Soon after that, when the shooting of "Tsubaki hime" (The Lady of the Camelias) as a project planned by 'Kinyo-kai' was goin on, he blew up a leading character Yoshiko OKADA with his scorching-like words in front of crowds, and Okada ran off together with her opposite Ryoichi TAKEUCHI, also because of stress and frustration in her private life.
しかし、直後に開始された「金曜会」企画の『椿姫』の撮影中に主役の岡田嘉子に群衆の前で罵倒に近い叱声を浴びせかけ、私生活の縺れも重なって、岡田が相手役の竹内良一と駆け落ちし一時失踪。