Zenzō Matsuyama
Biography
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, f…
Known For
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Screenplay
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
Screenplay
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Screenplay
Yearning
Screenplay
Black River
Writer
Proof of the Man
Writer
I Will Buy You
Screenplay
Carmen Comes Home
Assistant Director
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Filmography
Crew (78)
Movies (77)
Ishibumi
2015Original Film Writer
Adan
2006Writer
Jesus is My Boss
2001Writer
Home Sweet Home
2000Writer
一本の手
1998Director
一本の手
1998Screenplay
Rainbow Bridge
1993Director
Rainbow Bridge
1993Screenplay
Rainbow Bridge
1993Writer
Bokyo
1993Screenplay
Mother
1988Writer
Foxes of Chironup
1987Screenplay
Kimi ga kagayaku toki
1985Screenplay
This Is Noriko
1981Screenplay
Wings of Icarus' Flight
1980Screenplay
Proof of the Man
1977Writer
Two Iida
1976Screenplay
Long Journey into Love
1973Screenplay
The Black Battlefront Kidnappers
1973Screenplay
The Twilight Years
1973Writer
The Age of Undutiful Children
1968Story
O Luna, My Pony!
1967Story
River of Forever
1967Writer
Come Marry Me
1966Writer
Moment of Terror
1966Screenplay
The Daphne
1966Story
The Swan Elegy
1966Story
喜劇 各駅停車
1965Writer
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
1965Director
Start Here
1965Screenplay
The Last Judgment
1965Screenplay
We Will Remember
1965Director
We Will Remember
1965Screenplay
Yearning
1964Screenplay
Could I But Live
1964Writer
Blue Eyed Bride
1964Story
Futari dake no toride
1963Screenplay
Double Wedding
1963Screenplay
Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong
1963Screenplay
Four Sisters
1962Screenplay
Tokyo Bay
1962Screenplay
The Injured Boy
1962Screenplay
My Hobo
1962Writer
The Wiser Age
1962Screenplay
Mother Country
1962Screenplay
Our Marriage
1962Screenplay
Drunkard's Paradise
1962Screenplay
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961Screenplay
A Good Man, A Good Day
1961Screenplay
Happiness of Us Alone
1961Screenplay
The Other Woman
1961Screenplay
Eternity of Love
1961Writer
The Youth and His Amulet
1961Screenplay
Different Sons
1961Writer
The Human Condition
1961Writer
Goodbye to Glory
1960Screenplay
Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1960Screenplay
The Lovelorn Geisha
1960Screenplay
The Dangerous Kiss
1960Writer
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959Screenplay
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
1959Screenplay
Tokyo 1958
1958Director
Yurakucho 0 Street
1958Screenplay
Black River
1957Writer
Good Luck to These Two
1957Writer
悪魔の顔
1957Screenplay
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
1957Writer
A Town with a Mountain and River
1957Screenplay
Fountainhead
1956Writer
I Will Buy You
1956Screenplay
Eyes of Children
1956Screenplay
Blue Buds
1956Screenplay
Tama wa kudakezu
1955Writer
The Tattered Wings
1955Screenplay
Beautiful Days
1955Writer
The First Kiss
1955Writer
Carmen Comes Home
1951Assistant Director
Television (1)
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