In the 1970's, he mainly worked on scripts for TV period dramas, although he directed "The Dark Side of Ranpo EDOGAWA," regarded as a masterpiece of occult cinema, and epic series such as "Musashi MIYAMOTO," "Life Game" and "Flower and Dragon" for Shochiku, and "Nihon kyoka den" (Legend of the Yakuza) and "Like a Flame" for Toho.
1970年代には松竹で大作シリーズ『宮本武蔵』『人生劇場』『花と龍』のほか、カルト映画の傑作とされる『江戸川乱歩の陰獣』を、東宝で『日本侠花伝』と『炎のごとく』を監督した以外は、テレビ時代劇の脚本が中心となる。