Zenzō Matsuyama
Writing
Born: April 3, 1925 · Kobe, Japan
Died: August 27, 2016 (aged 91)
Biography
Zenzō Matsuyama (松山 善三 Matsuyama Zenzō, 3 April 1925 - 27 August 2016) was a Japanese script writer and film director. He was born in Kobe and grew up in Yokohama. After leaving school, he began training to become a doctor but dropped out of medical school to take up a career in films. In 1948 he became an assistant director at Shochiku studios. With the support of Keisuke Kinoshita, he also began writing film scripts. His first filmed script was Kojo no tsuki, based on the song Kōjō no Tsuki, filmed in 1954. In 1955 he married actress Hideko Takamine. He made his debut as a director with a film called Na mo naku mazushiku utsukushikuin 1961. He continued to work as a scriptwriter for films like Proof of the Man as well as a director. He also wrote the lyrics for a song Ippon no enpitsu for Hibari Misora.
Known for
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Upcoming (1)
Directing (13)
Happiness of Us Alone
Director
Carmen Comes Home
Assistant Director
Could I But Live
Director
Two Iida
Director
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
Director
Rainbow Bridge
Director
Mother
Director
This Is Noriko
Director
Mother Country
Director
Tokyo 1958
Director
O Luna, My Pony!
Director
Our Silent Love
Director
We Will Remember
Director
Writing (83)
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Screenplay
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Screenplay
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Screenplay
The Moon Over the Ruined Castle
Screenplay
Tokyo Bay
Screenplay
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
Writer
The Last Judgment
Screenplay
Happiness of Us Alone
Screenplay
Yearning
Screenplay
Proof of the Man
Writer
The Wiser Age
Screenplay
Fushoku no kōzō
Screenplay
Black River
Writer
Long Journey into Love
Screenplay
Good Luck to These Two
Writer
A Good Man, A Good Day
Screenplay
Moment of Terror
Screenplay
Beautiful Days
Writer
Could I But Live
Writer
Eternity of Love
Writer
Akuma no kao
Screenplay
Double Wedding
Screenplay
The Youth and His Amulet
Screenplay
The Lovelorn Geisha
Screenplay
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
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I Will Buy You
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Sôshun
Screenplay
Our Marriage
Screenplay
The First Kiss
Writer
The Black Battlefront Kidnappers
Screenplay
Eyes of Children
Screenplay
Retirement of a Train Engineer
Writer
Different Sons
Writer
The Twilight Years
Writer
The Other Woman
Screenplay
Foxes of Chironup
Screenplay
Two Iida
Screenplay
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
Writer
Rainbow Bridge
Screenplay
The Dangerous Kiss
Writer
Jesus is My Boss
Writer
Yurakucho 0 Street
Screenplay
Adan
Writer
Fountainhead
Writer
Mother
Writer
The Age of Undutiful Children
Story
The Tattered Wings
Screenplay
The Injured Boy
Screenplay
Kimi ga kagayaku toki
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The Daphne
Story
The Daphne
Screenplay
Futari dake no toride
Screenplay
The Swan Elegy
Story
The Swan Elegy
Screenplay
Look Up, Noble One
Writer
Wings of Icarus' Flight
Screenplay
Drunkard's Paradise
Screenplay
This Is Noriko
Screenplay
Ishibumi
Original Film Writer
I Love You
Adaptation
Goodbye to Glory
Screenplay
Come Marry Me
Writer
Happiness For You — Sentimental Boy
Screenplay
Miren
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Bokyo
Screenplay
Mother Country
Screenplay
Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong
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Tokyo 1958
Screenplay
Youth
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O Luna, My Pony!
Story
O Luna, My Pony!
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A Town with a Mountain and River
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Our Silent Love
Screenplay
Blue Eyed Bride
Story
River of Forever
Writer
Start Here
Screenplay
The Lady Was Pawn
Adaptation
Four Sisters
Screenplay
We Will Remember
Screenplay
Karada no naka o kaze ga fuku
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Tama wa kudakezu
Writer
Kagami no naka no razō
Writer
Blue Buds
Screenplay