However, there were some katsudo benshi like Sadaaki SUDA (the biological older brother of Akira KUROSAWA), who committed suicide because he could not change his job, tried in vain to get better treatment with a strike, and fell into despair.
なかには須田貞明（黒澤明の実兄）のように転身を図ることもできず、ストライキによる待遇改善の要求に失敗、精神的な挫折により自ら命を絶った者もいた。