Zenzō Matsuyama
Personal Info
Know For
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1925-04-03 (91 years old)
Deathday
2016-08-27
Place of Birth
Kobe, Japan
Also known As
Zenzo Matsuyama
松山 善三
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, 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....
Production
1961
as Screenplay
1964
as Director
1964
as Writer
2001
as Writer
1968
as Story
2000
as Writer
2016
as Original Film Writer
1987
as Screenplay
2006
as Writer
1985
as Screenplay
1980
as Screenplay
1962
as Screenplay
1961
as Screenplay
1957
as Screenplay
1976
as Director
1976
as Screenplay
1963
as Screenplay
1955
as Screenplay
1965
as Director
1965
as Writer
1957
as Writer
1962
as Writer
1959
as Screenplay
1962
as Screenplay
1961
as Director
1962
as Screenplay
1956
as Writer
1958
as Director
1962
as Director
1977
as Writer
1964
as Screenplay
1961
as Screenplay
1959
as Screenplay
1955
as Writer
1964
as Story
1966
as Story
1966
as Story
1967
as Story
1961
as Writer
1988
as Writer
1988
as Director
1951
as Assistant Director
1967
as Writer
1955
as Writer
1993
as Screenplay
1961
as Screenplay
1966
as Screenplay
1960
as Screenplay
1981
as Screenplay
1981
as Director
1973
as Writer
1962
as Screenplay
1960
as Screenplay
1962
as Screenplay
1967
as Screenplay
1967
as Director
1962
as Screenplay
1965
as Screenplay
1961
as Writer
1962
as Screenplay
1973
as Screenplay
1956
as Screenplay
1958
as Producer
1958
as Screenplay
1958
as Editor
1956
as Screenplay
1961
as Screenplay
1966
as Screenplay
1966
as Writer
1957
as Writer
1962
as Director
1957
as Writer
1966
as Screenplay
1963
as Screenplay
1993
as Director
1993
as Writer
1960
as Writer
1960
as Screenplay
1973
as Screenplay
1963
as Screenplay
1965
as Writer
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