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Bokuzen Hidari

Actor (1894-1971)

Born February 20, 1894
4 movies

Bokuzen Hidari was a Japanese actor and comedian, famous with audiences for playing meek, downtrodden men and for remarkably convincing drunk scenes. He was a regular presence in the films of Akira Kurosawa, appearing in Seven Samurai, Ikiru, The Lower Depths and Red Beard.

Bokuzen Hidari appears in 4 films in The Rerun, from 1950 to 1965. Most of that work is in drama and history. Frequent collaborators in The Rerun: Akira Kurosawa (4), Toshiro Mifune (3), Takashi Shimura (3), Kamatari Fujiwara (3), Eijirō Tōno (2).

Known for

Seven Samurai (1954). Part of the cast of Akira Kurosawa’s tale of villagers who hire ronin for protection.
Ikiru (1952). A showcase for his celebrated drunk scenes in Kurosawa’s humanist drama.
The Lower Depths (1957). Appeared in Kurosawa’s adaptation of the Maxim Gorky play set in a slum lodging house.
Red Beard (1965). Appeared in the period drama about a clinic doctor and his apprentice.

Movies

Red Beard

1965

The Lower Depths

1957

Ikiru

1952

Scandal

1950

Quick answers

What movies and TV shows has Bokuzen Hidari been in?: Bokuzen Hidari appears in Red Beard (1965), The Lower Depths (1957), Ikiru (1952) and Scandal (1950) on The Remote.
When was Bokuzen Hidari born?: Bokuzen Hidari was born on 20 February 1894.

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