He was to direct only one film with special effects with a popular comic group, Crazy Cats, called 'Nihon Apacchizoku' (The Japanese apache) written by Sakyo KOMATSU, but the shooting was called off in the last minute.
唯一、小松左京の「日本アパッチ族」がクレージーキャッツ主演で撮影直前まで至ったことがある。