Person Details

Birthday: 1894-02-20 19:15:28

Death: 1971-05-26 19:15:28

Aliases: 左卜全

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

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Movie Involvements: 38

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

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").

Most Famous Work

Seven Samurai
Average
8

Seven Samurai

(1954) Yohei
Ikiru
Average
8

Ikiru

(1952) Ohara
Red Beard
Average
8

Red Beard

(1965) Patient A
The Idiot
Average
7

The Idiot

(1951) Karube
Gamera, the Giant Monster
Average
6

Gamera, the Giant Monster

(1965) Old Farmer
Three Outlaw Samurai
Average
8

Three Outlaw Samurai

(1964) Sakusan
I Live in Fear
Average
7

I Live in Fear

(1955) Landowner
The Lower Depths
Average
7

The Lower Depths

(1957) Kahei the Pilgrim

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1971 Shima-san
Janitor
Alfata Jinbei
1970 N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Jinbei
N/A
Old man
Boilerman
N/A
Jinbei
N/A
Koji Minagawa
Toku
1969 N/A
N/A
Gohei
N/A
Police chief
N/A
Jinbei
N/A
N/A
1968 N/A
N/A
N/A
1967 N/A
N/A
Arita Hidezo
1966 N/A
N/A
Momochi
1965 N/A
Old Farmer
Takichi
N/A
Priest
Patient A
1964 N/A
Kyubei
N/A
Sakusan
N/A
N/A
1963 N/A
N/A
N/A
Otsuka Kihei
古屋老人
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
1962 N/A
Sakamoto, the Expert
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Prof. Ishiwaki
N/A
N/A
1961 N/A
N/A
Kinnosuke Togura
N/A
Prof. Ishiwaki
N/A
N/A
N/A
1960 Jiya
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
1959 God Amenominaka
Old man
Gen-ji
N/A
Doan
N/A
N/A
N/A
1958 N/A
Nakahara
Teacher
Janitor
N/A
N/A
Doan
Tamaru Mondonosho
N/A
Awa-no-Kami
N/A
N/A
1957 N/A
Kahei the Pilgrim
N/A
Doctor Doan
Heikichi Kobayashi
Old man
N/A
1956 N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
1955 N/A
Hide's husband
Landowner
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Factory owner (uncredited)
1954 N/A
N/A
Yohei
1952 Kan-jii
Shiro's grandpa
N/A
Ohara
Section chief
N/A
N/A
Genji
N/A
1951 Gosaku
N/A
Riu's father
Karube
N/A
N/A
1950 Peasant
Drunk
Year Character Movie/Tv

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