It was in Kawashima's "Suzaki paradaisu, aka shingo" that the three established their directorial style, which centered on the vitality of ordinary people, the "rock-bottom of society, who did not see any benefits from the postwar economic boom."
川島が監督した『洲崎パラダイス・赤信号』で、彼らは「戦後の好景気から疎外された社会の底辺」に蠢く庶民のヴァイタリティーを基本に据えた作風を確立する。