As censorship intensified, he was saddened and lost his enthusiasm for making films after the talking picture period, and did not leave impressive works because of losing ground to Yasujiro OZU, Kenji MIZOGUCHI, Sadao YAMANAKA and others.
検閲、言論統制が強まっていく時代の流れのなか、トーキー時代以降は映画作りの意欲が衰えて不振を極め、小津安二郎、溝口健二、山中貞雄らに押されて、目立つ作品を残していない。