After working under Yasujiro SHIMAZU, Kozaburo YOSHIMURA, Yasujiro OZU, Hiromasa NOMURA, Keisuke KINOSHITA and others as an assistant director, in 1944 he passed the promotion examination to director at the top, and made his debut as a film director with "Kaette kita otoko" (A man who returned) based on the original work by Sakunosuke ODA.
島津保次郎、吉村公三郎、小津安二郎、野村弘将、木下惠介らの助監督を経て、1944年、監督昇進試験主席合格ののち織田作之助原作の『還って来た男』で監督デビュー。