Zenzô Matsuyama

Zenzô Matsuyama

b. 1925 — d. 2016 (aged 91) Kobe, Japan

Director Writer

Zenzō Matsuyama (松山善三 Matsuyama Zenzō, born 3 April 1925) is 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

Happiness of Us Alone

Happiness of Us Alone

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

Burari burabura monogatari

Burari burabura monogatari

Rainbow Bridge

Filmography

Ishibumi

Kujira to medaka

Herupâ Haruko no sennyûki: Nani ga haha wo sôsaseta!?

Frontier Dreams

Mission Barabba

Mission Barabba

Rainbow Bridge

1993 Director Writer

Mother

This Is Noriko

1981 Director Writer

Tobe ikarosu no tsubasa

Proof of the Man

Proof of the Man

Nakinagara warau hi

Fushoku no kôzô

1976 Director Writer

Kôkotsu no hito

Kôkotsu no hito

The Black Battlefront Kidnappers

The Black Battlefront Kidnappers

Yellow Ribbon Comedy Reward

Long Journey Into Love

Long Journey Into Love

Nippon oyafukô jidai

Chikumagawa zesshô

O Luna, My Pony!

O Luna, My Pony!

1967 Director Writer

Kimi ni shiawase o - Sentimental boy

Zoku namonaku mazushiku utsukushiku: Haha to ko

1967 Director Writer

Chichi to ko: Zoku Na mo naku mazushiku utsukushiku

1967 Director Writer

Moment of Terror

Moment of Terror

Come Marry Me

Dark the Mountain Snow

Dark the Mountain Snow

1966 Director Writer

Aogeba tôtoshi

Saigô no shinpan

Saigô no shinpan

Kokkura suzumaru

Senjo ni nagareru uta

1965 Director Writer

Yearning

Could I But Live

1964 Director Writer

Aoi me no yome-han

Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong

Futari dake no toride

Kekkonshiki Kekkonshiki

Kekkonshiki Kekkonshiki

Kagami no naka no razô

A Woman's Place

A Woman's Place

Our Marriage

The Left Handed Sniper: Tokyo Bay

The Left Handed Sniper: Tokyo Bay

Mother Country

1962 Director Writer

Drunkard's Paradise

Drunkard's Paradise

Burari burabura monogatari

Burari burabura monogatari

1962 Director Writer

Sanroku

Wakamono-tachi no yoru to hiru

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

Poignant Story

Happiness of Us Alone

Happiness of Us Alone

1961 Director Writer

A Good Man, a Good Day

A Good Man, a Good Day

The Youth and His Amulet

The Youth and His Amulet

Different Sons

Wakarete ikiru toki mo

Daughters, Wives and a Mother

Daughters, Wives and a Mother

The Lovelorn Geisha

The Lovelorn Geisha

Seppun dorobô

Yokaren monogatari: Konpeki no sora tôku

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

Kôfuku na kazoku

Tokyo 1958

1958 Director Writer

Yûrakuchô 0-banchi

Black River

Be Happy, These Two Lovers

Be Happy, These Two Lovers

Karada no naka o kaze ga fuku

Koishite itoshite kenka shite

Yama to kawa no aru machi

I Will Buy You

Fountainhead

Typhoon Over Nagasaki

Typhoon Over Nagasaki

Eyes of Children

Eyes of Children

White Devilfish

Zoku zoku Shishi Maru Ippei

Chiemi no High Heel

Beautiful Days

The Tattered Wings

The Tattered Wings

The First Kiss

Tama wa kudakezu

Zoku shishi maru ippei

Jishi maru ippei

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