Bokuzen Hidari
Acting
Born February 20, 1894 · Tokorozawa, 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 · 40 titles
Seven Samurai
Ikiru
Red Beard
Red Diamond
Echo Mountain
A Devil of a Gentleman
Sir Galahad in Campus
The Man Who Came to Port
Hadaka no Machi
Secret Club 000
My Hobo
Foghorn
Young Master Yakuza: Edoite Goblin
The Angry Sea
The Invisible Wall
Beauty and the Thief
Love Fantasia
The Human Vapor
Brothers of Capones
The Idiot
Woman
Konto 55: Grand Outer Space Adventure
The Legend of the White Serpent
I Live in Fear
Gamera, the Giant Monster
Three Outlaw Samurai
Scandal
The Lower Depths
Black Tight Killers
Forever a Woman
Untamed Woman
Dare yori mo kimi o aisu
The Three Treasures
Onsen Geisha
The Rickshaw Man
Gendai no yokubô
Two in the Shadow
Story of a Detective's Assistant
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
Volunteering for Villainy