But his next film, the 1981 flop "E ja nai ka" disappointed moviegoers to such a degree that for a time people began to mutter "The era where Imamura had the whole world at his fingertips is sure over."
しかし、1981年の『ええじゃないか(映画)』の大失敗で一時は「天下の今平も終わったな」と観客を失望させた。