Zenzō Matsuyama
Writing
Born 1925-04-03
Died 2016-08-27
Kobe, Japan
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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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Writing
59 credits
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Drunkard's Paradise
Come Marry Me
Bokyo
My Hobo
Proof of the Man
Fushoku no kōzō
Yearning
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Black River
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
The Last Judgment
Happiness For You — Sentimental Boy
Tama wa kudakezu
The Daphne
Foxes of Chironup
Karada no naka o kaze ga fuku
Mother
Fountainhead
The Dangerous Kiss
The Tattered Wings
The Wiser Age
Happiness of Us Alone
Look Up, Noble One
Four Sisters
Moment of Terror
Jesus is My Boss
A Good Man, A Good Day
Rainbow Bridge
We Will Remember
Yurakucho 0 Street
Different Sons
Youth
The Youth and His Amulet
Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong
Eyes of Children
Akuma no kao
This Is Noriko
Could I But Live
The Other Woman
Kagami no naka no razō
The Black Battlefront Kidnappers
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
Good Luck to These Two
Our Marriage
Blue Buds
Long Journey into Love
River of Forever
Two Iida
Tokyo 1958
I Will Buy You
Tokyo Bay
Beautiful Days
Wings of Icarus' Flight
A Town with a Mountain and River
Home Sweet Home
Mother Country
Directing
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My Hobo
Mother
Happiness of Us Alone
Rainbow Bridge
We Will Remember
This Is Noriko
Could I But Live
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
Two Iida
Tokyo 1958
Mother Country
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