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Bokuzen Hidari

Bokuzen Hidari

2 films · 130 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19521966

Born 20 February 1894 · Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan · died 26 May 1971

Bokuzen Hidari 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").

How their films are shot

Measured across 130 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Bokuzen takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 2 films we hold, 53% of their frames are night — the look of the work Bokuzen takes.

Time of day

Night53%
Day31%
Interior13%

Lighting

Low key38%
Natural28%
High key27%
Chiaroscuro4%

Shot size

Medium58%
Closeup17%
Wide15%
Fullbody8%

Camera angle

Eye level88%
High angle5%
Top down4%
Low angle4%

Mood

Neutral68%
Tense22%
Lonely4%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 130 frames from Bokuzen Hidari's 2 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.