In 1957, he re-released his own film 'Muhomatsu no issei' with the scenes that had been cut by the wartime censors restored; the complete version then went on to win the Grand Prix at the Venice International Film Festival, and the story of the brief telegram he sent to Japan just after receiving the reward, 'won, cried,' is quite famous.
さらに33年には自作「無法松の一生」を戦時中にカットされた箇所を元に戻して再度映画化し、ベネチア国際映画祭グランプリに輝く、このときに本国に「トリマシタ　ナキマシタ」の電報を打ったという話は有名である。