In 1965 he directed "Kuroi Tobakushi" (Black gamester), which was the sixth film of the gamester series starring Akira KOBAYASHI, for the first time and greatly changed the image of film to be modern like James Bond's films removing the melancholy and pathos.
昭和40年（1965年）、小林旭の賭博師シリーズでは中平の初登板した第6作『黒い賭博師』にて、従来の哀愁や情念の要素を抜き去った、モダンでジェームズ・ボンド映画風のタッチで華麗に路線変更。