Eventually, Jukai himself had difficulty in securing opportunities to perform, which was one of the reasons his adopted son, Raizo ICHIKAWA (VIII) left the kabuki world to enter the world of cinema.
やがて壽海も自らの舞台の確保に苦しむことになり、これが養子に迎えた市川雷蔵(8代目)が梨園と決別して映画界入りする一因ともなった。