Zenzō Matsuyama
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- April 3, 1925
- Died
- August 27, 2016 (aged 91)
- Birthplace
- Kobe, Japan
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
Filmography
Chiemi's High-Heeled Shoes
Movie · Adaptation
Ishibumi
Movie · Original Film Writer
Adan
Movie · Writer
Jesus is My Boss
Movie · Writer
Home Sweet Home
Movie · Writer
一本の手
Movie · Screenplay
Bokyo
Movie · Screenplay
Rainbow Bridge
Movie · Screenplay
Mother
Movie · Writer
Foxes of Chironup
Movie · Screenplay
Kimi ga kagayaku toki
Movie · Screenplay
This Is Noriko
Movie · Screenplay
Wings of Icarus' Flight
Movie · Screenplay
Proof of the Man
Movie · Writer
Fushoku no kōzō
TV · Screenplay · 1 ep
Two Iida
Movie · Screenplay
The Twilight Years
Movie · Writer
Long Journey into Love
Movie · Screenplay
The Black Battlefront Kidnappers
Movie · Screenplay
The Age of Undutiful Children
Movie · Story
Sôshun
Movie · Screenplay
O Luna, My Pony!
Movie · Story, Screenplay
River of Forever
Movie · Writer
Happiness For You — Sentimental Boy
Movie · Screenplay
Our Silent Love
Movie · Screenplay
The Swan Elegy
Movie · Story, Screenplay
The Daphne
Movie · Story, Screenplay
Moment of Terror
Movie · Screenplay
Come Marry Me
Movie · Writer
Look Up, Noble One
Movie · Writer
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
Movie · Writer
The Last Judgment
Movie · Screenplay
Retirement of a Train Engineer
Movie · Writer
Start Here
Movie · Screenplay
We Will Remember
Movie · Screenplay
Could I But Live
Movie · Writer
Yearning
Movie · Screenplay
Blue Eyed Bride
Movie · Story
Futari dake no toride
Movie · Screenplay
Double Wedding
Movie · Screenplay
Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong
Movie · Screenplay
Kagami no naka no razō
Movie · Writer
Miren
Movie · Screenplay
Mother Country
Movie · Screenplay
The Wiser Age
Movie · Screenplay
My Hobo
Movie · Writer
Our Marriage
Movie · Screenplay
Four Sisters
Movie · Screenplay
The Injured Boy
Movie · Screenplay
Drunkard's Paradise
Movie · Screenplay
Tokyo Bay
Movie · Screenplay
Happiness of Us Alone
Movie · Screenplay
A Good Man, A Good Day
Movie · Screenplay
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Movie · Screenplay
Eternity of Love
Movie · Writer
The Other Woman
Movie · Screenplay
Different Sons
Movie · Writer
The Youth and His Amulet
Movie · Screenplay
The Lovelorn Geisha
Movie · Screenplay
Goodbye to Glory
Movie · Screenplay
The Dangerous Kiss
Movie · Writer
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Movie · Screenplay
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Movie · Screenplay
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Movie · Screenplay
I Love You
Movie · Adaptation
Tokyo 1958
Movie · Screenplay
Yurakucho 0 Street
Movie · Screenplay
Akuma no kao
Movie · Screenplay
Black River
Movie · Writer
Good Luck to These Two
Movie · Writer
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
Movie · Writer
A Town with a Mountain and River
Movie · Screenplay
Karada no naka o kaze ga fuku
Movie · Screenplay
Fountainhead
Movie · Writer
I Will Buy You
Movie · Screenplay
Eyes of Children
Movie · Screenplay
Blue Buds
Movie · Screenplay
The Lady Was Pawn
Movie · Adaptation
The Tattered Wings
Movie · Screenplay
Beautiful Days
Movie · Writer
The First Kiss
Movie · Writer
Tama wa kudakezu
Movie · Writer
Youth
Movie · Screenplay
The Moon Over the Ruined Castle
Movie · Screenplay