In 1952, he directed a short film 'Musuko no seishun' (My Son's Youth), and he was officially promoted to a director with 'Magokoro' (Sincerity), the script of which Kinoshita wrote, in 1953.
27年中編「息子の青春」を監督し、28年木下が脚本を手がけた「まごころ」で正式に監督に昇進。