Yasuaki Kurata

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: Acting

Born: Niihari, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, 1946-03-20

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1972	Tiger	Tze Chiang	0
2	1972	The Angry Guest	Katsu	57
3	1972	The Prodigal Boxer	Iron Hand Tan	61
4	1972	The King of Boxers	Tu Pien	58
5	1972	Kung Fu: The Invisible Fist	Cpt. Jai Tai	40
6	1972	Four Riders	Lei Tai	56
7	1973	Kung Fu Powerhouse	Tiger	0
8	1973	A Girl Called Tigress	Chiau Kung	65
9	1973	Kung Fu Inferno	Chiang Hung	40
10	1973	Rage of Wind	Taka	50
11	1973	Fist of Unicorn	Sun	44
12	1973	Knight Errant	Tetsuro	46
13	1973	A Gathering of Heroes		20
14	1973	Win Them All	Iron Fingers	45
15	1973	Seven to One	Nightclub Singer / Killer	70
16	1973	The Unsubdued Furies		40
17	1973	Black Panther	Chang Hui-Feng	40
18	1973	Gold Snatchers		62
19	1973	Ferocious to Ferocious	Yamada	0
20	1974	The Fists of Vengeance	Kiro-san	60
21	1974	Fatal Strike		100
22	1974	Call Me Dragon	Panther / Leopard Head	70
23	1974	Little Godfather from Hong Kong	Sakada (Chong)	70
24	1974	The Executioner	Karate teacher	66
25	1974	Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by a Thread	Shunsuke Tsubaki	64
26	1975	Fighting Dragon	Lung Yen Fei (Dragon)	0
27	1975	The Golden Triangle		60
28	1975	Fists for Revenge		0
29	1975	The Return of Sister Street Fighter	Go Kurosaki	64
30	1976	Dragon Princess	Masahiko Okizaki	58
31	1976	Young Hero of Shaolin		30
32	1976	Which Is Stronger, Karate or the Tiger?	Ryuzaki Tetsuji	70
33	1977	V.I.P.		80
34	1977	Secret of the Shaolin Poles	Tiger Lei (as Shoji Kurada)	55
35	1978	Edge of Fury	Mr King	62
36	1978	Heroes of the East	Takeno	73
37	1980	The Magnificent 3	Japanese tourist	45
38	1981	Ninja In The Deadly Trap	Shi Ping-Wei, the Ninja Leader	52
39	1981	Why Not?	Hanjiro	64
40	1981	Shaolin Fighters vs. Ninja	Lonely Winner	55
41	1981	Seed of Evil		0
42	1981	The Legend of the Owl		75
43	1982	Legend of a Fighter	Teacher Kong Ho San	64
44	1983	Deadly Life of a Ninja	Iga Ninja Leader	56
45	1983	Crisis	Chairman Sun Shao Hung	40
46	1983	Impossible Woman		0
47	1983	Kanei Command Performance		0
48	1983	Aces Go Places II	Bull	63
49	1984	Ninja Thunderbolt		66
50	1984	To Catch a Thief		0
51	1985	Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars	Parachute Assassin	66
52	1985	Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters	Takei	78
53	1985	Police Story	Passerby (uncredited)	76
54	1986	Millionaires' Express	Japanese Ninja	68
55	1986	A Book of Heroes	Yamashita sensei	63
56	1986	The Seventh Curse	Captain Ho	67
57	1987	Eastern Condors	Vietnamese Captain	73
58	1988	Carry On Hotel	Tomohara	48
59	1988	Seven Days War	Sakai	60
60	1989	Above the War	Cook	40
61	1989	Bloodfight	Masahiko Kai	58
62	1991	Zodiac Killers	Ishikawa (cameo)	46
63	1991	The Devil's Messenger DEATH MESSENGER		0
64	1992	Quiet Don 3		0
65	1992	Quiet Don 4		0
66	1992	Violent Island: Dirty Money Hijack		0
67	1993	Quiet Don 5		0
68	1993	Quiet Don 6		0
69	1994	The Fighting King		0
70	1994	Fist of Legend	Fuimo Funakoshi	75
71	1995	Quiet Don 7		0
72	1996	Quiet Don 8		0
73	1996	Quiet Don 9		0
74	1996	Quiet Don 10		0
75	2000	Quiet Don 11		0
76	2000	Ginza Midnight Story - Utopia		0
77	2000	Ginza Midnight Story - Utopia 2		0
78	2000	Conman in Tokyo	Tetsuo	58
79	2001	Dark War	Chang	30
80	2002	So Close	Master	69
81	2002	Samouraïs	Fujiwara Morio	34
82	2003	Yellow Dragon	Gouzaburo "Go" Azuma	48
83	2003	Anna in Kungfu-land	Sword Shek	42
84	2005	Dragon Get Angry		0
85	2006	Legend of Seven Monks		48
86	2006	GoGo Sentai Boukenger The Movie: The Greatest Precious	Kouichi Akashi	65
87	2009	Shinjuku Incident	Taro Watagawa	67
88	2009	Blood: The Last Vampire	Kato Takatora	58
89	2010	Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen	Chikaraishis Vater	68
90	2011	Sword of Blood	Genjiro Mishima	44
91	2012	The Last Tycoon		64
92	2013	The Wrath of Vajra	Amano Kawao	54
93	2015	KIRI – Profession: Assassin	Saburi	42
94	2017	God of War	Kumasawa	63
95	2017	The One	新右卫门大师	48
96		Fight! Dragon (TV Pilot) - Dragon Flies to Hong Kong.	Ryuma Shiranui (Dragon)	0
97	2017	The Empty Hands	Akira Hirakawa	60
98	2017	Manhunt	Hideo Sakaguchi	56
99	2017	The Brink	Chen Ding-Kui	57
100	2018	Golden Job	Morimoto	63
101	2018	Fat Buddies		55
102	2018	Iceman: The Time Traveler	Bei Tiao	66
103	2019	Black Fox: Age of the Ninja	Hyoe Isurugi	67
104	2023	Enter the Clones of Bruce	Self	79

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1974	Fight! Dragon!	Dragon	40
2	1982	Gメン'82		0
3	1999	Fist Of Hero	横山十兵卫	90
4	2005	GARO	Sonshi	79
5	2018	The Great Adventurer Wesley	藤原龙太	80
6	2018	The Great Adventurer Wesley: Mind Port		0
7	2019	Yasuragi no Toki: Michi		80
8	2020	Warriors Within	武田寬	0
9	2020	Warriors Within		0
10	2021	Pandora's Box	Hiroshi Kuroki	0

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