Thanks to his cheerful and sincere character, he was loved by many directors and successively appeared in the movies directed by Kurosawa, Naruse as well as Yasujiro OZU.
持ち前の明るさや誠実さで多くの監督から可愛がられ、黒澤や成瀬の他にも小津安二郎などの作品にも常連俳優として出演した。