
Acting
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").

Seven Samurai
1954

Ikiru
1952

Red Beard
1965

The Bell of Love
1959

The Idiot
1951

Gamera, the Giant Monster
1965

Shinkon noroke bushi
1953

Red Diamond
1964

The Three Treasures
1959

Three Outlaw Samurai
1964

The Lower Depths
1957

Konto 55: Grand Outer Space Adventure
1969

The Human Vapor
1960

The Man Who Came to Port
1952

I Live in Fear
1955

Echo Mountain
1959

The Legend of the White Serpent
1956

Sir Galahad in Campus
1961

The Naked General
1958

The Rickshaw Man
1958

Young Master Yakuza: Edoite Goblin
1963

Love Fantasia
1970

Hadaka no Machi
1957

A Devil of a Gentleman
1963

Woman
1969

The Sun's Burial
1960

Zatoichi's Flashing Sword
1964

The Invisible Wall
1958

Beauty and the Thief
1952

The Angry Sea
1960

Scandal
1950

Untamed Woman
1957

Secret Club 000
1965

Foghorn
1952

The Sunshine Girl
1963

Forever a Woman
1955