Bokuzen Hidari

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

Seven Samurai

Ikiru

Red Beard

The Lower Depths

The Idiot

Gamera, the Giant Monster

The Human Vapor

The Three Treasures

All Movies (208)

• Follow the Girls1971 · as Shima-san
• Kaiun ryokō1971
• Live and Learn1971 · as Janitor
• New Shameless School1971 · as Alfata Jinbei
• Life is a Battle1970
• The Little Hero1970
• Oh, My Comrade!1970
• Shameless School: Tackle Kiss1970
• Fear of Sex1970
• Get Your Sky, Young Guy1970
• Shameless School: Health Check in the Nude1970 · as Jinbei
• Love Fantasia1970
• Three Pretty Devils1970 · as Old man
• The Walking Major1970 · as Boilerman
• Brothers of Capones1970
• Kikeki: onna mo tsurai wa1970
• Shameless School1970 · as Jinbei
• Rebel Against Glory1970
• Rainbow Over Paris1970 · as Koji Minagawa
• Five Gents and a Kuniang1970 · as Aso Chairman
• Tora-san, His Tender Love1970 · as Toku
• Konto 55: Grand Outer Space Adventure1969
• Woman1969
• Red Lion1969 · as Gohei
• Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: Pregnancy 21969
• Madcap Mixup1969 · as Police chief
• Our Wasteland1969
• Season of Tears1969
• Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts1969 · as Jinbei
• Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo1969
• A Comedy in Front of the Station: Pier1969
• Sex and Life1969
• Dorobō Sodachi Dorobōi1968
• Young Guy in Rio1968
• Prison Boss1968
• New Year Trip1968
• Two in the Shadow1967
• Traveling in Party1967
• Young Guy in the South Pacific1967 · as Arita Hidezo
• Song of Love1967
• Zoku izuko e1967
• Big Wind from Tokyo1966 · as Obata Seiichi
• Opium Plateau: Hell Squad, Charge!1966
• Ohana han: Dai ni bu1966 · as Gosuke
• Ohana han1966 · as Gosuke
• A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga1966 · as Clerk at "Iyami-yu"
• Gamblers' Luck1966
• Black Tight Killers1966 · as Momochi
• Secret Club 0001965
• Gamera, the Giant Monster1965 · as Old Farmer
• The Black Gambler: Murderous Dice1965 · as Takichi
• Retirement of a Train Engineer1965
• The Abalone Gals1965
• Sanshiro Sugata1965 · as Priest
• Red Beard1965 · as Patient A
• Red Diamond1964
• The Rabble1964
• Zatoichi's Flashing Sword1964 · as Kyubei
• Three Outlaw Samurai1964 · as Sakusan
• 3 Gents in the Snow Country1964
• Samurai from Nowhere1964
• Hail the 3 Gents1964 · as Kuroda (President of Taisho Paper)
• Jolly Barbers1963
• A Lawless Outpost1963
• Gang Loyalty and Vengeance1963
• Young Master Yakuza: Edoite Goblin1963
• Young Swordsman1963 · as Otsuka Kihei
• Young Guy in Hawaii1963 · as 古屋老人
• Siege of Fort Bismarck1963
• The Sunshine Girl1963
• A Devil of a Gentleman1963
• Tale of Ａ Company Boss Pt.５1963
• Girls Born in August1963
• Street of Wandering Men1963
• 恋と出世に強くなれ！1963 · as 杉本
• Onsen Geisha1963 · as Ichisuke
• A Fishmonger's Tour1963
• Beyond the Green Hills1963
• Case of a Young Lord 10: The Mystery of the Spider Lady1962
• Danger Pays1962 · as Sakamoto, the Expert
• My Hobo1962
• Curry Rice1962
• Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru1962
• Ponkotsu oyaji1962
• Local Reporter1962
• Shin kitsune to tanuki1962
• A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen1962
• College Champ1962
• This Madding Crowd1962
• Red Bud and White Flower1962
• Breakthrough Course of Women in Trouble1962
• Otoko no Uta1962
• Pride of the Campus1962 · as Prof. Ishiwaki
• 次郎長社長と石松社員 威風堂々1962
• Nippon no obaachan1962
• Wakai yatsura no kaidan1961
• Awamori-kun nishi-e iku1961
• Boss Takes to the Road1961
• The Youth and His Amulet1961
• The Story of a Salesman: Every Man Has a Dream1961
• An Urban Affair1961 · as Kinnosuke Togura
• 20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 21961
