Bokuzen Hidari
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Bokuzen Hidari

Born 20 February 1894 · Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan · Died 26 May 1971

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
Ikiru
Red Beard
Gamera, the Giant Monster
The Lower Depths
The Idiot
I Live in Fear
Three Outlaw Samurai
Scandal
Zatoichi's Flashing Sword
Two in the Shadow
Forever a Woman
New Shameless School
Live and Learn
Follow the Girls
Kaiun ryokō
Rebel Against Glory
Oh, My Comrade!
The Little Hero
Love Fantasia
Brothers of Capones
Three Pretty Devils
Tora-san, His Tender Love
Shameless School: Tackle Kiss
Shameless School: Health Check in the Nude
Shameless School
Life is a Battle
Rainbow Over Paris
The Walking Major
Five Gents and a Kuniang
Kikeki: onna mo tsurai wa
Get Your Sky, Young Guy
Fear of Sex
Woman
Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts
Red Lion
Sex and Life
Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: Pregnancy 2
Our Wasteland
Konto 55: Grand Outer Space Adventure
Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo
Madcap Mixup
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Pier
Season of Tears
Shinjuku Plaza
Monstrous! Who Am I?!
Prison Boss
New Year Trip
Young Guy in Rio
Young Guy in the South Pacific
Song of Love
Two in the Shadow
Traveling in Party
Zoku izuko e
Last Days of the Tokugawa Regime: Tenamonya Confusion
Black Tight Killers
Gamblers' Luck
Opium Plateau: Hell Squad, Charge!
Ohana han
Ohana han: Dai ni bu
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga
Big Wind from Tokyo
Hi No Taiko
Secret Club 000
The Black Gambler: Murderous Dice
Red Beard
The Abalone Gals
Gamera, the Giant Monster
Sanshiro Sugata
Retirement of a Train Engineer
Hospital in Front of the Train Station
Masseur War Story
Hail the 3 Gents
Zatoichi's Flashing Sword
3 Gents in the Snow Country
Red Diamond
Three Outlaw Samurai
Samurai from Nowhere
The Rabble
Heavenly Gods in Front of the Train Station
A Fishmonger's Tour
Street of Wandering Men
Siege of Fort Bismarck
Beyond the Green Hills
Young Swordsman
The Sunshine Girl
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
Girls Born in August
Young Master Yakuza: Edoite Goblin
Jolly Barbers
Young Guy in Hawaii
A Devil of a Gentleman
A Lawless Outpost
Tale of A Company Boss Pt.5
恋と出世に強くなれ!
Onsen Geisha
次郎長社長と石松社員 威風堂々
Red Bud and White Flower
Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
Otoko no Uta
Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble
Local Reporter
Case of a Young Lord 10: The Mystery of the Spider Lady
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
Shin kitsune to tanuki
Ponkotsu oyaji
Curry Rice
Danger Pays
Pride of the Campus
Nippon no obaachan
This Madding Crowd
College Champ
An Urban Affair
20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 2
Sararīman yajikita dōchū
Invitation to the Enchanted Town
Boss Takes to the Road
Sir Galahad in Campus
The Youth and His Amulet
Tange Sazen and the Princess
The Story of a Salesman: Every Man Has a Dream
Botchan yarō seizoroi
Awamori-kun nishi-e iku
痛快太郎
Wakai yatsura no kaidan
Hijō no otoko
Playboy President
The Age of Lawless Moneymaking
Yoru wa ijiwaru
The Sun's Burial
The Human Vapor
Lord Mito: All Star Version
Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: Sighing Husband
Dare yori mo kimi o aisu
Kirai Kirai Kirai
Volunteering for Villainy
Mighty Shosuke
The Angry Sea
Oja sando gosa
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
I Will Never Forget
My Friend Death
Oshichi's Vegetable Store: The No.1 Girl at the Edo Festival
Tōkyō no josei
San kyōdai no kettō
Souls in the Moonlight III
Four Hours of Terror
A Whistle in My Heart
Age of Nudity
Tange Sazen: Mystery of the Twin Dragons
The Three Treasures
Echo Mountain
Red Pants
Ripe and Marriageable
The White Road Across the River
A Young Boss Tries Really Hard
Fox and Raccoon
3 Dolls in College
The Bell of Love
A Week in Hawaii
The Invisible Wall
Yaji and Kita on the Road
Hana no yukyo-den
Island of Fury
Secret of The Golden Spell
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
Souls in the Moonlight II
The Princess of Badger Palace
The Hotelman's Holiday
A Bridge for Two Alone
The Rickshaw Man
The Child Writers
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
The Young Boss is Third Generation
The Naked General
Family Safety
Fancy Talker
I Am Three People
Otora-san's Ghostly Rascals
The Lower Depths
Hadaka no Machi
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
Souls in the Moonlight
Untamed Woman
Travel Romances
On Wings of Love
The Men of Toho-ku
The Chieko Story
First Love Story
Story of a Detective's Assistant
Turtledove
The Girl in the Target
Outlaw island
The Legend of the White Serpent
Typhoon Furor
Meteor Karate Strike
Gendai no yokubô
Easy-Going Married Couple
Sisters at the Hot Springs
Hanayome no tameiki
The Bride Carries On
Forever a Woman
Utae! Seishun Harikiri Musume
Yukiko
All is Well
House of Many Pleasures
I Live in Fear
The Wolves
A Hole of My Own Making
Love Never Fails
Policeman's Diary, Part 2
Rikidozan: Man of Fury
Shōnen shikeishū
Subarashiki shōtai
Surprising 53 Stations of the Tokaido
Ditch
Seven Samurai
The Valley Between Love and Death
関八州勢揃い
Shinkon noroke bushi
Ikiru
Love's Zephir Along the Tokaido
Today is Payday
Beauty and the Thief
恐妻時代
Vendetta of a Samurai
Escape from the City of Death
Foghorn
The Man Who Came to Port
Miss Hanaogi and Santa
The Idiot
The Blue Pearl
The Life of a Horse Trader
Miki, the Swordman
The White Orchid
Elegy
Umon's Detective Stories: The One-Eyed Wolf
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
Scandal
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