Rather than Kataoka's absence due to illness for three months at the beginning of the year, Chie Puro was basically liquidated due to a request by Nikkatsu when Denjiro Okochi resigned from Nikkatsu and joined J.O Studio.
同社の解散は、同年早々の片岡本人の3か月にわたる病気休養もあったが、大河内伝次郎の日活退社とJ.Oスタヂオ移籍による日活側の要望であった。