After graduating, he joined Daiei Kyoto Studios in 1950 as an assistant director and worked under Kozaburo YOSHIMURA, Kenji MIZOGUCHI, Kon ICHIKAWA, Kaneto SHINDO and Torajiro SAITO.
卒業後、1950年、大映京都撮影所に助監督として入社し、吉村公三郎、溝口健二、市川崑、新藤兼人、斎藤寅次郎らにつく。