
Bokuzen Hidari
Known for Acting · 207 credits
- Born
- 1894-02-20
- Died
- 1971-05-26
- Place of birth
- Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
- Also known as
- Бокудзэн Хидари
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
Movies (207)

Seven Samurai
1954
as Yohei

Ikiru
1952
as Ohara

Red Beard
1965
as Patient A

The Idiot
1951
as Karube

Two in the Shadow
1967

Scandal
1950
as Drunk

Gamera, the Giant Monster
1965
as Old Farmer

New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
1960
as Clerk at Haruyoshi Inn

The Lower Depths
1957
as Kahei the Pilgrim

Three Outlaw Samurai
1964
as Sakusan

The Three Treasures
1959
as God Amenominaka

Untamed Woman
1957
as Old man

The Human Vapor
1960
as Jiya

Forever a Woman
1955
as Hide's Husband

The Rickshaw Man
1958

Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts
1969
as Jinbei

I Live in Fear
1955
as Landowner

A Fishmonger's Tour
1963

Sanshiro Sugata
1965
as Priest

The Man Who Came to Port
1952
as Kan-jii

Red Diamond
1964

Black Tight Killers
1966
as Momochi
My Hobo
1962

Red Lion
1969
as Gohei

Zatoichi's Flashing Sword
1964
as Kyubei

Samurai from Nowhere
1964

The Valley Between Love and Death
1954

Yukiko
1955

Tora-san, His Tender Love
1970
as Toku

A Whistle in My Heart
1959

Boss Takes to the Road
1961

A Devil of a Gentleman
1963

The Wolves
1955

All is Well
1955
as Hikoichi Okubo

Red Bud and White Flower
1962

Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo
1969

The Legend of the White Serpent
1956

Souls in the Moonlight II
1958
as Doan

Policeman's Diary, Part 2
1955

The Sun's Burial
1960

Yagyu Secret Scrolls
1957

Elegy
1951

The Blue Pearl
1951
as Riu's father

Three Pretty Devils
1970
as Old man

Vendetta of a Samurai
1952

Zoku izuko e
1967

Beauty and the Thief
1952

Konto 55: Grand Outer Space Adventure
1969

Sararīman yajikita dōchū
1961

Hadaka no Machi
1957

The Rabble
1964

Beyond the Green Hills
1963

Miki, the Swordman
1951

Four Hours of Terror
1959
as Old man

The Walking Major
1970
as Boilerman

Sir Galahad in Campus
1961
as Prof. Ishiwaki

The Life of a Horse Trader
1951
as Gosaku

Follow the Girls
1971
as Shima-san

Siege of Fort Bismarck
1963

Echo Mountain
1959

Ditch
1954

Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
1963

Ohana han
1966
as Gosuke

Shameless School
1970
as Jinbei

The Angry Sea
1960

Brothers of Capones
1970

The Invisible Wall
1958
Dorobō Sodachi Dorobōi
1968

Secret of The Golden Spell
1958
as Tamaru Mondonosho

Invitation to the Enchanted Town
1961

Pride of the Campus
1962
as Prof. Ishiwaki

The Princess of Badger Palace
1958
as Awa-no-Kami

Shameless School: Health Check in the Nude
1970
as Jinbei

Woman
1969

Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
1962

Sex and Life
1969

Kirai Kirai Kirai
1960

Surprising 53 Stations of the Tokaido
1954

Fear of Sex
1970
The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1)
1956

This Madding Crowd
1962

Nippon no obaachan
1962

Otoko no Uta
1962

New Shameless School
1971
as Alfata Jinbei

3 Dolls in College
1959

Young Master Yakuza: Edoite Goblin
1963

Prison Boss
1968

Gamblers' Luck
1966

Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: Sighing Husband
1960

Local Reporter
1962

Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
1958
as Village Head Akamatsu

Secret Club 000
1965

House of Many Pleasures
1955
as Florist

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga
1966
as Clerk at "Iyami-yu"

Ohana han: Dai ni bu
1966
as Gosuke

The Sunshine Girl
1963

The Hotelman's Holiday
1958
as Teacher

Hail the 3 Gents
1964
as Kuroda (President of Taisho Paper)

Yaji and Kita on the Road
1958

Shi no machi wo nogarete
1952

New Year Trip
1968

Age of Nudity
1959
as Gen-ji

Hijō no otoko
1961

Umon's Detective Stories: The One-Eyed Wolf
1951

A Bridge for Two Alone
1958

The White Orchid
1951

Love Fantasia
1970

An Urban Affair
1961
as Kinnosuke Togura

Kaiun ryokō
1971

Botchan yarō seizoroi
1961

3 Gents in the Snow Country
1964

The Abalone Gals
1965

20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 2
1961

Rebel Against Glory
1970

The Youth and His Amulet
1961

お嬢さん三度笠
1960

Red Pants
1959

Volunteering for Villainy
1960

恋と出世に強くなれ!
1963
as 杉本

Foghorn
1952
About Bokuzen Hidari
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"). With 207 credits spanning from 1950 to 1971, Bokuzen Hidari has appeared in 207 films and 0 TV shows.
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- Seven Samurai (1954) — as Yohei
- Ikiru (1952) — as Ohara
- Red Beard (1965) — as Patient A
- The Idiot (1951) — as Karube
- Two in the Shadow (1967)
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