He was known as a 'stubborn' director and it is said that when shooting "Koroshita no wa dareda" working with Akira IFUKUBE, who was a 'stubborn' composer like him, people in the studio were afraid that they would conflict with one another and that the film might not be completed ("Akira IFUKUBE's unpublished collected works of film music of Nikkatsu" VPCD-81189 published by Vap Inc.).
妥協を許さぬ「うるさ型」の監督として知られ、『殺したのは誰だ』の時は同じうるさ型の作曲家・伊福部昭と組むことになり、両者の衝突は避けられぬと撮影所内には作品の完成を危ぶむ声まであったと伝えられる（（株）バップ『伊福部昭未発表映画音楽全集日活編』VPCD-81189）。