Yasuaki Kurata
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 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), teaches at a private college (the University of Creation, Art, Music & Social Work), is chief advisor to the All Japan Nunchaku League, and in 2004 published a book, Hong Kong Action Star Kōyūroku.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 7.651 |
| Birthday | 1946-03-20 |
| Place of Birth | Niihari, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan |
| Also Known As | Kurata Yasuaki, 倉田保昭, 仓田保昭, David Kurata , Bruce Lo, |
2009
Blood: The Last Vampire
5.858/377
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1983
Aces Go Places II
6.3/49
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Aces Go Places II
2009
Shinjuku Incident
6.702/277
A simple Chinese immigrant wages a perilous war against one of the most powerful criminal organizations on the planet.
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Shinjuku Incident
1992
Quiet Don 3
0/0
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1996
Quiet Don 9
0/0
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Quiet Don 9
1992
Quiet Don 4
0/0
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Quiet Don 4
1995
Quiet Don 7
0/0
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Quiet Don 7
1993
Quiet Don 5
0/0
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1996
Quiet Don 10
0/0
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Quiet Don 10
1993
Quiet Don 6
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Quiet Don 6
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Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
7.8/279
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2002
Samouraïs
3.5/12
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Heroes of the East
7.313/56
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1989
Bloodfight
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Bloodfight
2002
So Close
6.876/226
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So Close
1994
The Fighting King
0/0
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1991
The Devil's Messenger DEATH MESSENGER
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2010
Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen
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Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen
1988
Seven Days War
6/2
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Seven Days War
1994
Fist of Legend
7.491/528
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Fist of Legend
1982
Legend of a Fighter
6.3/16
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Legend of a Fighter
1987
Eastern Condors
7.263/97
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Eastern Condors
2000
Ginza Midnight Story - Utopia 2
0/0
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1986
A Book of Heroes
6.3/3
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A Book of Heroes
1973
Knight Errant
4.6/5
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Knight Errant
1973
Ferocious to Ferocious
0/0
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Ferocious to Ferocious
1984
Ninja Thunderbolt
7.3/6
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Ninja Thunderbolt
1973
Kung Fu Powerhouse
0/0
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Kung Fu Powerhouse
1973
Fist of Unicorn
4.2/12
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Fist of Unicorn
1974
Call Me Dragon
7/1
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Call Me Dragon
1983
Kanei Command Performance
0/0
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Kanei Command Performance
2011
Sword of Blood
4.714/7
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Sword of Blood
2023
Enter the Clones of Bruce
8.8/7
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1972
The Angry Guest
6.1/8
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1974
Little Godfather from Hong Kong
7/1
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1976
Dragon Princess
5.8/14
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2012
The Last Tycoon
6.4/45
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2006
GoGo Sentai Boukenger The Movie: The Greatest Precious
6.5/7
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1988
Carry on Hotel
4.8/4
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Carry on Hotel
1972
Tiger
0/0
A young Chinese all-karate champion, Tze Chiang (Kurata Yasuaki), along with his Japanese wife, arrives home in Shanghai only to find that the situati...
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Tiger
1978
Edge of Fury
6.2/4
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Edge of Fury
2000
Quiet Don 11
0/0
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Quiet Don 8
0/0
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Quiet Don 8
1985
Twinkle, Twinkle, Lucky Stars
6.586/140
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Twinkle, Twinkle, Lucky Stars
1986
Millionaires' Express
6.6/52
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Millionaires' Express
1986
The Seventh Curse
6.593/54
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The Seventh Curse
1974
The Executioner
6.542/24
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The Executioner
1972
The King of Boxers
5.8/11
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The King of Boxers
1973
A Gathering of Heroes
2/1
It's the 1979 movie "A Gathering of Heroes" (Gan jin sha jue).
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A Gathering of Heroes
1991
Zodiac Killers
4.6/8
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Zodiac Killers
1972
Four Riders
5.6/8
Four highly skilled fighters unite to take on a ruthless criminal gang, battling corruption, murder, and injustice in the wake of the Korean War.
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Four Riders
2006
Legend of Seven Monks
4.8/2
Two of the greatest names in the world of Japanese Action Cinema are reunited in the latest film from Japan's action maestro, Kenji Tanigaki. One is "...
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Legend of Seven Monks
1973
A Girl Called Tigress
6.5/1
Here's a foxy tale of love, pigtails and slapped faces with a spitfire heroine that fights Yasuaki Kurata and his bully gang in old china town.
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A Girl Called Tigress
1983
Deadly Life of a Ninja
5.6/4
A businessman and his sister-in-law are targeted for assassination by a band of evil ninjas and their vicious leader (Yasuaki Kurata). The ninjas are...
