After graduation in 1949, he entered Oizumi Films (currently Toei Movie Studios) as a still photographer, and he won the 1st prize of the 'Kinema Junpo magazine Award for Still pictures' with a still photo he took called "Himeyuri no To" (The Tower of Lilies) of Tadashi IMAI.
卒業後、1949年、太泉映画（現・東映東京撮影所）にスチルマンとして入社し、今井正の『ひめゆりの塔』で「キネマ旬報スチールコンテスト」で一位入賞する。