But he did not like what you call the authentic science fiction and favored those such as; 'the collection of short stories of unique writers,' and among the SF films he praised "Barbarella" highly and wrote that 'I wish the late Yuzo KAWASHIMA could have seen it' ('Film Art' issued on November in 1968).
しかし、いわゆる本格派は嫌いで「異色作家短編集」のようなものを好み、SF映画では『バーバレラ』を手放しで絶賛、「故川島雄三先生に観てもらいたかった」と書いている（「映画芸術」昭和43年（1968年）11月号）。