Zenzo Matsuyama

Zenzō Matsuyama
Born	April 3, 1925 Kobe, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Script writer, film director
Spouse(s)	Hideko Takamine (1955-2010)

Zenzō Matsuyama (松山 善三 Matsuyama Zenzō, born 3 April 1925) is a Japanese script writer and film director.^[1] 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 utsukushiku in 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.

Filmography

Title (English)	Release date	Title (Japanese)	Job
The Human Condition	1959-1961	人間の條件	Scriptwriter
Na mo Naku Mazushiku Utsukushiku	1961	名もなく貧しく美しく	Scriptwriter, director
Burari Bura-bura Monogatari	1962	ぶらりぶらぶら物語	Scriptwriter, director
Proof of the Man	1978	人間の証明	Scriptwriter

References

1. "松山善三". Nihon jinmei daijiten+Plus (in Japanese). Kōdansha. Retrieved 21 March 2012.

External links

• Zenzo Matsuyama at the Internet Movie Database
• Zenzo Matsuyama at the Japanese Movie Database (Japanese)