One picture shows that Mizoguchi, who liked to see from the position as close to the camera as possible, sat on the zabuton (Japanese floor cushion) placed on top of a ladder as if on horseback.
本番もできるだけカメラと同じ位置で見ようと、梯子の上に座布団を乗せて馬乗り状態の溝口の写真が残っている。