In 1925, however, he was temporarily suspended in the middle of shooting 'Akai yuhi ni terasarete' (Shining in the Red Sunset) because of the incident in which he was stabbed in the back with a razor by his girlfriend and, at the same time, live-in housekeeper (who would be forced into prostitution because of poverty after separation) as a result of a quarrel between the couple.
しかし、14年「赤い夕日に照らされて」を撮影中痴話喧嘩のもつれから、恋人であり同棲中の雇女（別れた後､貧しさのため娼婦となる）に背中を剃刀で斬られるという事件を起こし、しばらく謹慎処分となる。