Bokuzen Hidari
Born: 1894-02-20 in Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
Died: 1971-05-26
Known For: Acting
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").
Filmography
1971
- New Shameless School as Alfata Jinbei
- Kaiun ryokō
- Follow the Girls as Shima-san
- Live and Learn as Janitor
1970
- Five Gents and a Kuniang as Aso Chairman
- Three Pretty Devils as Old man
- Love Fantasia
- Tora-san, His Tender Love as Toku
- Oh, My Comrade!
- The Little Hero
- Shameless School: Tackle Kiss
- Rebel Against Glory
- Rainbow Over Paris as Koji Minagawa
- Brothers of Capones
- Shameless School as Jinbei
- The Walking Major as Boilerman
- Fear of Sex
- Get Your Sky, Young Guy
- Kikeki: onna mo tsurai wa
- Life is a Battle
- Shameless School: Health Check in the Nude as Jinbei
1969
- Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts as Jinbei
- Red Lion as Gohei
- Woman
- Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: Pregnancy 2
- Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo
- Madcap Mixup as Police chief
- Our Wasteland
- A Comedy in Front of the Station: Pier
- Konto 55: Grand Outer Space Adventure
- Namida no kisetsu
- Sex and Life
1967
1966
- Ohana han: Dai ni bu as Gosuke
- Black Tight Killers as Momochi
- Gamblers' Luck
- Ohana han as Gosuke
- Opium Plateau: Hell Squad, Charge!
- A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga as Clerk at "Iyami-yu"
- Big Wind from Tokyo as Obata Seiichi
1965
- Red Beard as Patient A
- Gamera, the Giant Monster as Old Farmer
- The Abalone Gals
- Sanshiro Sugata as Priest
- Secret Club 000
- 喜劇 各駅停車
- The Black Gambler: Murderous Dice as Takichi
1964
- Three Outlaw Samurai as Sakusan
- Zatoichi's Flashing Sword as Kyubei
- Samurai from Nowhere
- Red Diamond
- Hail the 3 Gents as Kuroda (President of Taisho Paper)
- Garakuta
- 3 Gents in the Snow Country
1963
- A Devil of a Gentleman
- Girls Born in August
- Tale of Ａ Company Boss Pt.５
- A Fishmonger's Tour
- Beyond the Green Hills
- The Sunshine Girl
- Young Master Yakuza: Edoite Goblin
- Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
- Siege of Fort Bismarck
- Jolly Barbers
- A Lawless Outpost
- Young Swordsman as Otsuka Kihei
- Street of Wandering Men
- Young Guy in Hawaii as 古屋老人
- 恋と出世に強くなれ！ as 杉本
1962
- Otoko no Uta
- Red Bud and White Flower
- Case of a Young Lord 10: The Mystery of the Spider Lady
- 次郎長社長と石松社員 威風堂々
- Ponkotsu oyaji
- Shin kitsune to tanuki
- Curry Rice
- Chihō kisha
- My Hobo
- Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
- Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble
- A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
- This Madding Crowd
- Pride of the Campus as Prof. Ishiwaki
- College Champ
- Danger Pays as Sakamoto, the Expert
- Nippon no obaachan
1961
- 20 Duels of Young Shingo - Part 2
- Wakai yatsura no kaidan
- Boss Takes to the Road
- Botchan yarō seizoroi
- Tange Sazen and the Princess
- The Story of a Salesman: Every Man Has a Dream
- Awamori-kun nishi-e iku
- 痛快太郎
- The Youth and His Amulet
- Sir Galahad in Campus as Prof. Ishiwaki
- Invitation to the Enchanted Town
- Sararīman yajikita dōchū
- An Urban Affair as Kinnosuke Togura
- Hijō no otoko
- Playboy President as Chairman Yokoyama
1960
- Volunteering for Villainy
- Dare yori mo kimi o aisu
- Mighty Shosuke
- The Human Vapor as Jiya
- The Sun's Burial
- New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking as Clerk at Haruyoshi Inn
- Kirai Kirai Kirai
- The Angry Sea
- お嬢さん三度笠
- Life's Simple Pleasures Pt. 4
- Lord Mito: All Star Version
- Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes as University Staff
1959
- The Three Treasures as God Amenominaka
- Ripe and Marriageable as Salesman
- Age of Nudity as Gen-ji
- A Whistle in My Heart
- A Young Boss Tries Really Hard as Kōbei
- Echo Mountain
- Three Dolls in College
- Red Pants
- Tange Sazen: Mystery of the Twin Dragons
- The White Road Across the River
- Souls in the Moonlight III as Doan
- Four Hours of Terror as Old man
- Fox and Raccoon as Hidematsu Yasufuku
1958
- The Invisible Wall
- Secret of The Golden Spell as Tamaru Mondonosho
- The Rickshaw Man
- Hana no yukyo-den
- Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring as Village Head Akamatsu
- Yaji and Kita on the Road
- Souls in the Moonlight II as Doan
- Island of Fury
- Makeraremasen katsumadewa
- The Child Writers as Nakahara
- The Princess of Badger Palace as Awa-no-Kami
- Botchan as Janitor
- The Hotelman's Holiday as Teacher
- A Bridge for Two Alone
- The Young Boss is Third Generation as Kōbei, Yukichi’s Grandfather
1957
- Hadaka no Machi
- Untamed Woman as Old man
- On Wings of Love as Heikichi Kobayashi
- The Lower Depths as Kahei the Pilgrim
- Souls in the Moonlight as Doctor Doan
- Yagyu Secret Scrolls
- Travel Romances
1956
1955
- Forever a Woman as Hide's Husband
- I Live in Fear as Landowner
- A Hole of My Own Making
- Policeman's Diary, Part 2
- Love Never Fails
- Subarashiki shōtai
- (Street of Wandering Pigeons) When Will the Birds Come Home as Florist
- Shōnen shikeishū
- The Wolves
- Lovetide as Factory owner (uncredited)
- All is Well as Hikoichi Okubo
- Rikidozan: Man of Fury
- Yukiko
- Utae! Seishun Harikiri Musume
1954
1952
- Ikiru as Ohara
- The Man Who Came to Port as Kan-jii
- Vendetta of a Samurai
- Beauty and the Thief
- Foghorn
- 恐妻時代
- Shi no machi wo nogarete
- Haha no nai ko to ko no nai haha to as Shiro's grandpa
- Love's Zephir Along the Tokaido as Genji
- Today is Payday as Section chief
1951
- The Idiot as Karube
- The Life of a Horse Trader as Gosaku
- Miki, the Swordman
- Elegy
- The White Orchid
- Umon's Detective Stories: The One-Eyed Wolf
- The Blue Pearl as Riu's father
1950
- Scandal as Drunk
- Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog as Peasant