As Director, As Writer
Mother
1988
7.0
Zenzō Matsuyama
Directing
Born
April 3, 1925
Place of Birth
Kobe, Japan
Deceased
August 27, 2016
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. 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.
The Filmography
As Writer
Foxes of Chironup
1987
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Proof of the Man
1977
7.5
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The Black Battlefront Kidnappers
1973
6.5
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The Twilight Years
1973
6.0
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Come Marry Me
1966
6.0
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Moment of Terror
1966
6.3
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Yearning
1964
8.1
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Four Sisters
1962
6.0
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Tokyo Bay
1962
7.0
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Mother Country
1962
6.5
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Our Marriage
1962
6.7
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The Wiser Age
1962
7.3
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The Other Woman
1961
6.3
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The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
1961
8.4
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Happiness of Us Alone
1961
9.0
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The Lovelorn Geisha
1960
6.3
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Daughters, Wives and a Mother
1960
7.1
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The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
1959
8.2
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The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
8.1