With the box-office failure of "Mori no Ishimatsu" (Ishimatsu of the Forest) in 1949, the Shochiku executives claimed that 'Shindo's screenplays have too strong a social aspect and they are too dark in nature.'
1949年、『森の石松』の興行的失敗等で松竹首脳らが「新藤のシナリオは社会性が強くて暗い」とクレームをつける