Zenzō Matsuyama

Writing

Born Apr 03, 1925

From Kobe, Japan

Died Aug 27, 2016

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.

Filmography — Crew

Zenzō Matsuyama

Filmography — Crew

A Good Man, A Good Day

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

Daughters, Wives and a Mother

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

Proof of the Man

Four Sisters

The Other Woman

Black River

Moment of Terror

Yearning

Jesus is My Boss

The Youth and His Amulet

Fountainhead

Eternity of Love

The Wiser Age

Two Iida

The Lovelorn Geisha

Happiness of Us Alone

The Tattered Wings

Different Sons

悪魔の顔

Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi

Good Luck to These Two

Our Marriage

I Will Buy You

The First Kiss

Double Wedding

The Black Battlefront Kidnappers

Futari dake no toride

Mother Country

喜劇 各駅停車

Wings of Icarus' Flight

Tokyo Bay

Could I But Live

Home Sweet Home

The Swan Elegy

Long Journey into Love

The Daphne

Foxes of Chironup

This Is Noriko

River of Forever

Rainbow Bridge

Goodbye to Glory

Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong

The Twilight Years

Eyes of Children

Adan

The Dangerous Kiss

The Injured Boy

Beautiful Days

Drunkard's Paradise

The Last Judgment

Bokyo

A Town with a Mountain and River

Kimi ga kagayaku toki

Tokyo 1958

We Will Remember

Start Here

Blue Buds

Typhoon Over Nagasaki

O Luna, My Pony!

Come Marry Me

Tama wa kudakezu

My Hobo

Mother

Yurakucho 0 Street

一本の手

喜劇各駅停車