He paid the production costs himself for the "Bungakush satsujinjiken oinaru joso" (Murder at the Literary Award: Big Runaway) (originally written by Yasutaka Tsutsui) released in 1989 and was supposedly deeply involved.
1989年の『文学賞殺人事件　大いなる助走』（筒井康隆原作）は、自身も制作予算を負担したこともあって、取り分け思い入れが深いという。