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person_profile-Zenzō Matsuyama

Zenzō Matsuyama Died at age: 91

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Zenzō Matsuyama

Date of Birth:

Apr 03, 1925

Country of birth:

Japan

Died:

Aug 27, 2016

Biography of

Zenzō Matsuyama

    Zenzō Matsuyama (松山 善三 Matsuyama Zenzō, born 3 April 1925) is 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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Zenzō Matsuyama

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Filmography of

Zenzō Matsuyama

Found 9 Movies in total

... 1993

Mother

Writer

... 1988

Two Iida

Screenplay

... 1976

O Luna, My Pony!

Original Story

... 1967

... 1965

... 1964

Mother Country

Screenplay

... 1962

... 1961

Carmen Comes Home

Assistant Director

... 1951