Chang

1973

Kung Fu Inferno

as Chiang Hung

2017

God of War

as Kumasawa

2017

The Brink

as Chen Ding-Kui

1983

Crisis

as Chairman Sun Shao Hung

2017

Manhunt

as Hideo Sakaguchi

2017

The Empty Hands

as Akira Hirakawa

2000

1972

The Prodigal Boxer

as Iron Hand Tan

1973

2018

Golden Job

as Morimoto

1973

Seven to One

as Nightclub Singer / Killer

1973

Win Them All

as Iron Fingers

2003

Yellow Dragon

as Gouzaburo "Go" Azuma

1974

1975

Fighting Dragon

as Lung Yen Fei (Dragon)

1977

2019

Production

2003

Yellow Dragon

as Writer

2003

Yellow Dragon

as Executive Producer

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