Also, Nakatani executed massive layoffs of 186 employees of the studio in the name of operation efficiency, resulting in a labor dispute, and Murata and other key directors gave guidance for the labor dispute on the side of the employees.
さらに中谷が経営合理化の名目で撮影所従業員186名を大量解雇したことによる労働争議が勃発、他の幹部監督らと従業員側に立って争議を指導した。