Zenzō Matsuyama
Writing · Born 1925-04-03 · age 91 at death · Kobe, Japan
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.
Titles
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Yearning
Black River
Carmen Comes Home
Proof of the Man
Tokyo 1958
I Will Buy You
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
Moment of Terror
The Tattered Wings
The Other Woman
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
Fountainhead
The Wiser Age
Our Marriage
Beautiful Days
Ishibumi
The Lovelorn Geisha
Happiness of Us Alone
Mother Country
The First Kiss
The Black Battlefront Kidnappers
The Last Judgment
Eyes of Children
Come Marry Me
Mother
The Twilight Years
Good Luck to These Two
Could I But Live
Jesus is My Boss
The Age of Undutiful Children
Foxes of Chironup
Two Iida
Futari dake no toride
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
My Hobo
The Daphne
Eternity of Love
River of Forever
Bokyo
This Is Noriko
Four Sisters
Different Sons
Tokyo Bay
Long Journey into Love
The Youth and His Amulet
Rainbow Bridge
The Dangerous Kiss
Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong
A Town with a Mountain and River
Start Here
We Will Remember
Adan
Kimi ga kagayaku toki
Wings of Icarus' Flight
A Good Man, A Good Day
Akuma no kao
O Luna, My Pony!