Yasuaki Kurata
Birthday: 1946-03-20 | Place of Birth: Niihari, Ibaraki Prefecture, JapanYasuaki 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
Acting
Role
as Hiroshi Kuroki
as Bei Tiao
as Saburi
as Amano Kawao
as Chikaraishis Vater
as Kato Takatora
as Taro Watagawa
as Kouichi Akashi
as Master
as Tetsuo
as Fuimo Funakoshi
as Cook
as Masahiko Kai
as Bull
as Iga Ninja Leader
as Teacher Kong Ho San
as Shi Ping-Wei, the Ninja Leader
as Takeno
as Tiger Lei (as Shoji Kurada)
as Masahiko Okizaki
as Go Kurosaki
as Sakada (Chong)
as Chiau Kung
as Lei Tai
as Tu Pien
