On the day in 1936 when the February 26th Incident occurred, east and west representatives (Murata, Kiyohiko USHIHARA, Teinosuke KINUGASA, Daisuke ITO and Mansaku ITAMI) of theater movie directors got together at Sundai-so in Kanda Surugadai and reached an agreement on establishing the 'Directors Guild of Japan' in an attempt to relieve themselves from 'Five Company Agreement' as a fetter and secure movie director's independence and rights.
1936年二・二六事件当日、「五社協定」の桎梏からの解放、映画監督の主体性と権利の確立のため、神田駿河台の駿台荘で集まった劇映画監督東西代表（村田、牛原虚彦、衣笠貞之助、伊藤大輔、伊丹万作）の間に「日本映画監督協会」設立の同意が成立した。