Bokuzen Hidari
Acting1894Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
Biography
Bokuzen Hidari (左 卜全 Hidari Bokuzen, 20 February 1894 - 26 May 1971) was a Japanese actor and comedian born in Kotesashi Village (now part of Tokorozawa), Iruma District, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. He appeared in such films as Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, The Lower Depths and Ikiru. Hidari was famous among Japanese audiences for his portrayals of meek, downtrodden men, and although a teetotaller, was renowned for his convincing drunk scenes (see esp. "Ikiru").
Known For
Acting History
1971
1970
Tora-san, His Tender Love
as Toku
The Walking Major
as Boilerman
Three Pretty Devils
as Old man
Shameless School
as Jinbei
Five Gents and a Kuniang
as Aso Chairman
Rainbow Over Paris
as Koji Minagawa
1969
1966
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga
as Clerk at "Iyami-yu"
Ohana han: Dai ni bu
as Gosuke
Black Tight Killers
as Momochi
Big Wind from Tokyo
as Obata Seiichi
Ohana han
as Gosuke
1965
Gamera, the Giant Monster
as Old Farmer
Sanshiro Sugata
as Priest
The Black Gambler: Murderous Dice
as Takichi
Red Beard
as Patient A
1964
Zatoichi's Flashing Sword
as Kyubei
Three Outlaw Samurai
as Sakusan
Hail the 3 Gents
as Kuroda (President of Taisho Paper)
1963
1962
Pride of the Campus
as Prof. Ishiwaki
Danger Pays
as Sakamoto, the Expert
1961
Sir Galahad in Campus
as Prof. Ishiwaki
Playboy President
as Chairman Yokoyama
An Urban Affair
as Kinnosuke Togura
1960
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
as Clerk at Haruyoshi Inn
The Human Vapor
as Jiya
Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
as University Staff
1959
Ripe and Marriageable
as Salesman
A Young Boss Tries Really Hard
as Kōbei
The Three Treasures
as God Amenominaka
Souls in the Moonlight III
as Doan
Four Hours of Terror
as Old man
Age of Nudity
as Gen-ji
Fox and Raccoon
as Hidematsu Yasufuku
1958
The Child Writers
as Nakahara
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
as Village Head Akamatsu
Botchan
as Janitor
The Princess of Badger Palace
as Awa-no-Kami
The Hotelman's Holiday
as Teacher
Souls in the Moonlight II
as Doan
Secret of The Golden Spell
as Tamaru Mondonosho
The Young Boss is Third Generation
as Kōbei, Yukichi’s Grandfather
1957
On Wings of Love
as Heikichi Kobayashi
Untamed Woman
as Old man
The Lower Depths
as Kahei the Pilgrim
Souls in the Moonlight
as Doctor Doan
1955
I Live in Fear
as Landowner
Forever a Woman
as Hide's Husband
House of Many Pleasures
as Florist
Lovetide
as Factory owner (uncredited)
All is Well
as Hikoichi Okubo
1952
Love's Zephir Along the Tokaido
as Genji
Today is Payday
as Section chief
Haha no nai ko to ko no nai haha to
as Shiro's grandpa
The Man Who Came to Port
as Kan-jii
Ikiru
as Ohara
1951
1950
Scandal
as Drunk
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
as Peasant