This is in part due to the rebellion against directors of the former generation by the then newly established directors such as Nagisa OSHIMA, Masahiro SHINODA and Yoshishige YOSHIDA who were part of the 'Japanese New Wave.'
これには「日本ヌーヴェルヴァーグ」を担った大島渚や篠田正浩や吉田喜重など当時の新進監督たちによる古参監督たちへの反発も関与している。