In addition, Teruo ISHII, who was not originally hired by Toei but transferred from Shintoho before becoming a hit maker in the 1960s, left education after graduating from junior high school under the old system of education, while Kinji FUKASAKU, one of the best directors of the 1970s, was from Nihon University College of Art but belonged to Department of Literature rather than the Department of Cinema.
また、東映採用ではないが新東宝から移籍し60年代東映きってのヒットメーカーとなった石井輝男は旧制中学卒であり、70年代のエース深作欣二は日大芸術学部ではあるが映画学科ではなく文芸学科の卒業。