 One of Takechi's more notable productions with the group was a 1955 noh version of Schoenberg's "Pierrot Lunaire" (1912).In October 1955 he directed Mishima's modern noh play, "The Damask Drum" in a theater-in-the-round production at Osaka's Sankei Hall.Mishima, dubious of Takechi's experimental approach to classical theater, later commented that he felt like a father allowing a disreputable plastic surgeon to operate on his child.