Zenzo Matsuyama, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Filmdirector and screenwriter
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Place of Birth: Kōbe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
About Zenzo Matsuyama
- Zenzo Matsuyama (?? ??, Matsuyama Zenzo, 3 April 1925 – 27 August 2016) was a Japanese screenwriter 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 "Kojo 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.
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