Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Бокудзэн Хидари
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
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Movie Involvements: 43
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
(1954) YoheiIkiru
(1952) OharaRed Beard
(1965) Patient AThree Outlaw Samurai
(1964) SakusanThe Human Vapor
(1960) JiyaScandal
(1950) DrunkGamera, the Giant Monster
(1965) Old FarmerThe Lower Depths
(1957) Kahei the PilgrimActing
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| 1971 | Shima-san | |
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| Janitor | ||
| Alfata Jinbei | ||
| 1970 | N/A | |
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| Jinbei | ||
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| Old man | ||
| Boilerman | ||
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| Jinbei | ||
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| Koji Minagawa | ||
| Toku | ||
| 1969 | N/A | |
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| Gohei | ||
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| Police chief | ||
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| Jinbei | ||
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| 1968 | N/A | |
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| 1967 | N/A | |
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| Arita Hidezo | ||
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| 1966 | N/A | |
| Gosuke | ||
| Gosuke | ||
| Clerk at "Iyami-yu" | ||
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| Momochi | ||
| 1965 | N/A | |
| Old Farmer | ||
| Takichi | ||
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| Priest | ||
| Patient A | ||
| 1964 | N/A | |
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| Kyubei | ||
| Sakusan | ||
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| 1963 | N/A | |
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| Otsuka Kihei | ||
| 古屋老人 | ||
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| 1962 | N/A | |
| Sakamoto, the Expert | ||
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| Prof. Ishiwaki | ||
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| 1961 | N/A | |
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| Kinnosuke Togura | ||
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| Prof. Ishiwaki | ||
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| Chairman Yokoyama | ||
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| 1960 | Jiya | |
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| Clerk at Haruyoshi Inn | ||
| 1959 | God Amenominaka | |
| Old man | ||
| Salesman | ||
| Gen-ji | ||
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| Doan | ||
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| 1958 | N/A | |
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| Nakahara | ||
| Village Head Akamatsu | ||
| Teacher | ||
| Janitor | ||
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| Doan | ||
| Tamaru Mondonosho | ||
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| Awa-no-Kami | ||
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| 1957 | N/A | |
| Kahei the Pilgrim | ||
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| Doctor Doan | ||
| Heikichi Kobayashi | ||
| Old man | ||
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| 1956 | N/A | |
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| 1955 | N/A | |
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| Hide's Husband | ||
| Landowner | ||
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| Florist | ||
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| Hikoichi Okubo | ||
| Factory owner (uncredited) | ||
| 1954 | N/A | |
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| Yohei | ||
| 1952 | Kan-jii | |
| Shiro's grandpa | ||
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| Ohara | ||
| Section chief | ||
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| Genji | ||
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| 1951 | Gosaku | |
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| Riu's father | ||
| Karube | ||
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| 1950 | Peasant | |
| Drunk | ||
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