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
Kato Takatora
Blood: The Last Vampire
Bull
最佳拍檔大顯神通
Taro Watagawa
新宿事件
静かなるドン３
静かなるドン9
静かなるドン４
静かなるドン7
静かなるドン５
静かなるドン10
静かなるドン6
Takei
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Fujiwara Morio
Samouraïs
Takeno
中華丈夫
Masahiko Kai
Bloodfight
Master
夕陽天使
ザ・格闘王
死神の使者 ＤＥAＴＨ ＭＥＳＳＥＮＧＥＲ
Chikaraishis Vater
精武風雲
Sakai
ぼくらの七日間戦争
Fuimo Funakoshi
精武英雄
Teacher Kong Ho San
霍元甲
Vietnamese Captain
東方秃鷹
Ginza Midnight Story - Utopia 2
Yamashita sensei
Huan le long hu bang
Tetsuro
英雄本色
Yamada
Hen dui hen
至尊神偷
Tiger
死對頭
Sun
麒麟掌
Panther / Leopard Head
Shen long xiao hu chuang jiang hu
Kan'ei Gozen Shiai
Genjiro Mishima
レッド・ティアーズ
Self
Enter the Clones of Bruce
Katsu
惡客
Sakada (Chong)
香港小教父
Masahiko Okizaki
必殺女拳士
大上海
Kouichi Akashi
轟轟戦隊ボウケンジャーTHE MOVIE 最強のプレシャス
Tomohara
金裝大酒店
Tze Chiang
Pa Shan Hu
Mr King
撈家撈女撈上撈
静かなるドン11
静かなるドン８
Parachute Assassin
夏日福星
Japanese Ninja
富貴列車
Captain Ho
原振俠與衛斯理
Karate teacher
直撃! 地獄拳
Tu Pien
小拳王
A Gathering of Heroes
Ishikawa (cameo)
極道追踪
Lei Tai
四騎士
マスター・オブ・サンダー 決戦!!封魔龍虎伝
Chiau Kung
雙面女煞星
Iga Ninja Leader
亡命忍者
Shi Ping-Wei, the Ninja Leader
术士神传
Cpt. Jai Tai
餓虎狂龍
Hanjiro
ええじゃないか
新右卫门大师
绝世高手
Cook
Above the War
Tiger Lei (as Shoji Kurada)
Fang Shi Yu da po mei hua zhuang
Saburi
KIRI 「職業・殺し屋。」外伝
Japanese tourist
懲罰
Chang Hui-Feng
Hei bao
Ryuzaki Tetsuji
武闘拳 猛虎激殺！
Passerby (uncredited)
警察故事
Amano Kawao
金刚王
Sword Shek
安娜與武林
Ryuma Shiranui (Dragon)
Fight! Dragon (TV Pilot) - Dragon Flies to Hong Kong.
怒雙衝冠
Lonely Winner
飛刀‧又見飛刀
Chang
暗鬥
Chiang Hung
Qiang Zhong Shou
貓頭鷹
Kumasawa
荡寇风云
Chen Ding-Kui
狂獸
Chairman Sun Shao Hung
黑玫瑰
大追踪
金三角龍虎門
傳奇方世玉
Go Kurosaki
帰って来た女必殺拳
Hideo Sakaguchi
追捕
天煞孤星
Akira Hirakawa
空手道
Shunsuke Tsubaki
女必殺拳 危機一発
Bei Tiao
冰封侠：时空行者
Tetsuo
中華賭俠
Iron Hand Tan
方世玉
Taka
Meng Hu Xia Shan
胖子行动队
Morimoto
黃金兄弟
Nightclub Singer / Killer
女英雄飛車奪寶
Iron Fingers
大小通吃
孽種
Liang hu e dou
Ginza Midnight Story - Utopia
Hu quan
Gouzaburo "Go" Azuma
黄龍 イエロードラゴン
Kiro-san
除暴
Lung Yen Fei (Dragon)
神拳飛龍
Bandit-bandit international
至尊神偷
Fei yan zou bi
Hyoe Isurugi
ブラックフォックス エイジ オブ ザ ニンジャ
暴力列島 ダーティーマネージャック
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
104
Gender
Male
Birthday
1946-03-20
Place of Birth
Niihari, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
Also Known As
Kurata Yasuaki