Afterwards, he moved back to his independent production company and released the following two masterpieces: the omnibus film "Nigorie" (An Inlet of Muddy Water) which, based on Ichiyo HIGUCHI's work, was created with Bungakuza (theater group) and ranked number one in the top ten list; and the humanistic film "Koko ni izumi ari" (Here Is a Fountain) which portrayed the founding period of the Takasaki Citizens Orchestra (the present-day Gunma Symphony Orchestra).
その後、再び独立プロに戻り、文学座と組んだ樋口一葉原作のオムニバス映画『にごりえ』（ベストテン第1位）、高崎市民オーケストラ（現・群馬交響楽団）の草創期を描いた『ここに泉あり』とヒューマニズム映画の傑作を発表する。