
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 Idiot
1951

I Live in Fear
1955

Gamera, the Giant Monster
1965

The Blue Pearl
1951

The Human Vapor
1960

The Bride Carries On
1956

Three Outlaw Samurai
1964

Scandal
1950

Forever a Woman
1955

The Walking Major
1970

The Lower Depths
1957

The Rickshaw Man
1958

Hanayome no tameiki
1956

Story of a Detective's Assistant
1957

Five Gents and a Kuniang
1970

The Three Treasures
1959

Zatoichi's Flashing Sword
1964

Ohana han
1966

Four Hours of Terror
1959

Two in the Shadow
1967

The Sun's Burial
1960

3 Gents in the Snow Country
1964

Tora-san, His Tender Love
1970

Shinkon noroke bushi
1953

Gendai no yokubô
1956

The Legend of the White Serpent
1956

The Bell of Love
1959

Yagyu Secret Scrolls
1957

The Age of Lawless Moneymaking
1961

Hail the 3 Gents
1964

Onsen Geisha
1963

Untamed Woman
1957

Konto 55: Grand Outer Space Adventure
1969