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Yasuaki Kurata

Yasuaki Kurata

Acting
20 Mar 1946 (80 years)
Niihari, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan

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...

Also Known As

Kurata Yasuaki, David Kurata , Bruce Lo, یاسوآکی کوراتا

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