Bokuzen Hidari
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Acting Credits
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").
Known For
Filmography
New Shameless School
1971
as Alfata Jinbei
Live and Learn
1971
as Janitor
Follow the Girls
1971
as Shima-san
Kaiun ryokō
1971
Rebel Against Glory
1970
Oh, My Comrade!
1970
The Little Hero
1970
Love Fantasia
1970
Brothers of Capones
1970
Three Pretty Devils
1970
as Old man
Tora-san, His Tender Love
1970
as 德爷
Shameless School: Tackle Kiss
1970
Shameless School
1970
as Jinbei
Shameless School: Health Check in the Nude
1970
as Jinbei
Life is a Battle
1970
Rainbow Over Paris
1970
as Koji Minagawa
The Walking Major
1970
as Boilerman
Five Gents and a Kuniang
1970
as Aso Chairman
Kikeki: onna mo tsurai wa
1970
Get Your Sky, Young Guy
1970
Fear of Sex
1970
Woman
1969
Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts
1969
as Jinbei
Red Lion
1969
as Gohei
Sex and Life
1969
Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: Pregnancy 2
1969
Our Wasteland
1969
Konto 55: Grand Outer Space Adventure
1969
Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo
1969
Madcap Mixup
1969
as Police chief
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Pier
1969
Season of Tears
1969
Shinjuku Plaza
1969
Monstrous! Who Am I?!
1969
Dorobō Sodachi Dorobōi
1968
Prison Boss
1968
New Year Trip
1968
Young Guy in Rio
1968
Young Guy in the South Pacific
1967
as Arita Hidezo
Song of Love
1967
Two in the Shadow
1967
Traveling in Party
1967
Zoku izuko e
1967
Last Days of the Tokugawa Regime: Tenamonya Confusion
1967
Black Tight Killers
1966
as Momochi
Gamblers' Luck
1966
Opium Plateau: Hell Squad, Charge!
1966
Ohana han
1966
as Gosuke
Ohana han: Dai ni bu
1966
as Gosuke
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga
1966
as Clerk at "Iyami-yu"
Big Wind from Tokyo
1966
as Obata Seiichi
Hi No Taiko
1966
Secret Club 000
1965
The Black Gambler: Murderous Dice
1965
as Takichi
Red Beard
1965
as Patient A
The Abalone Gals
1965
Gamera, the Giant Monster
1965
as Old Farmer
Sanshiro Sugata
1965
as Priest
Retirement of a Train Engineer
1965
Hospital in Front of the Train Station
1965
Masseur War Story
1965
Hail the 3 Gents
1964
as Kuroda (President of Taisho Paper)
Zatoichi's Flashing Sword
1964
as Kyubei
3 Gents in the Snow Country
1964
Red Diamond
1964
Three Outlaw Samurai
1964
as Sakusan
Samurai from Nowhere
1964
The Rabble
1964
Heavenly Gods in Front of the train Station
1964
A Fishmonger's Tour
1963
Street of Wandering Men
1963
Siege of Fort Bismarck
1963
Beyond the Green Hills
1963
Young Swordsman
1963
as Otsuka Kihei
The Sunshine Girl
1963
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
1963
Girls Born in August
1963
Young Master Yakuza: Edoite Goblin
1963
Jolly Barbers
1963
Young Guy in Hawaii
1963
as 古屋老人
A Devil of a Gentleman
1963
A Lawless Outpost
1963
Tale of Ａ Company Boss Pt.５
1963
恋と出世に強くなれ！
1963
as 杉本
Onsen Geisha
1963
as Ichisuke
次郎長社長と石松社員 威風堂々
1962
Red Bud and White Flower
1962
Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
1962
Otoko no Uta
1962
Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble
1962
My Hobo
1962
Local Reporter
1962
Case of a Young Lord 10: The Mystery of the Spider Lady
1962
A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
1962
Shin kitsune to tanuki
1962
Ponkotsu oyaji
1962
Curry Rice
1962
Danger Pays
1962
as Sakamoto, the Expert
Pride of the Campus
1962
as Prof. Ishiwaki
Nippon no obaachan
1962
This Madding Crowd
1962
College Champ
1962
An Urban Affair
1961
as Kinnosuke Togura
20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 2
1961
Sararīman yajikita dōchū
1961
Invitation to the Enchanted Town
1961
Boss Takes to the Road
1961
Sir Galahad in Campus
1961
as Prof. Ishiwaki
The Youth and His Amulet
1961
Tange Sazen and the Princess
1961
The Story of a Salesman: Every Man Has a Dream
1961
Botchan yarō seizoroi
1961
Awamori-kun nishi-e iku
1961
痛快太郎
1961
Wakai yatsura no kaidan
1961
Hijō no otoko
