In the same year, he took the lead role in "Shohin Eigashu: Machi no skecchi" (a collection of short movies: a sketch of a town) directed by Kenji MIZOGUCHI, and in "Kokyo no mizu wa natsukashi" (nostalgia for the life of hometown) directed by Minoru MURATA next year in 1926 even though they were short movies.
同年の溝口健二監督の『小品映画集《街のスケッチ》』や翌1926年の村田実監督の『故郷の水は懐し』では、小品といえど主役を張るようになる。