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Bokuzen Hidari

Name in Native Language: "左卜全" (Japanese/JA)
Actor | * 02/20/1894 († 77, 05/26/1971) | Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture (Japan)
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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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 frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Action

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Residents of a rundown boardinghouse in 19th-century Japan, including a mysterious old man and an aging actor, get drawn into a love triangle that turns violent. When amoral thief Sutekichi breaks off ...

The Lower Depths

Certification unknown

1957 | 3.6/5 | 2h 5min
Drama
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Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life. ...

Ikiru

Certification unknown

1952 | 4.2/5 | 2h 23min
Drama
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A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend ...

Seven Samurai

NR

1954 | 4.3/5 | 3h 27min
Action, Drama
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The famous showdown at Kagiya corner has been told many times, but never before with the realism and intensity of this version scripted by Kurosawa Akira and starring Mifune Toshiro as the famed sword ...

Vendetta for a Samurai

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1952 | 3.5/5 | 1h 22min
Drama, Action, History
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Movies with Bokuzen Hidari as Actor(107)

as Alfata Jinbei1971 New Harenchi Gakuen College
as Janitor1971 Live and Learn
as Shima-san1971 Follow the Girls
as Jinbei1970 Shameless School: Health Check in the Nude
as Boilerman1970 The Walking Major
1970 Love Fantasia
1970 The Little Hero
as Toku1970 Tora-san, His Tender Love
1970 Brothers of Capones
as Jinbei1970 Shameless School
1970 Shameless School: Tackle Kiss
as Old man1970 Three Pretty Devils
1969 Konto 55: Grand Outer Space Adventure
1969 Sex and Life
as Gohei1969 Red Lion
1969 Woman
1969 Our Wasteland
as Jinbei1969 Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts
1969 Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo
as Police chief1969 Madcap Mixup
1968 New Year Trip
1968 Prison Boss
1967 Two in the Shadow
1966 Opium Plateau: Hell Squad, Charge!
1966 Gamblers' Luck
as Momochi1966 Black Tight Killers
as Priest1965 Sanshiro Sugata
as Old Farmer1965 Gamera, the Giant Monster
as Patient A1965 Red Beard
1965 The Abalone Gals
1964 Zoku shachō shinshiroku
1964 Red Diamond
as Sakusan1964 Three Outlaw Samurai
as Kyubei1964 Zatoichi's Flashing Sword
1964 Hail the 3 Gents
1964 Samurai from Nowhere
as Otsuka Kihei1963 Young Swordsman
1963 The Sunshine Girl
1963 Siege of Fort Bismarck
1963 Girls Born in August
1963 Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
1963 A Fishmonger's Tour
1963 Beyond the Green Hills
as 古屋老人1963 The Young Ace in Hawaii
1962 This Madding Crowd
1962 Red Bud and White Flower
as Prof. Ishiwaki1962 Pride of the Campus
as Sakamoto, the Expert1962 Danger Pays
1962 Nippon no obaachan
1961 Tange Sazen and the Princess
1961 20 Duels of Young Shingo - Part 2
1961 Invitation to the Enchanted Town
1961 The Youth and His Amulet
as Kinnosuke Togura1961 An Urban Affair
as Prof. Ishiwaki1961 Sir Galahad in Campus
as Jiya1960 The Human Vapor
1960 The Sun's Burial
1960 The Angry Sea
1960 Dare yori mo kimi o aisu
1960 Volunteering for Villainy
1960 Mighty Shosuke
1959 A Whistle in My Heart
as Gen-ji1959 Age of Nudity
1959 Echo Mountain
1959 Red Pants
1959 Tange Sazen: Mystery of the Twin Dragons
as Old man1959 Four Hours of Terror
as God Amenominaka1959 The Three Treasures
as Teacher1958 The Hotelman's Holiday
1958 Island of Fury
as Doan1958 Souls in the Moonlight II
1958 The Rickshaw Man
as Nakahara1958 The Child Writers
as Tamaru Mondonosho1958 Secret of The Golden Spell
1958 Makeraremasen katsumadewa
1958 Yaji and Kita on the Road
as Awa-no-Kami1958 The Princess of Badger Palace
1957 Souls in the Moonlight
as Kahei the Pilgrim1957 The Lower Depths
as Old man1957 Untamed Woman
as Heikichi Kobayashi1957 On Wings of Love
1957 Yagyu Secret Scrolls
1956 The Lonely Swordsman (Part 1)
1956 The Legend of the White Serpent
1956 Typhoon
1955 Love Never Fails
1955 A Hole of My Own Making
as Landowner1955 I Live in Fear
1955 Policeman's Diary, Part 2
as Hide's husband1955 Forever a Woman
as Factory owner (uncredited)1955 Lovetide
1954 The Ditch
as Yohei1954 Seven Samurai
as Section chief1952 Today is Payday
as Kan-jii1952 The Man Who Came to Port
1952 Vendetta for a Samurai
as Genji1952 Love's Zephir Along the Tokaido
1952 Shi no machi wo nogarete
as Ohara1952 Ikiru
1952 Beauty and the Thief
as Karube1951 The Idiot
as Gosaku1951 The Life of a Horse Trader
1951 The White Orchid
1951 Miki, the Swordman
1951 Elegy
as Peasant1950 Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog
as Drunk1950 Scandal

Citizenship: Japan
Born: Tuesday, 02/20 1894 (February) in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture (Japan)
Died: Wednesday, 05/26 1971 (May) in Tokyo (aged: 77)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Educated at: Rikkyo Ikebukuro Junior and Senior High School
Other names for Bokuzen Hidari (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"左卜全"
"Бокудзэн Хидари"
"ひだり ぼくぜん" (Kana/Japanese)
Bokuzen Hidari frequently works together with these people:
Akira Kurosawa (23x, Crew)
Toshirō Mifune (19x, Actor)
Kichijirô Ueda (18x, Actor)
Takashi Shimura (17x, Actor)
Tomoyuki Tanaka (16x, Crew)
Kamatari Fujiwara (15x, Actor)
Chōko Iida (13x, Actress)
Eijirō Tōno (12x, Actor)
Minoru Chiaki (12x, Actor)
Yoshio Kosugi (11x, Actor)
Jun Tatara (10x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:618385, Added: 10/21/2018, Last updated: 03/31/2024