 He wrote a semi-fictional account of his life during this period in "Mokkinpotto Shi no Atoshimatsu" ("The Fortunes of Father Mockinpott").After graduation, he obtained a position as a script writer for a puppet drama "Hyokkori Hyotanjima", which aired from April 1964 for a five-year period.After an initial career in radio, he wrote his first stage play "Nihonjin no Heso" in 1969 for Theatre Echo.