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
(1954)
Yohei
Ikiru
(1952)
Ohara
Red Beard
(1965)
Patient A
Gamera, the Giant Monster
(1965)
Old Farmer
Three Outlaw Samurai
(1964)
Sakusan
Scandal
(1950)
Drunk
The Lower Depths
(1957)
Kahei the Pilgrim
The Idiot
(1951)
Karube
The Rickshaw Man
(1958)
Forever a Woman
(1955)
Hide's husband
Full Filmography
Acting
Scandal
(1950)
Drunk
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
(1950)
Peasant
The Idiot
(1951)
Karube
Miki, the Swordman
(1951)
The White Orchid
(1951)
Elegy
(1951)
The Blue Pearl
(1951)
Riu's father
The Life of a Horse Trader
(1951)
Gosaku
Vendetta of a Samurai
(1952)
Love's Zephir Along the Tokaido
(1952)
Genji
Foghorn
(1952)
Ikiru
(1952)
Ohara
恐妻時代
(1952)
Haha no nai ko to ko no nai haha to
(1952)
Shiro's grandpa
The Man Who Came to Port
(1952)
Kan-jii
Today is Payday
(1952)
Section chief
Shi no machi wo nogarete
(1952)
Beauty and the Thief
(1952)
The Ditch
(1954)
Surprising 53 Stations of the Tokaido
(1954)
Seven Samurai
(1954)
Yohei
Forever a Woman
(1955)
Hide's husband
Love Never Fails
(1955)
Lovetide
(1955)
Factory owner (uncredited)
I Live in Fear
(1955)
Landowner
Utae! Seishun Harikiri Musume
(1955)
Yukiko
(1955)
Policeman's Diary, Part 2
(1955)
(Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home
(1955)
Florist
A Hole of My Own Making
(1955)
All is Well
(1955)
The Fencing Collegian
(1956)
The Legend of the White Serpent
(1956)
Outlaw island
(1956)
Typhoon
(1956)
The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1)
(1956)
Untamed Woman
(1957)
Old man
Travel Romances
(1957)
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
(1957)
Souls in the Moonlight
(1957)
Doctor Doan
On Wings of Love
(1957)
Heikichi Kobayashi
The Lower Depths
(1957)
Kahei the Pilgrim
Hadaka no Machi
(1957)
Secret of The Golden Spell
(1958)
Tamaru Mondonosho
The Princess of Badger Palace
(1958)
Awa-no-Kami
The Rickshaw Man
(1958)
The Invisible Wall
(1958)
Island of Fury
(1958)
Botchan
(1958)
Janitor
The Hotelman's Holiday
(1958)
Teacher
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
(1958)
Souls in the Moonlight II
(1958)
Doan
Yaji and Kita on the Road
(1958)
Futari dake no hashi
(1958)
花の遊侠伝
(1958)
The Child Writers
(1958)
Nakahara
Age of Nudity
(1959)
Gen-ji
Red Pants
(1959)
Four Hours of Terror
(1959)
Old man
Souls in the Moonlight III
(1959)
Doan
A Whistle in My Heart
(1959)
Echo Mountain
(1959)
The Three Treasures
(1959)
God Amenominaka
Tange Sazen: Mystery of the Twin Dragons
(1959)
The Sun's Burial
(1960)
Volunteering for Villainy
(1960)
Lord Mito: All Star Version
(1960)
Life's Simple Pleasures Pt. 4
(1960)
The Angry Sea
(1960)
Dare yori mo kimi o aisu
(1960)
The Human Vapor
(1960)
Jiya
Mighty Shosuke
(1960)
Sararīman yajikita dōchū
(1961)
Sir Galahad in Campus
(1961)
Prof. Ishiwaki
The Youth and His Amulet
(1961)
Boss Takes to the Road
(1961)
20 Duels of Young Shingo - Part 2
(1961)
Invitation to the Enchanted Town
(1961)
An Urban Affair
(1961)
Kinnosuke Togura
Tange Sazen and the Princess
(1961)
Shin kitsune to tanuki
(1962)
次郎長社長と石松社員 威風堂々
(1962)
Chihō kisha
(1962)
女難コースを突破せよ
(1962)
Pride of the Campus
(1962)
Prof. Ishiwaki
Wakasama samurai torimonochō o keshō kumo
(1962)
Otoko no Uta
(1962)
Danger Pays
(1962)
Sakamoto, the Expert
Red Bud and White Flower
(1962)
Kigeki ekimae onsen
(1962)
Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
(1962)
Curry Rice
(1962)
This Madding Crowd
(1962)
My Hobo
(1962)
Nippon no obaachan
(1962)
Ponkotsu oyaji
(1962)
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
(1963)
Girls Born in August
(1963)
The Sunshine Girl
(1963)
Young Swordsman
(1963)
Otsuka Kihei
Siege of Fort Bismarck
(1963)
Beyond the Green Hills
(1963)
Street of Wandering Men
(1963)
Jolly Barbers
(1963)
The Young Ace in Hawaii
(1963)
古屋老人
A Fishmonger's Tour
(1963)
Young Master Yakuza: Edoite Goblin
(1963)
Samurai from Nowhere
(1964)
Three Outlaw Samurai
(1964)
Sakusan
Zoku shachō shinshiroku
(1964)
Red Diamond
(1964)
Zatoichi's Flashing Sword
(1964)
Kyubei
Hail the 3 Gents
(1964)
Sanshiro Sugata
(1965)
Priest
Gamera, the Giant Monster
(1965)
Old Farmer
The Abalone Gals
(1965)
The Black Gambler: Murderous Dice
(1965)
Takichi
Red Beard
(1965)
Patient A
Secret Club 000
(1965)
Gamblers' Luck
(1966)
Opium Plateau: Hell Squad, Charge!
(1966)
Black Tight Killers
(1966)
Momochi
The Young Ace in the South Pacific
(1967)
Arita Hidezo
Traveling in Party
(1967)
Two in the Shadow
(1967)
Dorobō Sodachi Dorobōi
(1968)
New Year Trip
(1968)
Prison Boss
(1968)
Madcap Mixup
(1969)
Police chief
Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo
(1969)
Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: Pregnancy 2
(1969)
Konto 55: Grand Outer Space Adventure
(1969)
Sex and Life
(1969)
Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts
(1969)
Jinbei
Red Lion
(1969)
Gohei
Our Wasteland
(1969)
Woman
(1969)
The Walking Major
(1970)
Boilerman
Life is a Battle
(1970)
Shameless School: Health Check in the Nude
(1970)
Jinbei
Shameless School: Tackle Kiss
(1970)
Shameless School
(1970)
Jinbei
Rainbow Over Paris
(1970)
Koji Minagawa
Tora-san, His Tender Love
(1970)
Toku
Three Pretty Devils
(1970)
Old man
Brothers of Capones
(1970)
Love Fantasia
(1970)
The Little Hero
(1970)
Oh, My Comrade!
(1970)
Rebel Against Glory
(1970)
Follow the Girls
(1971)
Shima-san
Live and Learn
(1971)
Janitor
New Harenchi Gakuen College
(1971)
Alfata Jinbei