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
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Born
Mar 20, 1946
Niihari, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
Known For
Acting
Movies
108 acting
3 crew
Popularity
2.4
Known For
Police Story
1985
as Passerby (uncredited)
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
1985
as Takei
Fist of Legend
1994
as Fuimo Funakoshi
Blood: The Last Vampire
2009
as Kato Takatora
Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars
1985
as Parachute Assassin
Shinjuku Incident
2009
as Taro Watagawa
So Close
2002
as Master
Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen
2010
as Chikaraishis Vater
God of War
2017
as Kumasawa
Manhunt
2017
as Hideo Sakaguchi
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