 He is buried at the gravestone he had made, which also lists Imai.Assistant director Kenichi Oguri recalls that the February 1975 release date for "Graveyard of Honor" was set beforehand, with filming beginning in December of the previous year or January.Due to a strike at Toei, he and the other assistant directors joined the team after the third or fourth day of filming, beginning the same day they got the script.