
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").
Yohei
Old man
Ohara
Patient A
Aso Chairman
Old Farmer
Tamaru Mondonosho
Kinnosuke Togura
Karube
God Amenominaka
Drunk
Kōbei
Factory owner (uncredited)
Kyubei
Hide's Husband
Landowner
Gohei
Toku
Old man
Gen-ji
Kan-jii
Momochi
Sakusan
Jinbei
Jinbei
Doan
Jiya
Riu's father
Kahei the Pilgrim
Village Head Akamatsu
Hikoichi Okubo
Otsuka Kihei
Doan
Jinbei
古屋老人
Shiro's grandpa
Priest
Police chief
Florist
Alfata Jinbei
Doctor Doan
Awa-no-Kami
Prof. Ishiwaki
Heikichi Kobayashi
Gosaku
Teacher
Shima-san
Prof. Ishiwaki
Boilerman
Salesman
Gosuke
Chairman Yokoyama
Kuroda (President of Taisho Paper)
Takichi
Old man
Janitor
Koji Minagawa
Clerk at Haruyoshi Inn
Genji
Peasant
Gosuke
Nakahara
Section chief
Kōbei, Yukichi’s Grandfather
Janitor
Clerk at "Iyami-yu"
Arita Hidezo
Sakamoto, the Expert
Hidematsu Yasufuku
Obata Seiichi
University Staff
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