Writing
Zenzō Matsuyama
JA, EN, FR cinema · 84 credits
Born
3 April 1925
Died
27 August 2016 (aged 91)
Birthplace
Kobe, Japan
Also known as Zenzo Matsuyama · 松山 善三
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
Adaptation
Ishibumi
Original Film Writer
Adan
Writer
一本の手
1998
一本の手
Director, Screenplay
Bokyo
Screenplay
Rainbow Bridge
Director, Screenplay
Mother
Writer, Director
Foxes of Chironup
Screenplay
Kimi ga kagayaku toki
Screenplay
This Is Noriko
Screenplay, Director
Two Iida
Screenplay, Director
Long Journey into Love
Screenplay
Sôshun
Screenplay
O Luna, My Pony!
Story, Director, Screenplay
Our Silent Love
Director, Screenplay
The Swan Elegy
Story, Screenplay
The Daphne
Story, Screenplay
Moment of Terror
Screenplay
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
Writer, Director
The Last Judgment
Screenplay
Start Here
Screenplay
We Will Remember
Director, Screenplay
Could I But Live
Writer, Director
Yearning
Screenplay
Futari dake no toride
Screenplay
Double Wedding
Screenplay
Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong
Screenplay
Miren
Screenplay
Mother Country
Screenplay, Director
The Wiser Age
Screenplay
ぶらりぶらぶら物語
1962
My Hobo
Writer, Director
Our Marriage
Screenplay
Four Sisters
Screenplay
The Injured Boy
Screenplay
Drunkard's Paradise
Screenplay
Tokyo Bay
Screenplay
Happiness of Us Alone
Screenplay, Director
A Good Man, A Good Day
Screenplay
The Other Woman
Screenplay
The Youth and His Amulet
Screenplay
The Lovelorn Geisha
Screenplay
Goodbye to Glory
Screenplay
I Love You
Adaptation
Tokyo 1958
Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor
Yurakucho 0 Street
Screenplay
Akuma no kao
Screenplay
Black River
Writer
Fountainhead
Writer
I Will Buy You
Screenplay
Eyes of Children
Screenplay
Blue Buds
Screenplay
The Lady Was Pawn
Adaptation
The Tattered Wings
Screenplay
Youth
Screenplay
Carmen Comes Home
Assistant Director