When Mitsuo's older brother Masahiro MAKINO was as young as twenty to overcome adverse situations such as the loss of his family's house in a fire in 1928 and the loss of many actors and actresses who quit Makino Productions, he produced a masterpiece of period drama "Roningai" with Itaro YAMAGAMI, but upon Shozo's death on July 25, 1929 the next year, it became difficult to continue the operation of Makino Productions and there was a conflict about the non-payment of salaries at the end of 1930.
1928年（昭和3年）の本宅の焼失、スターの大量退社に揺れるマキノプロで逆境に燃えた光雄の兄・弱冠20歳のマキノ雅弘は、山上伊太郎と時代劇の傑作『浪人街』を生むが、翌年の1929年（昭和4年）7月25日、省三が亡くなるとマキノプロの経営は困難になり1930年（昭和5年）に年末給料不払で争議が起こる。