Bokuzen Hidari

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Known For

Acting

Born

1894-02-20

Place of Birth

Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan

Bokuzen Hidari

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").

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Known For

Seven Samurai

Seven Samurai

Ikiru

Ikiru

Red Beard

Red Beard

The Idiot

The Idiot

Sanshiro Sugata

Sanshiro Sugata

Two in the Shadow

Two in the Shadow

I Live in Fear

I Live in Fear

The Lower Depths

The Lower Depths

The Sun's Burial

The Sun's Burial

The Three Treasures

The Three Treasures

Acting History

Follow the Girls as Shima-san

Live and Learn as Janitor

New Shameless School as Alfata Jinbei

Life is a Battle

The Little Hero

Oh, My Comrade!

Shameless School: Tackle Kiss

Get Your Sky, Young Guy

Shameless School: Health Check in the Nude as Jinbei

Three Pretty Devils as Old man

The Walking Major as Boilerman

Brothers of Capones

Kikeki: onna mo tsurai wa

Shameless School as Jinbei

Rebel Against Glory

Rainbow Over Paris as Koji Minagawa

Five Gents and a Kuniang as Aso Chairman

Tora-san, His Tender Love as Toku

Konto 55: Grand Outer Space Adventure

Red Lion as Gohei

Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: Pregnancy 2

Madcap Mixup as Police chief

Namida no kisetsu

Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts as Jinbei

Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Pier

Dorobō Sodachi Dorobōi

Two in the Shadow

Traveling in Party

Young Guy in the South Pacific as Arita Hidezo

Big Wind from Tokyo as Obata Seiichi

Opium Plateau: Hell Squad, Charge!

Ohana han: Dai ni bu as Gosuke

Ohana han as Gosuke

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga as Clerk at "Iyami-yu"

Black Tight Killers as Momochi

Secret Club 000

Gamera, the Giant Monster as Old Farmer

The Black Gambler: Murderous Dice as Takichi

喜劇各駅停車

The Abalone Gals

Sanshiro Sugata as Priest

Red Beard as Patient A

Zatoichi's Flashing Sword as Kyubei

Three Outlaw Samurai as Sakusan

3 Gents in the Snow Country

Samurai from Nowhere

Hail the 3 Gents as Kuroda (President of Taisho Paper)

A Lawless Outpost

Gang Loyalty and Vengeance

Young Master Yakuza: Edoite Goblin

Young Swordsman as Otsuka Kihei

Young Guy in Hawaii as 古屋老人

Siege of Fort Bismarck

The Sunshine Girl

A Devil of a Gentleman

Tale of Ａ Company Boss Pt.５

Girls Born in August

Street of Wandering Men

恋と出世に強くなれ！ as 杉本

A Fishmonger's Tour

Beyond the Green Hills

Case of a Young Lord 10: The Mystery of the Spider Lady

Danger Pays as Sakamoto, the Expert

Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru

Shin kitsune to tanuki

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen

This Madding Crowd

Red Bud and White Flower

Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble

Pride of the Campus as Prof. Ishiwaki

次郎長社長と石松社員威風堂々

Nippon no obaachan

Wakai yatsura no kaidan

Awamori-kun nishi-e iku

Boss Takes to the Road

The Youth and His Amulet

The Story of a Salesman: Every Man Has a Dream

An Urban Affair as Kinnosuke Togura

20 Duels of Young Shingo - Part 2

Sir Galahad in Campus as Prof. Ishiwaki

Sararīman yajikita dōchū

Tange Sazen and the Princess

Playboy President as Chairman Yokoyama

Invitation to the Enchanted Town

Botchan yarō seizoroi

The Human Vapor as Jiya

Volunteering for Villainy

Dare yori mo kimi o aisu

The Sun's Burial

Lord Mito: All Star Version

Life's Simple Pleasures Pt. 4

お嬢さん三度笠

Kirai Kirai Kirai

Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes as University Staff

New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking as Clerk at Haruyoshi Inn

The Three Treasures as God Amenominaka

Four Hours of Terror as Old man

Ripe and Marriageable as Salesman

Age of Nudity as Gen-ji

The White Road Across the River

Souls in the Moonlight III as Doan

Fox and Raccoon as Hidematsu Yasufuku

A Whistle in My Heart

Three Dolls in College

A Young Boss Tries Really Hard as Kōbei

Tange Sazen: Mystery of the Twin Dragons

The Young Boss is Third Generation as Kōbei, Yukichi’s Grandfather

The Invisible Wall

Hana no yukyo-den

The Child Writers as Nakahara

Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring as Village Head Akamatsu

The Hotelman's Holiday as Teacher

Botchan as Janitor

Yaji and Kita on the Road

The Rickshaw Man

Souls in the Moonlight II as Doan

Secret of The Golden Spell as Tamaru Mondonosho

A Bridge for Two Alone

The Princess of Badger Palace as Awa-no-Kami

Makeraremasen katsumadewa

Travel Romances

The Lower Depths as Kahei the Pilgrim

Hadaka no Machi

Souls in the Moonlight as Doctor Doan

On Wings of Love as Heikichi Kobayashi

Untamed Woman as Old man

Yagyu Secret Scrolls

The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1)

The Legend of the White Serpent

The Fencing Collegian

Meteor Karate Strike

Utae! Seishun Harikiri Musume

Rikidozan: Man of Fury

Forever a Woman as Hide's Husband

I Live in Fear as Landowner

Policeman's Diary, Part 2

Subarashiki shōtai

A Hole of My Own Making

Shōnen shikeishū

(Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home as Florist

Love Never Fails

All is Well as Hikoichi Okubo

Lovetide as Factory owner (uncredited)

The Valley Between Love and Death

Surprising 53 Stations of the Tokaido

関八州勢揃い

Seven Samurai as Yohei

The Man Who Came to Port as Kan-jii

Haha no nai ko to ko no nai haha to as Shiro's grandpa

Today is Payday as Section chief

Beauty and the Thief

Shi no machi wo nogarete

Love's Zephir Along the Tokaido as Genji

Vendetta of a Samurai

The Life of a Horse Trader as Gosaku

Miki, the Swordman

The Blue Pearl as Riu's father

The Idiot as Karube

The White Orchid

Umon's Detective Stories: The One-Eyed Wolf

Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog as Peasant

Scandal as Drunk