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Deadly Life of a Ninja
1981
Ninja In The Deadly Trap
5.2/4
During the Ming Dynasty, as Japanese pirates wreak havoc along the Chinese coast, laying waste to entire towns, a band of ninjas start appearing and t...
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Ninja In The Deadly Trap
1972
Kung Fu: The Invisible Fist
4/4
This martial arts film set in the 1920s pits masters from kung fu and karate styles of fighting against each other. The Japanese are planning an invas...
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Kung Fu: The Invisible Fist
1981
Why Not?
6.4/15
The film depicts carnivalesque atmosphere summed up by the cry "Ei ja nai ka" ("Why not?") in Japan in 1867 and 1868 in the days leading to the Meiji...
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Why Not?
2017
The One
4.8/8
Funny scramble of an esoteric book of cooking between a guy without feeling, a tough girl, a master out of date, a dark-minded rich man, a emotion-man...
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The One
1989
Above the War
4/1
Somewhere in North Vietnam, an American base is overrun by V.C. and a golden Buddha statue is stolen. The American high command won't have this and se...
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Above the War
1977
Secret of the Shaolin Poles
5.5/4
Legendary Chinese rebel Fong Sai Yuk (Fei Meng) takes on the Manchu dynasty in this high-octane martial arts actioner. After killing one of the govern...
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Secret of the Shaolin Poles
2015
KIRI – Profession: Assassin
4.2/4
Kiri was trained as a professional assassin. She carries out missions given by her boss. She has Rui whom she adores like a real younger sister. Rui w...
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KIRI – Profession: Assassin
1980
The Magnificent 3
4.5/1
After getting into a brawl in a Discotech in Dominica, three strangers; a Japanese tourist (Yasuaki Kurata), a Chinese restaurant worker (Tony Poon) a...
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The Magnificent 3
1973
The Black Panther
4.3/3
Cheng Sing gets betrayed by his crime Partners and lands in Jail. After he gets out he's starting his trail of Revenge.
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The Black Panther
1976
Which Is Stronger, Karate or the Tiger?
7/4
Yasuaki Kurata plays a masked ring brawler who is out for revenge against an evil, megalomaniac entrepreneur played by Japan's most reliable bad guy o...
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Which Is Stronger, Karate or the Tiger?
1985
Police Story
7.532/881
Officer Chan Ka Kui manages to put a major Hong Kong drug dealer behind the bars practically alone, after a shooting and an impressive chase inside a...
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Police Story
2013
The Wrath of Vajra
5.6/51
In the 1930s , a Japanese cult called The Temple of Hades was ordered to cooperate with the Japanese military to destroy China. They buy so many youn...
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The Wrath of Vajra
2003
Anna in Kungfu-land
4.2/6
Miriam Yeung plays a half-Chinese who represents her father (a Shaolin monk who defected to Japan after falling in love with a Japanese) at a martial...
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Anna in Kungfu-land
Fight! Dragon (TV Pilot) - Dragon Flies to Hong Kong.
0/0
After ten years Ryuma Shiranui, aka Dragon, returns to Hong Kong to visit the grave of his mentor, Kaizan Fubiki, who recently died from "an accidenta...
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Fight! Dragon (TV Pilot) - Dragon Flies to Hong Kong.
1973
The Unsubdued Furies
4/2
The story of a Chinese patriot who avenges his father's death, agitates Chinese tungsten miners against their Japanese masters and falls in love with...
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The Unsubdued Furies
1981
Shaolin Fighters vs. Ninja
5.5/4
After her father, Golden Rings, is killed by the Deadly Blade, the Moon Goddess sends out invitations to all the top fighters in the region to try and...
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Shaolin Fighters vs. Ninja
2001
Dark War
3/1
Ken Tsui, a member of an underground organization, is sent to Manila to execute a member of the Filipino government. When he succeeds, he is arrested...
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Dark War
1973
Kung Fu Inferno
4/1
During the Manchu (Qing) Dynasty, a mainland Chinese patriot becomes a one-man resistance force to defend a timber works against the invading Japanese...
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Kung Fu Inferno
1981
The Legend of the Owl
7.5/2
A masked mastermind named The Owl holds an exclusive auction every year, selling special slaves and rare objects of art. One of the customers requests...
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The Legend of the Owl
2017
God of War
6.1/74
During the 16th century, pirates rule the Chinese coastline, pillaging the small villages and terrorizing the citizens. When maverick leader Commander...
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God of War
2017
The Brink
5.7/46
Reckless police inspector Sai Gau (Zhang Jin) is on a mission to crack down on criminal Shing's (Shawn Yue) gold smuggling scheme, yet fails to arrest...
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The Brink
1983
Crisis
4/2
A family implodes after the reading of a will. They fight over the inheritance, forming and re-forming alliances, and spend most of the film searching...
