Shimazu embarked on creating film adaptations of major literary works such as "Okoto to Sasuke" (Okoto and Sasuke) which was adapted from Junichiro TANIZAKI's "Shunkinsho" (A Portrait of Shunkin), and in this field he also created works which brought to the fore a vivid feeling of realism.
また、谷崎潤一郎の『春琴抄』を脚色した『お琴と佐助』をはじめ、文芸大作を映像化していくが、ここでもリアリティーあふれた駆れらしさを前面に押し出したものに仕上がっている。