He loved reading books of Kafu NAGAI who was his senior at junior high school, and also went to 'Kanda kinki-kan,' a theater specializing in foreign movies every time the showing was renewed since his family did not allow him to see stages.
中学の先輩である永井荷風を愛読し、家に芝居見物を禁止されていたため近所の洋画専門上映館「神田錦輝館」に替り日ごとに通う。