# Bokuzen Hidari

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").

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1950 | Scandal | Drunk | |
| 1950 | Atariya Kinpachi torimonochô: senri no tora | Yasugorô alias Zuboyasu | |
| 1950 | Koshinuke nitôryû | | |
| 1950 | Tenpô suiko-den: Ôtone no yogiri | Peasant | |
| 1951 | Aika | | |
| 1951 | Nessa no byakuran | | |
| 1951 | The Idiot | Karube | |
| 1951 | Sekirei no kyoku | | |
| 1951 | Bakurô ichidai | Gosaku | |
| 1951 | Hirate Miki | | |
| 1952 | Vendetta for a Samurai | | |
| 1952 | Hanaogi sensei to Santa | | |
| 1952 | Shino machi o nogarete | Assistant | |
| 1952 | Bijo to touzoku | | |
| 1952 | Kyô wa kaisha no gekkyûbi | Section Chief | |
| 1952 | Ikiru | Ohara | |
| 1952 | Haha no nai ko to ko no nai haha to | | |
| 1952 | The Man Who Came to Port | Kan-jii | |
| 1954 | Seven Samurai | Farmer Yohei | |
| 1954 | Ai to shi no tanima | | |
| 1954 | Horafuki tanji | Villager Sakuji | |
| 1955 | Love Makeup | Factory owner | |
| 1955 | Tenka taihei | | |
| 1955 | Keisatsu Nikki | | |
| 1955 | Izumi e no michi | | |
| 1955 | Mugibue | | |
| 1955 | Haru no yo no dekigoto | Gen san | |
| 1955 | Wataridori itsu kaeru | Florist | |
| 1955 | Gokumonchô | Denshichi | |
| 1955 | Shônen shikeishû | Yoshizô Tarui | |
| 1955 | Wolf | | |
| 1955 | Zoku Salaryman Mejiro Sampei | Sugiyama | |
| 1955 | Jibun no ana no nakade | | |
| 1955 | Zoku keisatsu nikki | Komada | |
| 1955 | I Live in Fear | Landowner | |
| 1955 | The Eternal Breasts | Hide's husband | |
| 1956 | Hanayome no tameiki | Uekane | |
| 1956 | Denkô ryûsei karate uchi | | |
| 1956 | Daigaku no buyuden | | |
| 1956 | Gendai no yokubô | Ninagawa | |
| 1956 | The Legend of the White Serpent | | |
| 1956 | Nonki fufu | | |
| 1956 | Taifû sôdôki | | |
| 1956 | Nemuri Kyôshirô burai hikae | | |
| 1956 | Muhô monôno shima | | |
| 1957 | Kingoro jyunjo niki-chinyu kyoden | | |
| 1957 | Goyôkiki monogatari | Heikichi, Heikurô's father | |
| 1957 | Yagyu Secret Scrolls | Okuba | |
| 1957 | Untamed | Old man | |
| 1957 | Chieko-sho | Gohei | |
| 1957 | Daibosatsu tôge | | |
| 1957 | Tôhoku no zunmu-tachi | | |
| 1957 | Hatsukoi monogatari | Mr. Hashimoto | |
| 1957 | The Lower Depths | Kahei | |
| 1957 | Kunin no shikeishû | Ichitarô Nemoto | |
| 1957 | Nerawareta musume | | |
| 1957 | Kaze no Matasaburô | | |
| 1958 | Yagyû bugeichô: Sôryû hiken | | |
| 1958 | Makeraremasen katsumadewa | Sotoyama | |
| 1958 | Kuchi kara demakase | | |
| 1958 | Kajikko | | |
| 1958 | The Badger Palace | | |
| 1958 | Futari dake no hashi | Kawasaki | |
| 1958 | Kiuchi yasuto | | |
| 1958 | Kanai anzen | Toyokichi Saeki | |
| 1958 | Daibosatsu tôge - Dai ni bu | Michihiro | |
| 1958 | Rickshaw Man | | |
| 1958 | Yajikata dôchû sugoroku | | |
| 1958 | Kigeki ekimae ryokan | | |
| 1958 | Tsuzurikata kyodai | Nakahara | |
| 1958 | Mahiru no sangeki | Yoshida | |
| 1958 | Hana no yukyo-den | | |
| 1958 | Furanki no sannin mae | | |
| 1958 | Me no kabe | | |
| 1958 | Kami no taisho | | |
| 1959 | Gurama-to no yuwaku | Mitsumura | |
| 1959 | Kodama wa yonde iru | | |
| 1959 | Daigaku no oneechan | | |
| 1959 | Kotan no kuchibue | | |
| 1959 | Kitsune to tanuki | | |
| 1959 | Daibosatsu tôge - Kanketsu-hen | Michihiko | |
| 1959 | Sarariman shussetai koki daiyonbu | | |
| 1959 | Suppadaka no nenrei | Gen-ji | |
| 1959 | Mi wa jukushitari | Sales man | |
| 1959 | Kashimanada no onna | | |
| 1959 | The Three Treasures | God Amenominaka | |
| 1959 | Kôdo nanasen metoru: kyôfu no yojikan | Flight Passenger - Elderly Husband | |
| 1960 | Shin santô jûyaku: Tabi to onna to sake no maki | | |
| 1960 | Salary man Mejiro Sanpei: Teishu no tameiki no maki | Travelling seller | |
| 1960 | Yurei Hanjo-ki | | |
| 1960 | Taiyô no hakaba | Peddlar | |
| 1960 | Dare yori mo kimi o aisu | Monk Saikô | |
