Bokuzen Hidari
Acting Born: 1894-02-20 Tokorozawa, 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").
Movies
Seven Samurai
Ikiru
Five Gents and a Kuniang
Red Beard
The Idiot
Three Outlaw Samurai
Scandal
Three Pretty Devils
Gamera, the Giant Monster
The Rickshaw Man
The Invisible Wall
Tora-san, His Tender Love
The Three Treasures
The Lower Depths
Two in the Shadow
Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts
Samurai from Nowhere
Surprising 53 Stations of the Tokaido
Untamed Woman
Forever a Woman