People in the film industry such as Akira KUROSAWA and Minoru SHIBUSAWA paid their last respects and it is said that some of them said, 'Nobody loved film like he did.'
葬儀には黒澤明、渋谷実らの姿も見られ、「彼ほど映画が好きだったやつはいない」と語る映画関係者もいたと伝えられる。