Before the war, he was known as a director with a humorous style and made movies such as "Daigaku wa detakeredo" (I graduated, but..) and "Otona no miru ehon umaretewa mita keredo" (I was born, but...).
戦前は、『大学は出たけれど』、『大人の見る繪本生れてはみたけれど』などユーモア溢れる作風の監督として知られる。