Zenzō Matsuyama

Zenzō Matsuyama

  • Birthday: 1925-04-03
  • Deathday: 2016-08-27
  • Place of birth: Kobe, Japan
  • Also know as: Zenzo Matsuyama

Biography

Zenzō Matsuyama (松山 善三 Matsuyama Zenzō, born 3 April 1925) is 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.

Production

Proof of the Man

1977

As Writer

The Wiser Age

1962

As Screenplay

Our Marriage

1962

As Screenplay

Yearning

1964

As Screenplay

Black River

1957

As Writer

Beautiful Days

1955

As Writer

My Hobo

1962

As Director

My Hobo

1962

As Writer

Happiness of Us Alone

1961

As Director

Fountainhead

1956

As Writer

Tokyo 1958

1958

As Director

Mother

1988

As Director

Mother

1988

As Writer

Carmen Comes Home

1951

As Assistant Director

The First Kiss

1955

As Writer

Moment of Terror

1966

As Screenplay

The Other Woman

1961

As Screenplay

The Lovelorn Geisha

1960

As Screenplay

This Is Noriko

1981

As Screenplay

This Is Noriko

1981

As Director

The Twilight Years

1973

As Writer

Goodbye to Glory

1960

As Screenplay

Four Sisters

1962

As Screenplay

O Luna, My Pony!

1967

As Screenplay

O Luna, My Pony!

1967

As Director

Drunkard's Paradise

1962

As Screenplay

The Last Judgment

1965

As Screenplay

Tokyo Bay

1962

As Screenplay

Long Journey into Love

1973

As Screenplay

I Will Buy You

1956

As Screenplay

Tokyo 1958

1958

As Screenplay

Tokyo 1958

1958

As Producer

Tokyo 1958

1958

As Editor

Eyes of Children

1956

As Screenplay

The Youth and His Amulet

1961

As Screenplay

The Daphne

1966

As Screenplay

Come Marry Me

1966

As Writer

Good Luck to These Two

1957

As Writer

Typhoon Over Nagasaki

1957

As Writer

Mother Country

1962

As Director

The Swan Elegy

1966

As Screenplay

Double Wedding

1963

As Screenplay

Rainbow Bridge

1993

As Director

Rainbow Bridge

1993

As Writer

The Dangerous Kiss

1960

As Writer

Could I But Live

1964

As Director

Could I But Live

1964

As Writer

Kimi ga kagayaku toki

1985

As Screenplay

A Good Man, A Good Day

1961

As Screenplay

Futari dake no toride

1963

As Screenplay

The Tattered Wings

1955

As Screenplay

Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi

1965

As Director

Happiness of Us Alone

1961

As Screenplay

Jesus is My Boss

2001

As Writer

Wings of Icarus' Flight

1980

As Screenplay

Mother Country

1962

As Screenplay

悪魔の顔

1957

As Screenplay

Bokyo

1993

As Screenplay

The Injured Boy

1962

As Screenplay

Different Sons

1961

As Writer

Ishibumi

2016

As Original Film Writer

Home Sweet Home

2000

As Writer

Foxes of Chironup

1987

As Screenplay

Adan

2006

As Writer

Two Iida

1976

As Director

Two Iida

1976

As Screenplay

Wakarete ikiru toki mo

1961

As Writer

The Daphne

1966

As Story

O Luna, My Pony!

1967

As Story

The Swan Elegy

1966

As Story

Aoimoku no yome-han

1964

As Story

River of Forever

1967

As Writer

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