Among the students in his later stage, Kensho YAMASHITA served as a backup director in "Eireitachi no Oenka" (The Last Game) (International: English title), although he had already been promoted to director at that time, Go RIJU took charge of as a joint script writer, leading actor, and assistant director for "Chikagoro naze ka Charusuton" (At This Late Date, the Charleston) at the age of only 19, and Yusuke OKADA, actual President of Toho, worked as a producer and at the same time as the leading actor in "Battle Cry/ Go for Broke."
後期としては監督昇進後も「英霊たちの応援歌」を応援監督した山下賢章、弱冠19歳で「近頃なぜかチャールストン」の共同脚本兼主演兼助監督をつとめた利重剛、プロデューサーでは「吶喊」で主演兼で初仕事を手がけた岡田裕介現東映社長が挙げられる。