Bokuzen Hidari

Bokuzen Hidari
Bokuzen Hidari
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Born	20 February 1894; Kotesashi Village, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.
Died	26 May 1971 (aged 77)
Occupation	Actor

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

Year	Title	Role
1950	Scandal	Drunk
1951	The Idiot	Karube
1952	Ikiru	Ohara
1952	The Man Who Came to Port	Kan-jii
1954	Seven Samurai	Farmer Yohei
1955	Love Makeup	Factory owner
1955	Keisatsu Nikki
1955	I Live in Fear	Landowner
1955	Wolf
1956	The Legend of the White Serpent
1957	Untamed	Old man
1957	The Lower Depths	Kahei
1958	The Badger Palace
1958	Rickshaw Man
1959	The Three Treasures	God Amenominaka
1960	The Human Vapor	Fujichiyo's guardian
1961	Sennin Buraku	Doctor
1964	Zatoichi's Flashing Sword	Kyubei
1965	Red Beard	Patient A
1965	Gamera: The Giant Monster	Old Farmer
1966	Black Tight Killers	Momochi
1969	Red Lion	Gohei
1970	Tora-san, His Tender Love	Toto-chan, Japan's richest man
1970	Harenchi gakuen: Takkuru kissu no maki
1971	Kigeki Kaiun ryokô
1971	Kigeki onna wa otoko no furusatoyo