Zenzō Matsuyama
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.
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Films (84)
Ishibumi
2015 · Original Film Writer
Adan
2006 · Writer
Jesus is My Boss
2001 · Writer
Home Sweet Home
2000 · Writer
一本の手
1998 · Director, Screenplay
Bokyo
1993 · Screenplay
Rainbow Bridge
1993 · Director, Screenplay
Mother
1988 · Director, Writer
Foxes of Chironup
1987 · Screenplay
Kimi ga kagayaku toki
1985 · Screenplay
This Is Noriko
1981 · Screenplay, Director
Wings of Icarus' Flight
1980 · Screenplay
Proof of the Man
1977 · Writer
Two Iida
1976 · Director, Screenplay
The Black Battlefront Kidnappers
1973 · Screenplay
Long Journey into Love
1973 · Screenplay
The Twilight Years
1973 · Writer
The Age of Undutiful Children
1968 · Story
Sôshun
1968 · Screenplay
Happiness For You — Sentimental Boy
1967 · Screenplay
O Luna, My Pony!
1967 · Story, Screenplay, Director
Our Silent Love
1967 · Director, Screenplay
River of Forever
1967 · Writer
Come Marry Me
1966 · Writer
The Swan Elegy
1966 · Story, Screenplay
Look Up, Noble One
1966 · Writer
The Daphne
1966 · Story, Screenplay
Moment of Terror
1966 · Screenplay
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
1965 · Director, Writer
Retirement of a Train Engineer
1965 · Writer
We Will Remember
1965 · Director, Screenplay
The Last Judgment
1965 · Screenplay
Start Here
1965 · Screenplay
Could I But Live
1964 · Director, Writer
Blue Eyed Bride
1964 · Story
Yearning
1964 · Screenplay
Miren
1963 · Screenplay
Kagami no naka no razō
1963 · Writer
Double Wedding
1963 · Screenplay
Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong
1963 · Screenplay
Futari dake no toride
1963 · Screenplay
My Hobo
1962 · Director, Writer
Four Sisters
1962 · Screenplay
Tokyo Bay
1962 · Screenplay
Mother Country
1962 · Screenplay, Director
The Injured Boy
1962 · Screenplay
Our Marriage
1962 · Screenplay
Drunkard's Paradise
1962 · Screenplay
The Wiser Age
1962 · Screenplay
Different Sons
1961 · Writer
The Youth and His Amulet
1961 · Screenplay
A Good Man, A Good Day
1961 · Screenplay
The Other Woman
1961 · Screenplay
Eternity of Love
1961 · Writer
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961 · Screenplay
Happiness of Us Alone
1961 · Screenplay, Director
The Lovelorn Geisha
1960 · Screenplay
The Dangerous Kiss
1960 · Writer
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1960 · Screenplay
Goodbye to Glory
1960 · Screenplay
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
1959 · Screenplay
I Love You
1959 · Adaptation
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959 · Screenplay
Yurakucho 0 Street
1958 · Screenplay
Tokyo 1958
1958 · Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor
Black River
1957 · Writer
Akuma no kao
1957 · Screenplay
Karada no naka o kaze ga fuku
1957 · Screenplay
Good Luck to These Two
1957 · Writer
A Town with a Mountain and River
1957 · Screenplay
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
1957 · Writer
I Will Buy You
1956 · Screenplay
Blue Buds
1956 · Screenplay
The Lady Was Pawn
1956 · Adaptation
Fountainhead
1956 · Writer
Eyes of Children
1956 · Screenplay
Tama wa kudakezu
1955 · Writer
Youth
1955 · Screenplay
The First Kiss
1955 · Writer
The Tattered Wings
1955 · Screenplay
Beautiful Days
1955 · Writer
The Moon Over the Ruined Castle
1954 · Screenplay
Carmen Comes Home
1951 · Assistant Director
Chiemi's High-Heeled Shoes
· Adaptation
