Bokuzen Hidari
Actor
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").
Filmography
Ikiru
as Ohara 1952
Red Beard
as Patient A 1965
The Lower Depths
as Kahei the Pilgrim 1957
Gamera, the Giant Monster
as Old Farmer 1965
The Idiot
as Karube 1951
I Live in Fear
as Landowner 1955
Three Outlaw Samurai
as Sakusan 1964
Scandal
as Drunk 1950
Zatoichi's Flashing Sword
as Kyubei 1964
Two in the Shadow
1967
The Rickshaw Man
1958
The Sun's Burial
1960
Red Lion
as Gohei 1969
Forever a Woman
as Hide's Husband 1955
The Human Vapor
as Jiya 1960
Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts
as Jinbei 1969