Subsequently, he made excellent films such as 'Gion bayashi' (A Geisha), 'Uwasa no onna' (The Crucified Woman), 'Yokihi' (Empress Yank Kwei Fei), 'Shin heike monogatari' (The New Tale of the Heike), and finally, the film 'Akasen chitai' (Street of Shame), which depicted the women in Yoshiwara (a red-light district) before the enactment of the Anti-Prostitution Law, became his posthumous work.
その後も「祇園囃子」「噂の女」「楊貴妃」「新・平家物語」と優れた作品を生み出すが、31年売春防止法成立前の吉原の女たちを描いた「赤線地帯」が遺作となった。