Yasuaki Kurata profile
Actor profile

Yasuaki Kurata

20th March 1946 Niihari, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan Acting

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.

103 Movies 11 TV Shows 119 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Manhunt poster
Manhunt 19th November 2017 as Hideo Sakaguchi
The One poster
The One 26th June 2017 as 新右卫门大师
Crisis poster
Crisis 1st January 1983 as Chairman Sun Shao Hung
GARO poster
GARO 7th October 2005 as Sonshi