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2014 Future Fighters (in production)
Mikoto
 
2012 The Last Tycoon
Nishino
 
2011 Monster Killer
Genjiro Mishima
 
2010 Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen
Tsuyoshi Chikaraishi
 
2009 Blood: The Last Vampire
Kato Takatora
 
2009 Shinjuku Incident
Taro Watagawa
 
2006 GoGo Sentai Boukenger the Movie: The Greatest Precious
Kouichi Akashi
 
2006 Legend of Seven Monks
Santoku a bonze
 
2003 An Na yu wu lin
 
2003 Yellow Dragon
Gouzaburo "Go" Azuma
 
2002 So Close
Master
 
2002 Samurai
Commissaire Fujiwara Morio
 
2001 An dou
Chang
 
2000 Chung wah do hap
Tetsuo
 
1998 Hero of Shanghai (TV series)
Samurai Leader
 
1995 Yami gorufâ 2: Ougon no patâ (video)
 
1994 Fist of Legend
Fuimo Funakoshi
 
1993 My Home Yakuza
 
1993 The Fighting King
Tachibana
 
1992 Shizukanaru Don 2 (video)
Koshiro Inokubi
 
1991 Ji dao zhui zong
Ishikawa (Guest star)
 
1991 Shizukanaru Don (video)
Koshiro Inokubi
 
1989 Final Fight
Masahiro Kai
 
1989 Above the War
Cook
 
1988 Bokura no nanoka-kan sensô
Sakai
 
1988 Jin zhuang da jiu dian
Tomohara
 
1987 Eastern Condors
General's elite soldier
 
1987 A Book of Heroes
Yamashita sensei (as Kurata Yoshiaki)
 
1986 Lost in the Wilderness
Hirayama
 
1986 Foo gwai lit che
Samurai
 
1986 Yuan Zhen-Xia yu Wei Si-Li
Captain Ho
 
1985 Xia ri fu xing
Japanese Assassin
 
1985 Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Takei (segment "Kyoko's House")
 
1984 Ninja Thunderbolt
 
1983 Part 2, Mad Mission: Aces Go Places
Bull
 
1983 Hei mei gui
 
1983 Deadly Life of a Ninja
Ninja leader (as Chong Ti Bo-Chu)
 
1982 Fei yan zou bi
 
1982 Huo Yuan-Jia
Chiang Ho-Shan
 
1981 Shanghai Massacre
 
1981 Mao tou ying
Chong Tin - Knight's master
 
1981 Shaolin Fighters vs. Ninja
The Lonely Winner (as Y. Kurata)
 
1981 Why Not?
Hanjiro
 
1981 Tai lu ge da tu sha
 
1981 Shu shi shen chuan
Shi Ping-Wei, the Ninja Leader (as Tsang Tyan)
 
1980 Qing jie
 
1978 Heroes of the East
Takeno, Japanese ninjutsu expert
 
1978 Lao gu lao nu lao shang lao
Mr. King
 
1977 Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari kôen mae hashutsujo
 
1977 Prodigal Boxer 2
Tiger Lei (as Shoji Kurada)
 
1977 G-Men '75 (TV series)
– Episode #1.104 (1977)
 
1977 The Mad, the Mean, and the Deadly
 
1976 Sonny Chiba's Dragon Princess
Masahiko Okizaki
 
1976 Enter the Whirlwind Boxer
 
1975 The Golden Triangle (as Shoji Karada)
 
1975 Challenge Me Dragon
 
1975 The Return of the Sister Street Fighter
Go Kurosaki
 
1975 The Golden Triangle
 
1974 Executioner
Karate teacher
 
1974 Fight! Dragon (TV series)
Dragon
 
1974 The Godfather Squad
 
1974 The Fists of Vengeance
Kiro-san
 
1974 Fists for Revenge
Fan Te (as Cang Tian Bao Zhao)
 
1974 Call Me Dragon (as Kurata)
 
1974 Fatal Strike
 
1974 Lady Whirlwind Against the Rangers
Chang Piao
 
1974 Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by a Thread
Shunsuke Tsubaki
 
1974 Kung Fu Inferno
 
1973 Hu quan
Fang Ming
 
1973 The Black Panther
Chang Hui-Feng
 
1973 Win Them All
 
1973 Nu ying xiong fei che duo bao
Ling Chien
 
1973 Fang Shi Yu
Iron Fist Tan (as Tung Choi-Po)
 
1973 Gan jin sha jue
 
1973 Bruce Lee and I
Sun
 
1973 Knight Errant
Tetsuro
 
1973 Meng hu xia shan
Taka (as Kurata)
 
1973 Unsubdued Furies
 
1973 Si dui tou
Tiger
 
1973 A Girl Called Tigress
Chiau Kung
 
1973 Flash Challenger
 
1972 Si qi shi
Lei Tai (as Akira Kurata)
 
1972 Kung Fu, the Invincible Fist
Captain Jai Tai (as Cang Tian Bao Zhao)
 
1972 The Angry Guest
Katsu (as Kurata Yasuaki)
 
1972 Pa shan hu
 
1971 Xiao quan wang
Tu Pien (as Chaua Tieng Pao Chao)
 
1962 Chûgakusei nikki (TV series)
 
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2011 Monster Killer (executive producer, producer)
 
2006 Gin-iro no kami no Agito (producer)
 
2006 Legend of Seven Monks (producer)
 
2003 Yellow Dragon (executive producer - as David Kurata)
 
1989 Final Fight (producer)
 
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2003 Yellow Dragon (screenplay / story)
 
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1984 Ninja Thunderbolt (car stunts)
 

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Personal Details

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Alternate Names:

Chong Ti Bo-Chu | Tian Bao Zhao Cang | Chaua Tieng Pao Chao | Tieng Pao Chao Chaua | Tung Choi-Po | Shoji Karada | Shoji Kurada | Akira Kurata | David Kurata | Shoji Kurata | Y. Kurata | Yasuki Kurata | Yazuaki Kurata | Yusaki Kurata | Yusuaki Kurata | Yusuki Kurata | Kurata | Tsang Tyan | Kurata Yasuaki | Kurata Yoshiaki | Cang Tian Bao Zhao

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5' 8" (1.73 m)
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