 In July, "Kumogiri Nizaemon" was made into a movie.In this year, a total of 10 volumes and another volume of "Ikenami Shotaro Short Stories Complete Works" were published by Rippu Shobo.The next 1979 years devoted to the writing of the three major series in (1979), the addition of the series from the previous, "Sunday fountain pen" ( " Mainichi Shimbun " February 4 - 80 years 27 January ), Only two essays of "A Night with a Good Smell" ("Journal of the Sun" July-May 1981) were released.