Later on, Hotta went on to write nineteen scripts, teaming up with assistant director Kichinosuke HITOMI as a main scriptwriter of Makino's contemporary dramas rather than working on Katsumi's films.
しかしそれ以降、八田は勝見作品以上にマキノの現代劇の主力として、人見吉之助監督とのコンビを中心に19本を執筆した。