| 1960 | Shosuke buyuden aizu bandaisan | | |
| 1960 | Oneechan wa tsuiteru ze | | |
| 1960 | The Human Vapor | Fujichiyo's guardian | |
| 1961 | Botchan yaro seizoroi | | |
| 1961 | Fûryû kokkei-tan: Sennin buraku | | |
| 1961 | Shachô dôchûki | | |
| 1961 | Daigaku no wakadaishô | | |
| 1961 | Shingo nijuban shobu dainibu | | |
| 1961 | Kawa jean blues | | |
| 1961 | Kigeki: ekimae danchi | | |
| 1961 | Gen to fudômyô-ô | | |
| 1961 | Shindo no shacho shirizu: Jirocho shacho yosakoi dochu | | |
| 1961 | Wakai yatsura no kaidan | Heisaku | |
| 1961 | Sennin Buraku | Doctor | |
| 1962 | Nippon no obaachan | Seki | |
| 1962 | Jirocho shacho to Ishimatsuhain: Ifu dodo | | |
| 1962 | Ginza no wakadaishô | | |
| 1962 | Akai tsubomi to shiroi hana | Dr. Fujibayashi | |
| 1962 | Ao beka monogatari | | |
| 1962 | Nihon ichi no wakadaishô | | |
| 1962 | Kigeki ekimae onsen | | |
| 1962 | Kare raisu | | |
| 1962 | Burari burabura monogatari | | |
| 1962 | Yabai koto nara zeni ni naru | Sakamoto | |
| 1963 | Otoko ippiki dochuki | | |
| 1963 | Sarariman monogatari: Katta kuru zoto isamashitaku | | |
| 1963 | Onsen geisha | Ichisuke | |
| 1963 | Shitamachi no taiyô | Zensuke | |
| 1963 | Chintao yôsai bakugeki meirei | | |
| 1963 | Kigeki ekimae chagama | | |
| 1963 | Hawai no wakadaishô | | |
| 1963 | Hiken | | |
| 1963 | Gyangu Chûshingura | | |
| 1963 | Hachigatsu umare no Onna | | |
| 1964 | Shachô shinshiroku | | |
| 1964 | Zûzûshii yatsu | Count Karasuma | |
| 1964 | Otoko girai | Priest | |
| 1964 | Zoku shachô shinshiroku | | |
| 1964 | Geisha gakkô | | |
| 1964 | Three Outlaw Samurai | Sakusan | |
| 1964 | Dojo yaburi | | |
| 1964 | Zatoichi's Flashing Sword | Kyubei | |
| 1964 | Garakuta | | |
| 1964 | Akai daiya | | |
| 1965 | Red Beard | Patient A | |
| 1965 | Sanshiro Sugata | Priest | |
| 1965 | Chinkoro amakko | Gosaku | |
| 1965 | Kuroi tobakushi: Daisu de korose | | |
| 1965 | Gamera: The Giant Monster | Old Farmer | |
| 1965 | Yoru no akujo | | |
| 1966 | Black Tight Killers | Momochi | |
| 1966 | Nippon ichi no gorigan otoko | | |
| 1966 | Izuko e | | |
| 1966 | Otoko nante nanisa | Yoshida | |
| 1966 | Kigeki ekimae manga | | |
| 1966 | Ohana han | Gosuke | part 1, 2 |
| 1966 | Ahendaichi jigokubutai totsugekseyo | | |
| 1967 | Zoku izuko e | Stationmaster | |
| 1967 | Kigeki ekimae gakuen | | |
| 1967 | Kigeki: Kyûkô ressha | | |
| 1967 | Minami taiheiyo no wakadaishô | | |
| 1967 | Kureji no Kaitô Jibako | Right-wing sword maker | |
| 1967 | Kigeki: Dantai ressha | | |
| 1967 | Two in the Shadow | | |
| 1967 | Nureta aibiki | | |
| 1968 | Rio no wakadaishô | | |
| 1968 | Sukurappu shûdan | | |
| 1968 | Kigeki hatsumoude resha | Boss of printing company | |
| 1969 | Go! Go! Wakadaishô | Old Man Onashi | |
| 1969 | Furesshuman wakadaishô | | |
| 1969 | Maruhi sei to seikatsu | | |
| 1969 | Kigeki ekimae sanbashi | Shinsaku | |
| 1969 | Shôwa zankyô-den: Karajishi jingi | | |
| 1969 | Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts | Jinbei | |
| 1969 | Oretachi no kôya | | |
| 1969 | Aru joshi kôkôi no kiroku zoku ninshin | | |
| 1969 | Red Lion | Gohei | |
| 1969 | Yoru no kayô series: Onna | | |
| 1969 | Konto Gojugo-go: Uchu daibôken | | |
| 1969 | Namida no kisetsu | | |
| 1969 | Kiki kaikai ore wa dareda?! | Dr. Ôyabu | |
| 1970 | Otoko wa tsurai yo: Fûten no Tora | Toku | |
| 1970 | Zoku shachô gaku ABC | | |
| 1970 | Tokyo Pari - Seishun no joken | | |
| 1970 | Ore no sora da ze! Wakadaishô | | |
| 1970 | Kigeki aa gunka | | |
| 1970 | Tora-san, His Tender Love | Toto-chan, Japan's richest man | |
| 1970 | Boku wa gosai | | |
| 1970 | Kigeki-dai oyabun | | |
| 1970 | Harenchi gakuen: Takkuru kissu no maki | | |
| 1971 | Suppon onnabancho | | |
| 1971 | Kigeki Kaiun ryokô | | |
| 1971 | Kigeki onna wa otoko no furusatoyo | | (final film role) |