At the same time, he also focused on realism in the upsurge of left-wing ideology during the early Showa era by directing keiko eiga (tendency film) such as 'Tokai kokyogaku' (Metropolitan Symphony) and 'Shikamo karera wa yuku' (And Yet They Go).
この間、昭和初期の左翼思想の高揚に乗じて「都会交響楽」「しかも彼等は行く」などの傾向映画も監督してリアリズム追及に邁進した。