While acting for movies, he took part in the independent performance of the kabuki 'Shichinin no kai' (party of seven persons) from 1958 together with Nizaemon KATAOKA, the thirteenth, and others.
映画出演の傍ら、1958年からは片岡仁左衛門(13代目)らとともに歌舞伎の自主公演「七人の会」にも出演した。