Kurata Yasuaki

Kurata Yasuaki

Kurata Yasuaki (倉田保昭) was born on March 20, 1946. Kurata Yasuaki movies and tv shows: Manhunt 2017 (Hong Kong), God of War 2017 (China), Shinjuku Incident 2009 (Hong Kong), Fist of Fury 2 1979 (Hong Kong)...

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First Name: Yasuaki
Family Name: Kurata
Native Name: 倉田保昭
Nationality: Japanese
Gender: Male
Born: March 20, 1946
Age: 72
Kurata Yasuaki is a Japanese actor specializing in action movies. An accomplished martial artist, he has dan ranks in karate (7th 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. He also met Bruce Lee during his career.the best fight with Chen sing in the rage of the wind lasted more the 10 minutes ,
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, Kurata made his Hong Kong debut in the Shaw Brothers Studio kung-fu movie Angry Guest. Since then he has appeared in numerous other films and TV series within the genre.
In addition to his work as an actor, Kurata runs the stunt agency Kurata Promotion (established 1976 under the name Kurata Action Club),[2] teaches at a private college (the University of Creation, Art, Music & Social Work),[3] is chief advisor to the All Japan Nunchaku League,[4] and in 2004 published a book, Hong Kong Action Star Kōyūroku (香港アクションスター交友録?).[5] He is running karate dojos in Tokyo, Osaka and Hong Kong.