He lived in the residence of Kajiro YAMAMOTO as a shosei (a student who is given room and board in exchange for performing domestic duties), by introduction of Ishiro HONDA, when he was a student of Nihon University, College of Art Department of Cinema.
日本大学芸術学部映画学科在学中に本多猪四郎の紹介で、山本嘉次郎の家に書生として住み込む。