Murata is thought to be a director who first established the so-called film technique in which a play was broken up by cutting, and since he tried to mold actors and actresses into his style, his acting instruction was so harsh that there was a lot of trouble with leading actresses of that time including Okada.
村田はカットごとに演出を細分化する、いわゆる映画的技法を最初に確立した監督の一人と言われているが、容赦なく自分の型に俳優をはめ込もうとして演技指導は苛烈を極め、岡田をはじめ当時の大女優とトラブルが多かった。