Bokuzen Hidari
Acting
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").
Born: February 20, 1894
Place of Birth: Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Known For
Filmography
as Shima-san
as Janitor
as Alfata Jinbei
as Old man
as Boilerman
as Jinbei
as Koji Minagawa
as Aso Chairman
as Toku
as Gohei
as Police chief
as Jinbei
as Arita Hidezo
as Obata Seiichi
as Gosuke
as Gosuke
as Clerk at "Iyami-yu"
as Momochi
as Old Farmer
as Takichi
as Priest
as Patient A
as Kyubei
as Sakusan
as Kuroda (President of Taisho Paper)
as Otsuka Kihei
as 古屋老人
as 杉本
as Sakamoto, the Expert
as Prof. Ishiwaki
as Kinnosuke Togura
as Prof. Ishiwaki
as Chairman Yokoyama
as Jiya
as University Staff
as Clerk at Haruyoshi Inn
as God Amenominaka
as Old man
as Salesman
as Gen-ji
as Doan
as Hidematsu Yasufuku
as Kōbei
as Kōbei, Yukichi’s Grandfather
as Nakahara
as Village Head Akamatsu
as Teacher
as Doan
as Tamaru Mondonosho
as Awa-no-Kami
as Kahei the Pilgrim
as Doctor Doan
as Heikichi Kobayashi
as Old man
as Hide's Husband
as Landowner
as Hikoichi Okubo
as Factory owner (uncredited)
as Yohei
as Kan-jii
as Ohara
as Section chief
as Genji
as Gosaku
as Riu's father
as Karube
as Peasant
as Drunk