Bokuzen Hidari

Bokuzen Hidari (77)

1894-02-20 - 1971-05-26 | Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

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").

On Movies

  • Follow the Girls
  • Live and Learn
  • New Shameless School
  • Life is a Battle
  • The Little Hero
  • Oh, My Comrade!
  • Shameless School: Tackle Kiss
  • Shameless School: Health Check in the Nude
  • Love Fantasia
  • Three Pretty Devils
  • The Walking Major
  • Brothers of Capones
  • Shameless School
  • Rainbow Over Paris
  • Five Gents and a Kuniang
  • Tora-san, His Tender Love
  • Konto 55: Grand Outer Space Adventure
  • Red Lion
  • Madcap Mixup
  • Our Wasteland
  • Namida no kisetsu
  • Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts
  • Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo
  • A Comedy in Front of the Station: Pier
  • Sex and Life
  • Dorobō Sodachi Dorobōi
  • Prison Boss
  • New Year Trip
  • Two in the Shadow
  • Traveling in Party
  • The Young Ace in the South Pacific
  • Song of Love
  • Big Wind from Tokyo
  • Opium Plateau: Hell Squad, Charge!
  • Ohana han: Dai ni bu
  • Ohana han
  • A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga
  • Gamblers' Luck
  • Black Tight Killers
  • Gamera, the Giant Monster
  • The Abalone Gals
  • Sanshiro Sugata
  • Red Beard
  • Red Diamond
  • Zatoichi's Flashing Sword
  • Three Outlaw Samurai
  • Samurai from Nowhere
  • Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
  • Young Swordsman
  • The Young Ace in Hawaii
  • Street of Wandering Men
  • A Fishmonger's Tour
  • Beyond the Green Hills
  • Case of a Young Lord 10: The Mystery of the Spider Lady
  • Danger Pays
  • My Hobo
  • Curry Rice
  • College Champ
  • Nippon no obaachan
  • Boss Takes to the Road
  • The Youth and His Amulet
  • The Story of a Salesman: Every Man Has a Dream
  • An Urban Affair
  • 20 Duels of Young Shingo - Part 2
  • Playboy President
  • Invitation to the Enchanted Town
  • The Human Vapor
  • The Angry Sea
  • Mighty Shosuke
  • Dare yori mo kimi o aisu
  • Volunteering for Villainy
  • The Sun's Burial
  • Life's Simple Pleasures Pt. 4
  • Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
  • New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
  • The Three Treasures
  • Four Hours of Terror
  • Ripe and Marriageable
  • Age of Nudity
  • Red Pants
  • Souls in the Moonlight III
  • Fox and Raccoon
  • A Whistle in My Heart
  • Three Dolls in College
  • A Young Boss Tries Really Hard
  • Echo Mountain
  • The Young Boss is Third Generation
  • The Invisible Wall
  • The Child Writers
  • Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
  • The Hotelman's Holiday
  • Botchan
  • Yaji and Kita on the Road
  • The Rickshaw Man
  • Souls in the Moonlight II
  • Secret of The Golden Spell
  • The Princess of Badger Palace
  • Island of Fury
  • Makeraremasen katsumadewa
  • Travel Romances
  • The Lower Depths
  • Souls in the Moonlight
  • On Wings of Love
  • Untamed Woman
  • Yagyu Secret Scrolls
  • The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1)
  • Typhoon
  • The Legend of the White Serpent
  • Outlaw island
  • The Fencing Collegian
  • Meteor Karate Strike
  • Rikidozan: Man of Fury
  • Forever a Woman
  • I Live in Fear
  • Policeman's Diary, Part 2
  • A Hole of My Own Making
  • The Wolves
  • Love Never Fails
  • Lovetide
  • The Valley Between Love and Death
  • Surprising 53 Stations of the Tokaido
  • The Ditch
  • Seven Samurai
  • The Man Who Came to Port
  • Haha no nai ko to ko no nai haha to
  • Ikiru
  • Beauty and the Thief
  • Shi no machi wo nogarete
  • Foghorn
  • Vendetta of a Samurai
  • The Life of a Horse Trader
  • Miki, the Swordman
  • The Blue Pearl
  • The Idiot
  • The White Orchid
  • Scandal

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