In the plot of a period TV drama called 'Shinsengumi!,' Keisuke YAMANAMI took him in when he was a masterless samurai, but Yamanami ordered Kazurayama to commit seppuku when the latter was accused of having written a petition calling for Shinpachi NAGAKURA's resignation from the Shinsengumi.
新選組!では、近江国の浪人だった所を山南敬助に拾われるが、山南の命令で永倉新八の新選組脱退の望書を書いたとして、切腹させられる。