While it was stated in "Nikkatsu no shashi to gensei" (literally, the history and status of Nikkatsu) issued in December of the same year that his post was 'general manager of Gendai geki planning department and president's secretary,' he started suffering from the following: young talented persons such as Kenji MIZOGUCHI, Tomotaka TASAKA, and Tomu UCHIDA were appearing in Nikkatsu gendai geki around this time, the dissolution of 'Kinyo-kai' due to the embarrassment of the directors, increasing confrontations between the company and its employees reflecting the period, changes in production style due to talking pictures (the company placed restrictions on directors ability to produce movies freely and independently).
さらに同年12月発行の『日活の社史と現勢』には「現代劇計画部長兼社長秘書」と紹介されることになるが、この頃の日活現代劇は既に溝口健二、田坂具隆、内田吐夢らの若い才能が台頭してきており、重役間の紛糾による「金曜会」の解散、時代の反映として激しくなる従業員と会社の対立、トーキー化に伴う製作形態の変化（会社側による監督の自由・自主的な作品製作の制限）に苦悩することになる。