From that year forward, he released popular films including 'Inochi bo ni furo' (At the Risk of My Life) directed with Haiyuza Theatre Company, Film and Broadcast Production, and 'Kaseki' (The Fossil) based on Yasushi INOUE's full-length novel and produced at the same time as the television version in 1975.
同年から俳優座映画放送製作「いのちぼうにふろう」を監督や井上靖の長編小説をテレビドラマ化と同時に映画も製作した50年の「化石」などといった話題作を発表。