In July of the same year, at the advice of Ueschi-sha in Germany, Mizoguchi left for Europe to hold a show of "Machi no Tejinashi" with Iwao MORI who wrote the scenario, leaving Nikkatsu's directors including Matsunosuke ONOE who came to see them out at the airport.
同年7月、ドイツのウエスチ社のすすめで『街の手品師』を携え、脚本を担当した森岩雄とともに尾上松之助ら日活重役に見送られて渡欧。