• Sir Galahad in Campus1961 · as Prof. Ishiwaki
• Sararīman yajikita dōchū1961
• Tange Sazen and the Princess1961
• Playboy President1961 · as Chairman Yokoyama
• Hijō no otoko1961
• Invitation to the Enchanted Town1961
• 痛快太郎1961
• Botchan yarō seizoroi1961
• The Human Vapor1960 · as Jiya
• The Angry Sea1960
• Mighty Shosuke1960
• Dare yori mo kimi o aisu1960
• Volunteering for Villainy1960
• The Sun's Burial1960
• Lord Mito: All Star Version1960
• Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: Sighing Husband1960
• お嬢さん三度笠1960
• Kirai Kirai Kirai1960
• Salaryman Idea Book: Man of Worrisome Episodes1960 · as University Staff
• New Third Class Executive: Travel, Women and Drinking1960 · as Clerk at Haruyoshi Inn
• The Three Treasures1959 · as God Amenominaka
• Four Hours of Terror1959 · as Old man
• Ripe and Marriageable1959 · as Salesman
• Age of Nudity1959 · as Gen-ji
• The White Road Across the River1959
• Red Pants1959
• Souls in the Moonlight III1959 · as Doan
• Fox and Raccoon1959 · as Hidematsu Yasufuku
• A Whistle in My Heart1959
• 3 Dolls in College1959
• A Young Boss Tries Really Hard1959 · as Kōbei
• Echo Mountain1959
• Tange Sazen: Mystery of the Twin Dragons1959
• The Young Boss is Third Generation1958 · as Kōbei, Yukichi’s Grandfather
• The Invisible Wall1958
• Hana no yukyo-den1958
• The Child Writers1958 · as Nakahara
• Diary of an Elegant Hot Spring1958 · as Village Head Akamatsu
• The Hotelman's Holiday1958 · as Teacher
• Botchan1958 · as Janitor
• Yaji and Kita on the Road1958
• The Rickshaw Man1958
• Souls in the Moonlight II1958 · as Doan
• Secret of The Golden Spell1958 · as Tamaru Mondonosho
• A Bridge for Two Alone1958
• The Princess of Badger Palace1958 · as Awa-no-Kami
• Island of Fury1958
• Makeraremasen katsumadewa1958
• Travel Romances1957
• The Lower Depths1957 · as Kahei the Pilgrim
• First Love Story1957 · as Mr. Hashimoto
• The Men of Toho-ku1957
• Hadaka no Machi1957
• Souls in the Moonlight1957 · as Doctor Doan
• On Wings of Love1957 · as Heikichi Kobayashi
• The Chieko Story1957 · as Gohei
• Untamed Woman1957 · as Old man
• Turtledove1957
• Yagyu Secret Scrolls1957
• Story of a Detective's Assistant1957 · as Heikichi, Heikurō's father
• The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1)1956
• Typhoon Furor1956
• The Legend of the White Serpent1956
• Gendai no yokubô1956
• Outlaw island1956
• The Fencing Collegian1956
• Meteor Karate Strike1956
• Utae! Seishun Harikiri Musume1955
• Rikidozan: Man of Fury1955
• Forever a Woman1955 · as Hide's Husband
• I Live in Fear1955 · as Landowner
• Policeman's Diary, Part 21955
• Subarashiki shōtai1955
• A Hole of My Own Making1955
• Yukiko1955
• The Wolves1955
• Shōnen shikeishū1955
• House of Many Pleasures1955 · as Florist
• Love Never Fails1955
• All is Well1955 · as Hikoichi Okubo
• Lovetide1955 · as Factory owner (uncredited)
• The Valley Between Love and Death1954
• Surprising 53 Stations of the Tokaido1954
• Ditch1954
• 関八州勢揃い1954
• Seven Samurai1954 · as Yohei
• The Man Who Came to Port1952 · as Kan-jii
• Haha no nai ko to ko no nai haha to1952 · as Shiro's grandpa
• 恐妻時代1952
• Ikiru1952 · as Ohara
• Today is Payday1952 · as Section chief
• Beauty and the Thief1952
• Shi no machi wo nogarete1952
• Love's Zephir Along the Tokaido1952 · as Genji
• Foghorn1952
• Vendetta of a Samurai1952
• The Life of a Horse Trader1951 · as Gosaku
• Miki, the Swordman1951
• The Blue Pearl1951 · as Riu's father
• Wagtail Tune1951
• The Idiot1951 · as Karube
• The White Orchid1951
• Elegy1951
• Umon's Detective Stories: The One-Eyed Wolf1951
• Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog1950 · as Peasant
• Scandal1950 · as Drunk