Bokuzen Hidari
Known for ActingBorn 1894-02-20 — died 1971-05-26Tokorozawa, Saitama, 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").
Known for
Seven Samurai
1954 · as Yohei
Ikiru
1952 · as Ohara
The Human Vapor
1960 · as Jiya
Red Beard
1965 · as Patient A
The Idiot
1951 · as Karube
The Legend of the White Serpent
1956
Scandal
1950 · as Drunk
I Live in Fear
1955 · as Landowner
The Lower Depths
1957 · as Kahei the Pilgrim
Gamera, the Giant Monster
1965 · as Old Farmer
The Three Treasures
1959 · as God Amenominaka
Three Outlaw Samurai
1964 · as Sakusan
Forever a Woman
1955 · as Hide's Husband
The Angry Sea
1960
The Rickshaw Man
1958
Two in the Shadow
1967
Hadaka no Machi
1957
Red Diamond
1964