Yasuaki Kurata

ActorProducerWriter Mar 20 (age 80) Niihari, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan 1972–2026 (54 year career)

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Biography

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…

Known For

Film

Police Story

Passerby (uncredited)

Film

Fist of Legend

Fuimo Funakoshi

Film

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

Takei

Film

Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen

Chikaraishis Vater

Film

Shinjuku Incident

Taro Watagawa

Film

Origin: Spirits of the Past

Producer

Film

So Close

Master

Film

Blood: The Last Vampire

Kato Takatora

Filmography

Acting (115)

Movies (106)

Ninja Wars - Black Fox vs Shogun's Ninja

2026

Enter the Clones of Bruce

2023

as Self

7.9

BLACKFOX: Age of the Ninja

as Hyoe Isurugi

Golden Job

as Morimoto

Fat Buddies

Iceman: The Time Traveler

as Bei Tiao

God of War

as Kumasawa

Manhunt

as Hideo Sakaguchi

The One

as 新右卫门大师

The Empty Hands

as Akira Hirakawa

The Brink

as Chen Ding-Kui

KIRI – Profession: Assassin

as Saburi

The Wrath of Vajra

as Amano Kawao

The Last Tycoon

Sword of Blood

as Genjiro Mishima

Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen

2010

as Chikaraishis Vater

6.8

Shinjuku Incident

2009

as Taro Watagawa

6.7

Blood: The Last Vampire

2009

as Kato Takatora

5.8

GoGo Sentai Boukenger The Movie: The Greatest Precious

2006

as Kouichi Akashi

6.8

Legend of Seven Monks

Dragon Get Angry

Fights of Fury

Anna in Kungfu-land

as Sword Shek

Yellow Dragon

as Gouzaburo "Go" Azuma

So Close

as Master

Samouraïs

as Fujiwara Morio

Dark War

as Chang

Conman in Tokyo

as Tetsuo

Ginza Midnight Story — Utopia 2

2000

Quiet Don 11

2000

Ginza Midnight Story — Utopia

Quiet Don 8

Quiet Don 10

Quiet Don 9

Quiet Don 7

Fist of Legend

as Fuimo Funakoshi

The Fighting King

Quiet Don 5

Quiet Don 6

Quiet Don 4

Quiet Don 3

Violent Island: Dirty Money Hijack

1992

The Devil's Messenger DEATH MESSENGER

Zodiac Killers

as Ishikawa (cameo)

Bloodfight

as Masahiko Kai

Above the War

as Cook

Seven Days War

as Sakai

Carry On Hotel

as Tomohara

Eastern Condors

as Vietnamese Captain

7.3

Millionaires' Express

as Japanese Ninja

The Seventh Curse

as Captain Ho

A Book of Heroes

as Yamashita sensei

Police Story

as Passerby (uncredited)

7.5

Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars

1985

as Parachute Assassin

6.5

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

as Takei

Ninja Thunderbolt

To Catch a Thief

Impossible Woman

Aces Go Places II

as Bull

Deadly Life of a Ninja

1983

as Iga Ninja Leader

5.6

Crisis

1983

as Chairman Sun Shao Hung

3.0

Kanei Command Performance

1983

Legend of a Fighter

1982

as Teacher Kong Ho San

6.4

The Legend of the Owl

1981

7.3

Shaolin Fighters vs. Ninja

as Lonely Winner

Eijanaika

as Hanjiro

Ninja In The Deadly Trap

1981

as Shi Ping-Wei, the Ninja Leader

Seed of Evil

The Magnificent 3

as Japanese tourist

Heroes of the East

as Takeno

Edge of Fury

as Mr King

Secret of the Shaolin Poles

1977

as Tiger Lei (as Shoji Kurada)

V.I.P.

Dragon Princess

as Masahiko Okizaki

Which Is Stronger, Karate or the Tiger?

1976

as Ryuzaki Tetsuji

7.0

Young Hero of Shaolin

1976

2.8

The Return of Sister Street Fighter

1975

as Go Kurosaki

6.4

Fighting Dragon

1975

as Lung Yen Fei (Dragon)

The Golden Triangle

1975

6.0

Fists for Revenge

1975

The Fists of Vengeance

1974

as Kiro-san

6.0

Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by a Thread

as Shunsuke Tsubaki

The Executioner

as Kurayamada

Little Godfather from Hong Kong

as Sakada (Chong)

Fatal Strike

Call Me Dragon

as Panther / Leopard Head

Fist of Unicorn

as Sun

Seven to One

as Nightclub Singer / Killer

7.0

A Girl Called Tigress

as Chiau Kung

Rage of Wind

as Taka

Gold Snatchers

A Gathering of Heroes

Knight Errant

as Tetsuro

Win Them All

as Iron Fingers

Kung Fu Inferno

as Chiang Hung

Black Panther

as Chang Hui-Feng

Ferocious to Ferocious

1973

as Yamada

Kung Fu Powerhouse

1973

as Tiger

The Unsubdued Furies

The Angry Guest

as Katsu

The King of Boxers

as Tu Pien

Four Riders

as Lei Tai

Kung Fu: The Invisible Fist

as Cpt. Jai Tai

The Prodigal Boxer

as Iron Hand Tan

Tiger

as Tze Chiang

Fight! Dragon (TV Pilot) - Dragon Flies to Hong Kong.

as Ryuma Shiranui (Dragon)

Television (9)

Pandora's Box

2021

as Hiroshi Kuroki

Warriors Within

2020

Yasuragi no Toki: Michi

2019

8.0

The Great Adventurer Wesley

as 藤原龙太

GARO

as Sonshi

Fist Of Hero

as 横山十兵卫

Gメン'82

G-Men '75

as 草野刑事

Fight! Dragon!

1974

as Dragon

4.0

Crew (2)

Movies (2)

Origin: Spirits of the Past

Producer

Yellow Dragon

Writer