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Bokuzen Hidari
ActingBORN: 1894-02-20Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
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").
Top Filmography
8.5
Seven Samurai
1954 // MOVIE
8.3
Ikiru
1952 // MOVIE
8.1
Red Beard
1965 // MOVIE
5.9
Gamera, the Giant Monster
1965 // MOVIE
7.1
The Lower Depths
1957 // MOVIE
7.0
The Idiot
1951 // MOVIE
7.3
I Live in Fear
1955 // MOVIE
7.4
Three Outlaw Samurai
1964 // MOVIE
6.9
Scandal
1950 // MOVIE
6.8
Zatoichi's Flashing Sword
1964 // MOVIE
7.7
Two in the Shadow
1967 // MOVIE
7.2
The Rickshaw Man
1958 // MOVIE
6.4
The Sun's Burial
1960 // MOVIE
6.4
Red Lion
1969 // MOVIE
7.6
Forever a Woman
1955 // MOVIE