Susukita lived in the same boarding house with actors such as Tsumasaburo BANDO, Buntaro FUTAGAWA and Kintaro INOUE, used to discuss films with them, and recommended Bando, a then-uncredited actor, to Makino.
同じ下宿にいた阪東妻三郎、二川文太郎、井上金太郎ら俳優と映画論を戦わせ、まだ無名だった阪東を牧野に推薦する。