Yasuaki Kurata
Yasuaki Kurata is an actor, born 1946. Their work on CrossBinge spans TV and films, including GARO, with ratings and cross-media recommendations.
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…
Films (47)
- Fist of Legend (1994)
- Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars (1985)
- So Close (2002)
- Millionaires' Express (1986)
- Shinjuku Incident (2009)
- Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen (2010)
- Eastern Condors (1987)
- Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
- God of War (2017)
- Heroes of the East (1978)
- The Seventh Curse (1986)
- Manhunt (2017)
- Golden Job (2018)
- Blood: The Last Vampire (2009)
- Four Riders (1972)
- The Wrath of Vajra (2013)
- Aces Go Places II (1983)
- The Last Tycoon (2012)
- The Brink (2017)
- Conman in Tokyo (2000)
- The Return of Sister Street Fighter (1975)
- Bloodfight (1989)
- Seven Days War (1988)
- Legend of a Fighter (1982)
- The Angry Guest (1972)
- Eijanaika (1981)
- GoGo Sentai Boukenger The Movie: The Greatest Precious (2006)
- Zodiac Killers (1991)
- Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by a Thread (1974)
- Anna in Kungfu-land (2003)