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Zenzō Matsuyama
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 s…
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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.
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2015
Ishibumi
Movie Original Film Writer
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2006
Adan
Movie Writer
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2001
Jesus is My Boss
Movie Writer
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2000
Home Sweet Home
Movie Writer
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1998
一本の手
Movie Director
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1993
Bokyo
Movie Screenplay
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1993
Rainbow Bridge
Movie Director
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1988
Mother
Movie Writer
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1987
Foxes of Chironup
Movie Screenplay
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1985
Kimi ga kagayaku toki
Movie Screenplay
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1981
This Is Noriko
Movie Screenplay
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1980
Wings of Icarus' Flight
Movie Screenplay
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1977
Proof of the Man
Movie Writer
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1977
Fushoku no kōzō
TV show Screenplay
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1976
Two Iida
Movie Screenplay
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1973
The Black Battlefront Kidnappers
Movie Screenplay
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1973
Long Journey into Love
Movie Screenplay
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1973
The Twilight Years
Movie Writer
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1968
The Age of Undutiful Children
Movie Story
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1968
Sôshun
Movie Screenplay
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1967
Happiness For You — Sentimental Boy
Movie Screenplay
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1967
O Luna, My Pony!
Movie Story
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1967
Our Silent Love
Movie Director
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1967
River of Forever
Movie Writer
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1966
Come Marry Me
Movie Writer
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1966
The Swan Elegy
Movie Story
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1966
Look Up, Noble One
Movie Writer
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1966
The Daphne
Movie Story
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1966
Moment of Terror
Movie Screenplay
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1965
Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi
Movie Writer
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1965
Retirement of a Train Engineer
Movie Writer
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1965
We Will Remember
Movie Director
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1965
The Last Judgment
Movie Screenplay
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1965
Start Here
Movie Screenplay
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1964
Could I But Live
Movie Writer
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1964
Blue Eyed Bride
Movie Story
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1964
Yearning
Movie Screenplay
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1963
Miren
Movie Screenplay
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1963
Kagami no naka no razō
Movie Writer
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1963
Double Wedding
Movie Screenplay
