Although he asked Kinuyo TANAKA, his second cousin, to recommend him for the employment exam, she advised him that 'nobody can survive in the movie industry without talent,' and he kept hiding the fact that he was related to Tanaka.
入社試験に際しては、親しい間柄であった田中絹代に紹介を頼んだが、「映画界は実力がなければ通用しない」と諭され、田中の縁者であることを隠し通したという。