Born in Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan — Feb 20 1894• Died May 26 1971

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").
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Yohei

Ohara

Patient A

Karube

Landowner


Kahei the Pilgrim

God Amenominaka

Sakusan



Priest

Old man

Jiya

Otsuka Kihei

Old Farmer


Hide's Husband

Hidematsu Yasufuku





Gohei


Riu's father

Drunk


Gosuke



Village Head Akamatsu





Jinbei





Alfata Jinbei


Nakahara


Gosuke


Prof. Ishiwaki

Kyubei



Toku

古屋老人

Doctor Doan

Jinbei



Doan

Shima-san



Arita Hidezo


Koji Minagawa


Chairman Yokoyama

Teacher



Boilerman





Hikoichi Okubo





Kuroda (President of Taisho Paper)




Gosaku

Momochi


Old man

Florist


Kōbei, Yukichi’s Grandfather

Clerk at Haruyoshi Inn



Doan



Police chief










Jinbei




Peasant

Kan-jii
Janitor


Salesman


Gen-ji






University Staff











Clerk at "Iyami-yu"

Shiro's grandpa


Takichi




Sakamoto, the Expert


Kōbei

Section chief








Genji








Janitor

Prof. Ishiwaki





Aso Chairman


Obata Seiichi


Kinnosuke Togura



杉本



Tamaru Mondonosho


Heikichi Kobayashi

Awa-no-Kami








Factory owner (uncredited)




Old man



