(However, in a retrospective essay of the screenwriter Yoshio SHIRASAKA, he wrote that 'KINOSHITA was famous for being gay and all of his assistant directors were beautiful young men.')
（ただし、脚本家の白坂依志夫の回顧エッセイでは、「ホモ・セクシャルで有名な木下の助監督は、すべて美青年であった」と記述されている。）