In 1975, immediately after completion of a theatrical film "Okami yo Rakujitsu wo Kire," his first movie produced at the studio of another company (Ofuna studio of Shochiku), he died of liver cancer.
初の他社撮影所（松竹大船）での劇場映画『狼よ落日を斬れ』を完成させた直後の1975年、肝癌のため死去。