Bokuzen Hidari

Personal Info

Birthday

February 20, 1894

Day of Death

1971-05-26

(77 years old)

Place of Birth

Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan

Also Known As

Бокудзэн Хидари

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").

Known For

Seven Samurai

Ikiru

Souls in the Moonlight II

Five Gents and a Kuniang

Botchan

Red Beard

Scandal

The Idiot

Filmography

1971
Follow the Girls
as Shima-san
Live and Learn
as Janitor
New Shameless School
as Alfata Jinbei
1970
Shameless School: Health Check in the Nude
as Jinbei
Three Pretty Devils
as Old man
The Walking Major
as Boilerman
Shameless School
as Jinbei
Rainbow Over Paris
as Koji Minagawa
Five Gents and a Kuniang
as Aso Chairman
Tora-san, His Tender Love
as Toku
1969
Red Lion
as Gohei
Madcap Mixup
as Police chief
Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts
as Jinbei
1967
Young Guy in the South Pacific
as Arita Hidezo
1966
Big Wind from Tokyo
as Obata Seiichi
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
1965
Gamera, the Giant Monster
as Old Farmer
The Black Gambler: Murderous Dice
as Takichi
Sanshiro Sugata
as Priest
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
Young Swordsman
as Otsuka Kihei
Young Guy in Hawaii
as 古屋老人

恋と出世に強くなれ！
as 杉本
1962
Danger Pays
as Sakamoto, the Expert
Pride of the Campus
as Prof. Ishiwaki
1961
An Urban Affair
as Kinnosuke Togura
Sir Galahad in Campus
as Prof. Ishiwaki
Playboy President
as Chairman Yokoyama
1960
The Human Vapor
as Jiya
Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
as University Staff
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
as Clerk at Haruyoshi Inn
1959
The Three Treasures
as God Amenominaka
Four Hours of Terror
as Old man
Ripe and Marriageable
as Salesman
Age of Nudity
as Gen-ji
Fox and Raccoon
as Hidematsu Yasufuku
Souls in the Moonlight III
as Doan
A Young Boss Tries Really Hard
as Kōbei
1958
The Young Boss is Third Generation
as Kōbei, Yukichi’s Grandfather
The Child Writers
as Nakahara
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
as Village Head Akamatsu
The Hotelman's Holiday
as Teacher
Botchan
as Janitor
Souls in the Moonlight II
as Doan
Secret of The Golden Spell
as Tamaru Mondonosho
The Princess of Badger Palace
as Awa-no-Kami
1957
The Lower Depths
as Kahei the Pilgrim
Souls in the Moonlight
as Doctor Doan
On Wings of Love
as Heikichi Kobayashi
Untamed Woman
as Old man
1955
Forever a Woman
as Hide's Husband
I Live in Fear
as Landowner
(Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home
as Florist
All is Well
as Hikoichi Okubo
Lovetide
as Factory owner (uncredited)
1954
Seven Samurai
as Yohei
1952
The Man Who Came to Port
as Kan-jii
Haha no nai ko to ko no nai haha to
as Shiro's grandpa
Ikiru
as Ohara
Today is Payday
as Section chief
Love's Zephir Along the Tokaido
as Genji
1951
The Life of a Horse Trader
as Gosaku
The Blue Pearl
as Riu's father
The Idiot
as Karube
1950
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
as Peasant
Scandal
as Drunk