With long-term shooting and huge production costs, he made a full-length antiwar film "Ningen no joken" based on Junpei GOMIKAWA's novel, as a huge film in 6 parts with 9 hours 38 minutes, which was released over three years from 1959 to 1961.
長きに渡る撮影期間と莫大な制作費をつぎ込み、34年から36年の3年間かけて公開された五味川純平原作の大長編反戦映画『人間の條件』を映画化し、6部作、9時間38分の超大作に仕上げた。