He worked as an assistant director not only in the films directed by Kawashima but also in those directed by Yasushi SASAKI, Keisuke KINOSHITA, Hideo OBA, Kenkichi HARA, Minoru SHIBUYA, Akira KUROSAWA, and so on.
憧れであった川島をはじめ、佐々木康、木下惠介、大庭秀雄、原研吉、渋谷実、黒澤明等の助監督を務める。