 It was the first to use the subject as its primary theme.He worked with his wife, actress Takako Uchida, in several of his early films such as "Nightly Pleasure" ("Yoru No Yorokobi", 1967), "Stories of Adultery" ("Aru Mittsu", 1967), and "Spring of Ecstasy" ("Kokotsu No Izumi", 1968).