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Yasuaki Kurata

Yasuaki Kurata

Actor

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.

Born: March 20, 1946 (Age 78) in Niihari, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan

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Yasuaki Kurata  Movies & TV Credits

Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
Movie
5.1
ActorKato Takatora2009
Movie
6.5
ActorBull1983
Movie
6.8
ActorTaro Watagawa2009
Movie
8.1
ActorTakei (segment "Kyoko's House")1985
Movie
3.2
ActorFujiwara Morio2002
Movie
7.4
ActorTakeno1978
Movie
4.4
ActorMasahiko Kai1989
Movie
6.8
ActorMaster2002
Movie
7.7
ActorFuimo Funakoshi1994
Movie
6.3
ActorChikaraishis Vater2010
Movie
6.2
ActorSakai1988
Movie
7.1
ActorTeacher Kong Ho San1982
Movie
7.2
ActorVietnamese Captain1987
Movie
ActorYamashita sensei1986
Movie
6.1
ActorSun1973
Movie
5.8
ActorKatsu1972
Movie
5.9
ActorAmano Kawao2013
Movie
6.7
ActorJapanese Ninja1986
Movie
6.1
ActorParachute Assassin1985
Movie
6.6
ActorCaptain Ho1986
Movie
5.2
ActorIshikawa (cameo)1991
Movie
5.1
ActorIga Ninja Leader1983
Movie
6.6
ActorHanjiro1981
Movie
4.2
ActorSword Shek2003
Movie
5.2
ActorLonely Winner1981
Movie
6.2
ActorKumasawa2017
Movie
6.4
ActorGo Kurosaki1975
Movie
5
ActorHideo Sakaguchi2017
Movie
4.2
ActorBei Tiao2018
Movie
5.3
ActorTetsuo2000
Movie
5.6
ActorIron Hand Tan1972
Movie
5.9
ActorMasahiko Okizaki1976
Movie
5.7
ActorChen Ding-Kui2017
Movie
5.8
ActorAkira Hirakawa2017
Movie
6.4
ActorShunsuke Tsubaki1974
Movie
3.8
Actor1984
Movie
6.3
ActorShi Ping-Wei, the Ninja Leader1981
Movie
4.5
ActorGenjiro Mishima2011
Movie
5.9
ActorLei Tai1972
Movie
5.8
ActorMorimoto2018
Movie
4.1
Actor2018
Movie
5.6
ActorTomohara1988
Movie
7
Actor1976
Movie
6
ActorPanther / Leopard Head1974
Movie
5.5
Actor1975
Movie
ActorTiger Lei (as Shoji Kurada)1977
Movie
ActorSakada (Chong)1974
Movie
5.8
ActorNightclub Singer / Killer1973
Movie
ActorTetsuro1973
Movie
7
Actor1981
Movie
5.2
ActorChang2001
Movie
5.9
ActorRyuzaki Tetsuji1976
Movie
4.7
ActorCook1989
Movie
6.2
ActorChiang Hung1973
Movie
5.3
ActorTze Chiang1972
Movie
4.6
ActorChairman Sun Shao Hung1983
Movie
5.8
ActorSaburi2015
Movie
ActorTu Pien1972
Movie
Actor1973
Movie
6.5
ActorChang Hui-Feng1973
Movie
4.4
Actor1975
Movie
4.6
Actor1973
Movie
6.4
ActorMr King1978
Movie
Actor2006
Movie
5.2
ActorChiau Kung1973
Movie
ActorIron Fingers1973
Movie
Actor1981
Movie
5.9
Actor1974
Movie
5.1
ActorJapanese tourist1980
Movie
5.8
Actor1973
Movie
ActorKiro-san1974
Movie
5.5
ActorLung Yen Fei (Dragon)1975
Movie
Actor1977
Movie
6.2
Actor1972
Movie
Actor1982
Movie
4.8
ActorHyoe Isurugi2019
Movie
Actor1992
Movie
6.2
ActorYamada1973
Movie
6.5
ActorKarate teacher1974
Movie
5.9
Actor1973
Movie
5.2
Actor新右卫门大师2017
Movie
6.9
ActorTiger1973
Movie
7.1
ActorSelf2023
Movie
6.4
Actor2012
Movie
7.7
ActorPasserby1985
Movie
ActorRyuma Shiranui (Dragon)
TV Show
7.3
ActorDragon
26 Episodes
1974-1974
TV Show
ActorHiroshi Kuroki
12 Episodes
2021
TV Show
7.3
ActorSonshi
25 Episodes
2005-2020
TV Show
Actor50 Episodes2019-2020
TV Show
7.9
Actor20 Episodes2020-2020
TV Show
7.9
Actor武田寬
20 Episodes
2020-2020
Short Film
7.5
ActorKouichi Akashi2006
Movie
Actor1983
Limited Series
6.3
Actor柳生但马守
35 Episodes
2005
Movie
6.5
ProductionProducer2006
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