Kozaburo YOSHIMURA and Yuzo KAWASHIMA who were examiners felt funny about him and passed him ('Legends of Masters, Diary of a Film Reviewer in the Fields' written by Shozo ISHIZAKA, published by Sanichi Shobo).
試験官の吉村公三郎と川島雄三は、かえって面白がって中平を合格させた（石坂昌三著「巨匠たちの伝説映画記者現場日記」三一書房）。