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Bokuzen Hidari

Acting Born Feb 20, 1894 Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan 24 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").

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Known for

Film

Seven Samurai

as Yohei
Film

Ikiru

as Ohara
Film

Red Beard

as Patient A
Film

Gamera, the Giant Monster

as Old Farmer

Full filmography

  • Seven Samurai (1954) as Yohei
  • Ikiru (1952) as Ohara
  • Red Beard (1965) as Patient A
  • The Lower Depths (1957) as Kahei the Pilgrim
  • The Idiot (1951) as Karube
  • Gamera, the Giant Monster (1965) as Old Farmer
  • The Human Vapor (1960) as Jiya
  • The Three Treasures (1959) as God Amenominaka
  • I Live in Fear (1955) as Landowner
  • Two in the Shadow (1967)
  • Three Outlaw Samurai (1964) as Sakusan
  • Scandal (1950) as Drunk
  • Untamed Woman (1957) as Old man
  • Forever a Woman (1955) as Hide's Husband
  • The Rickshaw Man (1958)
  • Sanshiro Sugata (1965) as Priest
  • Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts (1969) as Jinbei
  • The Sun's Burial (1960)
  • Black Tight Killers (1966) as Momochi
  • A Whistle in My Heart (1959)
  • The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1) (1956)
  • Beyond the Green Hills (1963)
  • Red Lion (1969) as Gohei
  • The Legend of the White Serpent (1956)