Bokuzen Hidari

Known For: Acting
Born: February 20, 1894
Place of Birth: Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
Died: May 26, 1971

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").

Filmography

Follow the Girls

1971 · Shima-san

Kaiun ryokō

1971

Live and Learn

1971 · Janitor

New Shameless School

1971 · Alfata Jinbei

Life is a Battle

1970

The Little Hero

1970

Oh, My Comrade!

1970

Shameless School: Tackle Kiss

1970

Fear of Sex

1970

Get Your Sky, Young Guy

1970

Shameless School: Health Check in the Nude

1970 · Jinbei

Love Fantasia

1970

Three Pretty Devils

1970 · Old man

The Walking Major

1970 · Boilerman

Brothers of Capones

1970

Kikeki: onna mo tsurai wa

1970

Shameless School

1970 · Jinbei

Rebel Against Glory

1970

Rainbow Over Paris

1970 · Koji Minagawa

Five Gents and a Kuniang

1970 · Aso Chairman

Tora-san, His Tender Love

1970 · Toku

Konto 55: Grand Outer Space Adventure

1969

Woman

1969

Red Lion

1969 · Gohei

Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: Pregnancy 2

1969

Madcap Mixup

1969 · Police chief

Our Wasteland

1969

Season of Tears

1969

Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts

1969 · Jinbei

Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo

1969

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Pier

1969

Sex and Life

1969

Dorobō Sodachi Dorobōi

Dorobō Sodachi Dorobōi

1968

Young Guy in Rio

1968

Prison Boss

1968

New Year Trip

1968

Two in the Shadow

1967

Traveling in Party

1967

Young Guy in the South Pacific

1967 · Arita Hidezo

Song of Love

1967

Zoku izuko e

1967

Big Wind from Tokyo

1966 · Obata Seiichi

Opium Plateau: Hell Squad, Charge!

1966

Ohana han: Dai ni bu

1966 · Gosuke

Ohana han

1966 · Gosuke

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga

1966 · Clerk at "Iyami-yu"

Gamblers' Luck

1966

Black Tight Killers

1966 · Momochi

Secret Club 000

1965

Gamera, the Giant Monster

1965 · Old Farmer

The Black Gambler: Murderous Dice

1965 · Takichi

Retirement of a Train Engineer

1965

The Abalone Gals

1965

Sanshiro Sugata

1965 · Priest

Red Beard

1965 · Patient A

Red Diamond

1964

The Rabble

1964

Zatoichi's Flashing Sword

1964 · Kyubei

Three Outlaw Samurai

1964 · Sakusan

3 Gents in the Snow Country

1964

Samurai from Nowhere

1964

Hail the 3 Gents

1964 · Kuroda (President of Taisho Paper)

