From 1941 to 1942, he directed the two-part epic film based on Seika MAYAMA's work, 'Genroku chushingura' (The 47 Ronin), which he spent a long period and an extremely large sum of money producing.
16年から17年にかけて長い撮影期間と破格の費用をかけて真山青果の「元禄忠臣蔵」を前後編の大作映画に仕立た。