Actor
Yasuaki Kurata
March 20, 1946 · Niihari, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
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.
Notable work
7.6Police Story (1985)
as Passerby (uncredited)
7.5Fist of Legend (1994)
as Fuimo Funakoshi
6.8Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen (2010)
as Chikaraishis Vater
5.9Blood: The Last Vampire (2009)
as Kato Takatora
7.8Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
as Takei
6.7Shinjuku Incident (2009)
as Taro Watagawa
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