1961
Playboy President
1961
as Chairman Yokoyama
The Age of Lawless Moneymaking
1961
The Sun's Burial
1960
The Human Vapor
1960
as Jiya
Lord Mito: All Star Version
1960
Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: Sighing Husband
1960
Dare yori mo kimi o aisu
1960
Kirai Kirai Kirai
1960
Volunteering for Villainy
1960
Mighty Shosuke
1960
The Angry Sea
1960
お嬢さん三度笠
1960
New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking
1960
as Clerk at Haruyoshi Inn
Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes
1960
as University Staff
I Will Never Forget
1960
My Friend Death
1960
Oshichi's Vegetable Store: The No.1 Girl at the Edo Festival
1960
Souls in the Moonlight III
1959
as Doan
Four Hours of Terror
1959
as Old man
A Whistle in My Heart
1959
Age of Nudity
1959
as Gen-ji
Tange Sazen: Mystery of the Twin Dragons
1959
The Three Treasures
1959
as God Amenominaka
Echo Mountain
1959
Red Pants
1959
Ripe and Marriageable
1959
as Salesman
The White Road Across the River
1959
A Young Boss Tries Really Hard
1959
as Kōbei
Fox and Raccoon
1959
as Hidematsu Yasufuku
3 Dolls in College
1959
The Bell of Love
1959
The Invisible Wall
1958
Yaji and Kita on the Road
1958
Hana no yukyo-den
1958
Botchan
1958
as Janitor
Island of Fury
1958
Secret of The Golden Spell
1958
as Tamaru Mondonosho
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
1958
Souls in the Moonlight II
1958
as Doan
The Princess of Badger Palace
1958
as Awa-no-Kami
The Hotelman's Holiday
1958
as Teacher
A Bridge for Two Alone
1958
The Rickshaw Man
1958
The Child Writers
1958
as Nakahara
Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring
1958
as Village Head Akamatsu
The Young Boss is Third Generation
1958
as Kōbei, Yukichi’s Grandfather
The Naked General
1958
Family Safety
1958
Fancy Talker
1958
I Am Three People
1958
Otora-san's Ghostly Rascals
1958
The Lower Depths
1957
as Kahei the Pilgrim
Hadaka no Machi
1957
Yagyu Secret Scrolls
1957
Souls in the Moonlight
1957
as Doctor Doan
Untamed Woman
1957
as Old man
Travel Romances
1957
On Wings of Love
1957
as Heikichi Kobayashi
The Men of Toho-ku
1957
The Chieko Story
1957
as Gohei
First Love Story
1957
as Mr. Hashimoto
Story of a Detective's Assistant
1957
as Heikichi, Heikurō's father
Turtledove
1957
The Girl in the Target
1957
Kingoro's Pure Diary: Comic Yakuza Story
1957
Outlaw island
1956
The Fencing Collegian
1956
The Legend of the White Serpent
1956
The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1)
1956
Typhoon Furor
1956
Meteor Karate Strike
1956
Gendai no yokubô
1956
Symphony for Worn-Out Shoes
1956
Easy-Going Married Couple
1956
Sisters at the Hot Springs
1956
Record of a Crafty Gentleman
1956
Hanayome no tameiki
1956
The Bride Carries On
1956
Forever a Woman
1955
as Hide's Husband
Utae! Seishun Harikiri Musume
1955
Yukiko
1955
All is Well
1955
as Hikoichi Okubo
House of Many Pleasures
1955
as Florist
I Live in Fear
1955
as Landowner
The Wolves
1955
A Hole of My Own Making
1955
Lovetide
1955
as Factory owner (uncredited)
Love Never Fails
1955
Policeman's Diary, Part 2
1955
Rikidozan: Man of Fury
1955
Shōnen shikeishū
1955
Subarashiki shōtai
1955
Surprising 53 Stations of the Tokaido
1954
Ditch
1954
Seven Samurai
1954
as Yohei
The Valley Between Love and Death
1954
関八州勢揃い
1954
Shinkon noroke bushi
1953
Ikiru
1952
as Ohara
Love's Zephir Along the Tokaido
1952
as Genji
Beauty and the Thief
1952
Today is Payday
1952
as Section chief
恐妻時代
1952
Vendetta of a Samurai
1952
Escape from the City of Death
1952
Foghorn
1952
Haha no nai ko to ko no nai haha to
1952
as Shiro's grandpa
The Man Who Came to Port
1952
as Kan-jii
Miss Hanaogi and Santa
1952
The Idiot
1951
as Karube
The Blue Pearl
1951
as Riu's father
The Life of a Horse Trader
1951
as Gosaku
Miki, the Swordman
1951
The White Orchid
1951
Elegy
1951
Umon's Detective Stories: The One-Eyed Wolf
1951
Wagtail Tune
1951
Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
1950
as Peasant
Scandal
1950
as Drunk