| It may have been that he reached the limit of his physical strength after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage in 1963 and having a full gastrectomy in 1972, but he left film industry after his final work, the 1974 film "Ranru no Hata" (Ragged Flags) depicting Shozo TANAKA, and made writing his main occupation. |
1963年に脳出血、1972年に胃を全摘出するなどして体力の限界を感じたのか、田中正造を描いた1974年の『襤褸の旗』を最後に映画の製作から遠ざかり、以後は文筆業を主な仕事にする。 |