Jolly Barbers

1963

A Lawless Outpost

1963

Gang Loyalty and Vengeance

1963

Young Master Yakuza: Edoite Goblin

1963

Young Swordsman

1963 · Otsuka Kihei

Young Guy in Hawaii

1963 · 古屋老人

Siege of Fort Bismarck

1963

The Sunshine Girl

1963

A Devil of a Gentleman

1963

Tale of Ａ Company Boss Pt.５

1963

Girls Born in August

1963

Street of Wandering Men

1963

恋と出世に強くなれ！

1963 · 杉本

Onsen Geisha

1963 · Ichisuke

A Fishmonger's Tour

1963

Beyond the Green Hills

1963

Case of a Young Lord 10: The Mystery of the Spider Lady

1962

Danger Pays

1962 · Sakamoto, the Expert

My Hobo

1962

Curry Rice

1962

Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru

1962

Ponkotsu oyaji

1962

Local Reporter

1962

Shin kitsune to tanuki

1962

A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen

1962

College Champ

1962

This Madding Crowd

1962

Red Bud and White Flower

1962

Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble

1962

Otoko no Uta

1962

Pride of the Campus

1962 · Prof. Ishiwaki

次郎長社長と石松社員威風堂々

1962

Nippon no obaachan

1962

Wakai yatsura no kaidan

1961

Awamori-kun nishi-e iku

1961

Boss Takes to the Road

1961

The Youth and His Amulet

1961

The Story of a Salesman: Every Man Has a Dream

1961

An Urban Affair

1961 · Kinnosuke Togura

20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 2

1961

Sir Galahad in Campus

1961 · Prof. Ishiwaki

Sararīman yajikita dōchū

1961

Tange Sazen and the Princess

1961

Playboy President

1961 · Chairman Yokoyama

Hijō no otoko

1961

Invitation to the Enchanted Town

1961

痛快太郎

1961

Botchan yarō seizoroi

1961

The Human Vapor

1960 · Jiya

The Angry Sea

1960

Mighty Shosuke

1960

Dare yori mo kimi o aisu

Dare yori mo kimi o aisu

1960

Volunteering for Villainy

1960

The Sun's Burial

1960

Lord Mito: All Star Version

1960

Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: Sighing Husband

1960

I Will Never Forget

1960

お嬢さん三度笠

1960

Kirai Kirai Kirai

1960

Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes

1960 · University Staff

New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking

1960 · Clerk at Haruyoshi Inn

The Three Treasures

1959 · God Amenominaka

Four Hours of Terror

1959 · Old man

Ripe and Marriageable

1959 · Salesman

Age of Nudity

1959 · Gen-ji

The White Road Across the River

1959

Red Pants

1959

Souls in the Moonlight III

1959 · Doan

Fox and Raccoon

1959 · Hidematsu Yasufuku

A Whistle in My Heart

1959

3 Dolls in College

1959

A Young Boss Tries Really Hard

1959 · Kōbei

Echo Mountain

1959

Tange Sazen: Mystery of the Twin Dragons

1959

The Young Boss is Third Generation

1958 · Kōbei, Yukichi’s Grandfather

The Invisible Wall

1958

Hana no yukyo-den

1958

The Child Writers

1958 · Nakahara

Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring

1958 · Village Head Akamatsu

The Hotelman's Holiday

1958 · Teacher

Botchan

1958 · Janitor

Yaji and Kita on the Road

1958

The Rickshaw Man

1958

Souls in the Moonlight II

1958 · Doan

Secret of The Golden Spell

1958 · Tamaru Mondonosho

A Bridge for Two Alone

1958

The Princess of Badger Palace

1958 · Awa-no-Kami

Island of Fury

1958

Makeraremasen katsumadewa

1958

Travel Romances

1957

The Lower Depths

1957 · Kahei the Pilgrim

First Love Story

1957 · Mr. Hashimoto

The Men of Toho-ku

1957

Hadaka no Machi

1957

Souls in the Moonlight

1957 · Doctor Doan

On Wings of Love

1957 · Heikichi Kobayashi

The Chieko Story

1957 · Gohei

Untamed Woman

1957 · Old man

Turtledove

1957

Yagyu Secret Scrolls

1957

Story of a Detective's Assistant

1957 · Heikichi, Heikurō's father

The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1)

The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1)

1956

Typhoon Furor

1956

The Legend of the White Serpent

1956

Gendai no yokubô

1956

Outlaw island

1956

The Fencing Collegian

The Fencing Collegian

1956

Meteor Karate Strike

1956

Utae! Seishun Harikiri Musume

1955

Rikidozan: Man of Fury

1955

Forever a Woman

1955 · Hide's Husband

I Live in Fear

1955 · Landowner

Policeman's Diary, Part 2

1955

Subarashiki shōtai

1955

A Hole of My Own Making

1955

Yukiko

1955

The Wolves

1955

Shōnen shikeishū

1955

House of Many Pleasures

1955 · Florist

Love Never Fails

1955

All is Well

1955 · Hikoichi Okubo

Lovetide

1955 · Factory owner (uncredited)

The Valley Between Love and Death

1954

Surprising 53 Stations of the Tokaido

1954

Ditch

1954

関八州勢揃い

1954

Seven Samurai

1954 · Yohei

The Man Who Came to Port

1952 · Kan-jii

Haha no nai ko to ko no nai haha to

Haha no nai ko to ko no nai haha to

1952 · Shiro's grandpa

恐妻時代

1952

Ikiru

1952 · Ohara

Today is Payday

1952 · Section chief

Beauty and the Thief

1952

Shi no machi wo nogarete

1952

Love's Zephir Along the Tokaido

1952 · Genji

Foghorn

1952

Vendetta of a Samurai

1952

The Life of a Horse Trader

1951 · Gosaku

Miki, the Swordman

1951

The Blue Pearl

1951 · Riu's father

Wagtail Tune

1951

The Idiot

1951 · Karube

The White Orchid

1951

Elegy

1951

Umon's Detective Stories: The One-Eyed Wolf

1951

Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog

1950 · Peasant

Scandal

1950 · Drunk

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