While Okamoto, Masumura, Suzuki and others who were called modern school with Nakahira from 60s to 70s became to be treated as a genius or a master, he was left alone and passed away, so that he is one of the film directors who can not fully be reevaluated like Tadashi SAWASHIMA, even now.
60年代から70年代にかけて、モダン派と並び称された岡本や増村、鈴木らが鬼才・巨匠として遇されて行く中、取り残された形で世を去り、今なお沢島忠と共に十分な再評価が得られてはない一人である。