With Toho, he went on to appear on stage alongside actresses such as Fujiko YAMAMOTO, and Isuzu YAMADA, but dissatisfaction with Toho policies as well as continued disparities between his own artistic outlook and Kikuta's scripts meant that this move cannot be considered to have been a complete success.
その後も東宝で山本富士子や山田五十鈴らの女優と舞台で共演するなどしたが、東宝の興行方針に対する不満や自己の芸術観と菊田の脚本との相違・ずれなど問題が絶えず、この移籍は必ずしも成功とはいえないものだった。