These TV dramas in his late years were offered by Takiko MIZUNOE who had promoted him from an assistant director to a director and had admitted his talent through life.
これら晩年のテレビの仕事は、彼を助監督から監督に昇進させ、最後まで彼の才能を買っていた水の江滝子によって与えられた仕事であった。