However, since he won less formal overseas awards than Kurosawa and most of his works were based on everyday life rather than dramatic and stimulating events, he quickly became a forgotten master in later years.
しかし海外での受賞が少ないことや、基本的に日常派で華々しい話題性や刺激に乏しい作品が多いこともあり、晩年は急速に忘れられた巨匠と化しつつあった。