He had disorderly life, which might be because he felt impatient being left alone while Okamoto and Masumura and Shohei IMAMURA and Kirio URAYAMA who belonged to Nikkatsu as well as Nakahira became famous, and it is said that he even drank on the set.
岡本・増村、同じ日活の今村昌平や浦山桐郎が名声を高めていく中で取り残された焦りからか生活を荒れさせ、撮影現場で飲酒することすらあったと伝えられる。