When he fell sick on the set of the final movie and was lying down in the dressing room, Kiyoshi ATSUMI, who at that time might have already known that he himself was dying, said to him, 'Are you all right, Mr. Yamada? You should take care of yourself and live a long life,' which Yamada still remembers fondly.
最終作の撮影現場で体調を崩して楽屋で寝込んでいた所、その頃は既に自分の死が近いことを悟っていたのか渥美清から「山田さん大丈夫ですか？あなたは体を大事にして長生きしなければなりませんよ。」と言われたのが今でも心に残っていると言う。