When the motion film industry began to use both actresses and actors, it became unnecessary to play female roles, so he turned to directing and made his directorial debut with "Imoto no Shi" (The Death of My Sister) in 1920.
映画界が女優を起用し始め、女形が不要になってきたこともあり、監督に転向し、1920年、『妹の死』でデビューする。