Yasuaki Kurata
Birthday
1946/03/20 (78 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Niihari, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
Also know as
Kurata Yasuaki, David Kurata , Bruce Lo, یاسوآکی کوراتا
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...Read more
Acting
(2009) Blood: The Last Vampire
as Kato Takatora
(1983) Aces Go Places II
as Bull
(2009) Shinjuku Incident
as Taro Watagawa
(1992) Quiet Don 3
as ---
(1992) Quiet Don 4
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(1993) Quiet Don 5
as ---
(1993) Quiet Don 6
as ---
(1995) Quiet Don 7
as ---
(1996) Quiet Don 9
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(1996) Quiet Don 10
as ---
(1985) Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
as Takei (segment "Kyoko's House")
(2002) Samouraïs
as Fujiwara Morio
(1978) Heroes of the East
as Takeno
(1989) Bloodfight
as Masahiko Kai
(2002) So Close
as Master
(1994) The Fighting King
as ---
(1991) The Devil's Messenger DEATH MESSENGER
as ---
(2010) Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen
as Chikaraishis Vater
(1988) Seven Days War
as Sakai
(1994) Fist of Legend
as Fuimo Funakoshi
(1982) Legend of a Fighter
as Teacher Kong Ho San
(1987) Eastern Condors
as Vietnamese Captain
(2000) Ginza Midnight Story - Utopia 2
as ---
(1986) A Book of Heroes
as Yamashita sensei
(1973) Knight Errant
as Tetsuro
(1973) Ferocious to Ferocious
as Yamada
(1984) Ninja Thunderbolt
as ---
(1973) Kung Fu Powerhouse
as Tiger
(1973) Fist of Unicorn
as Sun
(1974) Call Me Dragon
as Panther / Leopard Head
(1983) Kanei Command Performance
as ---
(2011) Sword of Blood
as Genjiro Mishima
(2023) Enter the Clones of Bruce
as Self
(1972) The Angry Guest
as Katsu
(1974) Little Godfather from Hong Kong
as Sakada (Chong)
(1976) Dragon Princess
as Masahiko Okizaki
(2012) The Last Tycoon
as ---
(2006) GoGo Sentai Boukenger The Movie: The Greatest Precious
as Kouichi Akashi
(1988) Carry on Hotel
as Tomohara
(1972) Tiger
as Tze Chiang
(1978) Edge of Fury
as Mr King
(1996) Quiet Don 8
as ---
(2000) Quiet Don 11
as ---
(1985) Twinkle, Twinkle, Lucky Stars
as Parachute Assassin
(1986) Millionaires' Express
as Japanese Ninja
(1986) The Seventh Curse
as Captain Ho
(1974) The Executioner
as Karate teacher
(1972) The King of Boxers
as Tu Pien
(1973) A Gathering of Heroes
as ---
(1991) Zodiac Killers
as Ishikawa (cameo)
(1972) Four Riders
as Lei Tai
(2006) Legend of Seven Monks
as ---
(1973) A Girl Called Tigress
as Chiau Kung
(1983) Deadly Life of a Ninja
as Iga Ninja Leader
(1981) Ninja In The Deadly Trap
as Shi Ping-Wei, the Ninja Leader
(1972) Kung Fu: The Invisible Fist
as Cpt. Jai Tai
(1981) Why Not?
as Hanjiro
(2017) The One
as 新右卫门大师
(1989) Above the War
as Cook
(1977) Secret of the Shaolin Poles
as Tiger Lei (as Shoji Kurada)
(2015) KIRI – Profession: Assassin
as Saburi
(1980) The Magnificent 3
as Japanese tourist
(1973) Black Panther
as Chang Hui-Feng
(1976) Which Is Stronger, Karate or the Tiger?
as Ryuzaki Tetsuji
(1985) Police Story
as Passerby (uncredited)
(2013) The Wrath of Vajra
as Amano Kawao
(2003) Anna in Kungfu-land
as Sword Shek
Fight! Dragon (TV Pilot) - Dragon Flies to Hong Kong.
as Ryuma Shiranui (Dragon)
(1973) The Unsubdued Furies
as ---
(1981) Shaolin Fighters vs. Ninja
as Lonely Winner
(2001) Dark War
as Chang
(1973) Kung Fu Inferno
as Chiang Hung
(1981) The Legend of the Owl
as ---
(2017) God of War
as Kumasawa
(2017) The Brink
as Chen Ding-Kui
(1983) Crisis
as Chairman Sun Shao Hung
(1975) Fists for Revenge
as ---
(1975) The Golden Triangle
as ---
(1976) Young Hero of Shaolin
as ---
(1975) The Return of Sister Street Fighter
as Go Kurosaki
(2017) Manhunt
as Hideo Sakaguchi
(2005) Dragon Get Angry
as ---
(2017) The Empty Hands
as Akira Hirakawa
(1974) Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by a Thread
as Shunsuke Tsubaki
(2018) Iceman: The Time Traveler
as Bei Tiao
(2000) Conman in Tokyo
as Tetsuo
(1972) The Prodigal Boxer
as Iron Hand Tan
(1973) Rage of Wind
as Taka
(2018) Fat Buddies
as ---
(2018) Golden Job
as Morimoto
(1973) Seven to One
as Nightclub Singer / Killer
(1973) Win Them All
as Iron Fingers
(1981) Seed of Evil
as ---
(1974) Fatal Strike
as ---
(2000) Ginza Midnight Story - Utopia
as ---
(1973) Gold Snatchers
as ---
(2003) Yellow Dragon
as Gouzaburo "Go" Azuma
(1974) The Fists of Vengeance
as Kiro-san
(1975) Fighting Dragon
as Lung Yen Fei (Dragon)
(1977) V.I.P.
as ---
(1984) To Catch a Thief
as ---
(1983) Impossible Woman
as ---
(2019) Black Fox: Age of the Ninja
as Hyoe Isurugi
(1992) Violent Island: Dirty Money Hijack
as ---
(2021) Pandora's Box
as Hiroshi Kuroki
(2005) GARO
as Sonshi
(2018) The Great Adventurer Wesley
as ---
(2020) Warriors Within
as 武田寬
(1999) Fist Of Hero
as 横山十兵卫
(2019) Yasuragi no Toki: Michi
as ---
(2018) The Great Adventurer Wesley: Mind Port
as ---
(2020) Warriors Within
as ---
(1974) Fight! Dragon!
as Dragon
(1982) Gメン'82
as ---