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Zenzo Matsuyama

Japanese film director and screenwriter

1.28body-of-work score · ranked #728 of 2631 directors · 3 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
April 3, 1925 · Kobe
Died
August 27, 2016 · Tokyo
Nationality
Japan, Empire of Japan
Work
film director, screenwriter, director
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Zenzo Matsuyama
産業経済新聞社（Sankei Shinbun Co., Ltd.） · Public domain

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1
    Carmen Comes Homeカルメン故郷に帰る

    1951 · Japan · musical

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1951 #4 · Kurosawa's 100 favorite films

    0.612 citations
  2. 2
    Happiness of Us Alone名もなく貧しく美しく

    1961 · Japan · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1961 #5

    0.391 citation
  3. 3
    Could I But Liveわれ一粒の麦なれど

    1964 · Japan

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1964 #10

    0.291 citation

Complete filmography

All 7 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.