His creative activities reached a peak from 1967 to 1970; he directed the masterpiece "Oryu sanjo" (The Appearance of Oryu), part of the "Hibotanbakuto" series, starring Junko FUJI; made successful action movies such as "By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him" and "The Eighteen-year Sentence" which starred Noboru ANDO; and directed "Showa onna bakuto" (A Showa Lady Gambler), a revenge story featuring a strange curse in which Kyoko ENAMI, a star of yakuza films who had moved from Daiei to Toei, played the lead.
その創作活動は1967年から1970年にピークを迎え、藤純子主演の『緋牡丹博徒』ではシリーズ中屈指の傑作である『お竜参上』を監督し、安藤昇を主演に迎え『男の顔は履歴書』や『懲役十八年』などのアクション映画を成功させ、大映の任侠スターだった江波杏子を東映に迎えて一種異様な怨念に彩られた復讐物語『昭和おんな博徒』を手掛けた。