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Crisis
1975
Fists for Revenge
0/0
3 felons facing the death penalty, escape the night before they are due to be executed and plot their revenge on the people that put them there.Prepar...
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Fists for Revenge
1975
The Golden Triangle
5/1
A coalition of anti-narcotics brigades from many countries make a daring attempt to halt the flow of opium and heroin from the part of Southeast Asia,...
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The Golden Triangle
1976
Young Hero of Shaolin
3/3
This film is about Fong Sai-yu going under cover as a servant in the villain's mansion. He is a famous fighter that fights for justice. While at the m...
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Young Hero of Shaolin
1975
The Return of Sister Street Fighter
6.398/83
When Koryu's childhood friend Shurei is abducted by gangsters, the desperate young woman recruits a female martial artist and a tough-as-nails strange...
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The Return of Sister Street Fighter
2017
Manhunt
5.6/133
Accused of a murder he didn't commit, a prosecutor sets out on a mission to clear his name.
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Manhunt
2005
Dragon Get Angry
0/0
A national feud and the philosophy of martial arts cause a conflict between two big families, one from China and one from Japan, which forced a mixed...
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Dragon Get Angry
2017
The Empty Hands
6/23
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The Empty Hands
1974
Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by a Thread
6.3/24
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Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by a Thread
2018
Iceman: The Time Traveler
6.6/89
The imperial guard and his three traitorous childhood friends ordered to hunt him down get accidentally buried and kept frozen in time. 400 years late...
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Iceman: The Time Traveler
2000
Conman in Tokyo
6/7
Jersey is a popular gambler in Mongkok. One day, he takes a trip to Japan with her girlfriend, Nancy, they come to Chinese resaurant. Suddenly, a gang...
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Conman in Tokyo
1972
The Prodigal Boxer
6.1/8
THE PRODIGAL BOXER features Chinese folk hero Fong Sai Yuk (aka Fong Si Yu), the subject of dozens of HK kung fu films. The role is played by Meng Fei...
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The Prodigal Boxer
1973
Rage of Wind
5/1
A renowned boxer and his American wife return to Japan where he must engage in a bloody battle to protect her.
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Rage of Wind
2018
Fat Buddies
5.4/5
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Fat Buddies
2018
Golden Job
6.3/90
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Golden Job
1973
Seven to One
7/1
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Seven to One
1973
Win Them All
4.5/2
Filial daughter seeks revenge on father's killer. She must associate with dishonest people to finance her mission.
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Win Them All
1981
Seed of Evil
0/0
A 1981 Hong Kong thriller from actress turned directed Kao Pao-Shu.
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Seed of Evil
1974
Fatal Strike
10/1
Two policemen try to defeat a drug lord using the ancient art of Kung Fu.
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Fatal Strike
2000
Ginza Midnight Story - Utopia
0/0
Japanese gangster drama set in the exclusive Ginza district of Tokyo, following Haruka (Atsuko Sakuraba), a young geisha who is attacked by an influen...
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Ginza Midnight Story - Utopia
1973
Gold Snatchers
6.2/4
Two foster brothers fight in a deadly struggle for possession of their mother's gold fortune and a beautiful young woman.
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Gold Snatchers
2005
Yellow Dragon
4.8/2
Jun (Miyamoto) is a girl who is rumored to hold the key to the antibody to an infamous evil drug her father created known as Yellow Dragon. She is for...
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Yellow Dragon
1974
The Fists of Vengeance
6/1
Chinese mine workers are being cruelly suppressed by the Japanese, and a Chinese officer is sent to the scene. In an effort to hide the evil truth, th...
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The Fists of Vengeance
1975
Fighting Dragon
0/0
Lung Yen Fei returns from Japan to investigate the cause of his teachers' death.
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Fighting Dragon
1977
V.I.P.
8/1
Bandit-bandit international also known as V.I.P. and The Mad, the Mean, and the Deadly is an action movie starring Chan Wai Man.
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V.I.P.
1984
To Catch a Thief
0/0
Businessman Cedric Chan hires ninja Richard Ling (Yasuaki Kurata) to steal a valuable jade horse that he's insured for a large amount of money. On the...
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To Catch a Thief
1983
Impossible Woman
0/0
A female Ninja starts a war against the drug cartel she was forced to work for.
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Impossible Woman
2019
Black Fox: Age of the Ninja
6.7/6
The era when Samurai and Ninja existed in Japan. Rikka Isurugi was born and raised in a Ninja clan secluded from society. She soon meets Miya, a girl...
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Black Fox: Age of the Ninja
1992
Violent Island: Dirty Money Hijack
0/0
In the scorching heat of Okinawa, former lovers meet. Now, he is a gangster on a mission, she is a window trying to protect what is hers. Together, th...
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